Marcin Matkowski, fresh off Monday’s heartbreaking loss to Vanderbilt’s Chad Harris in the NCAA semifinals, lost Thursday in the second round of the NCAA singles tournament, 6-1, 6-3, to Washington’s Alex Vlaski. It was the third meeting of the season between No. 24 Matkowski and No. 10 Vlaski. Matkowski had won the previous two meetings, the […]
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Matkowski considers going pro
Life goes on. At least that’s what UCLA junior Marcin Matkowski says. Matkowski is considering leaving the Bruins next year to pursue a professional tennis career. This comes after he lost a three set marathon match to Vanderbilt’s Chad Harris, 5-7, 7-6(2), 6-4, in Monday’s NCAA semifinals, a match that effectively sealed UCLA’s fate as […]
NCAA title eludes men’s tennis
ATHENS, Ga. “”mdash; Just a few points, a few inches, a few calls away from the NCAA Championship match, the UCLA men’s tennis team fell just short. The No. 6 Bruins (24-4) were thwarted once again in their quest for a national title, this time by No. 7 Vanderbilt, 4-3, in Monday’s semifinal during the […]
Rain, bird, Bruin drop in tennis match
ATHENS, Ga. “”mdash; Rarely does the fate of an entire college tennis match hinge on one singles match. On Monday, it did. In a match that started at 1:45 p.m. and didn’t end until 6:15 p.m., UCLA’s Marcin Matkowski battled Vanderbilt’s Chad Harris to the bitter end. The match had it all: a dead bird, […]
Bruins advance to NCAA semifinals
ATHENS, Ga. “”mdash; Tobias Clemens did it again. This time he sent the No. 5 UCLA men’s tennis team (24-3) to the semifinals of the NCAA tournament, winning the clinching match over Hamid Mirzadeh of No. 3 Florida to give his team a 4-1 victory at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex at the University of […]
Here we go again!
The last time the UCLA men’s tennis team won a national championship was 1984. Ronald Reagan was in the White House, the Detroit Tigers won the World Series, and UCLA sophomore Chris Lam was one year old. Flash forward to 2003. We now have our second Bush in the White House, the Tigers are 9-28, […]
Men’s tennis off to Georgia in search of NCAA title
Now the real journey begins. After disposing of Wichita State and USC in the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament, the No. 5 UCLA men’s tennis team left Tuesday for Athens, Ga. Though it does not play until Saturday, the team is hoping that the early departure date will help with some of the […]