Fans were still leaving the Los Angeles Tennis Center. Courts were still being cleared off. Stanford was still having their team meeting. For the UCLA men’s tennis team, that dual match was behind them, and they were looking to the next. Last Saturday, after their win against the Cardinal, the No. 21 Bruins (7-5) watched […]
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UCLA men’s tennis relishes return to home, outdoor courts
The Bruins are happy to be back home and outdoors. After playing its last four matches away and on indoor courts, the No. 21 UCLA men’s tennis team (6-5) faces off against Stanford (6-2) on its home courts Saturday. The team this past week in practice has been focusing on the remedying the mistakes it […]
Bruin and brother fall into skydiving, land championship wins
He walks over to the opening in the plane. With the roar of the engine and the sound of the wind blowing, he can barely hear. He and his brother get into position at the hatch. They get the go ahead and take the dive from 14,000 feet in the air. Having performed more than […]
Men’s tennis crumbles 4-0 to Baylor in fifth indoor loss of season
The UCLA men’s tennis team was hoping to get back to playing outdoors again, but those hopes were washed away by the rain. At practice Thursday, senior Dennis Mkrtchian said he and the rest of the team were looking forward to finally playing outdoors for their dual match against No. 5 Baylor, seeing as five […]
Men’s tennis struggles with singles play at ITA National Indoors
It has been an unusual early season for the UCLA men’s tennis team. Last season the Bruins finished with a record of 26-4. The season before that they finished 29-2. Their current record right now is 6-4. The last time UCLA had a season with more than four losses was in 2011. They are on […]
Men’s tennis heads to Chicago for indoor championships
UCLA men’s tennis headed off to Chicago early Tuesday morning to prepare for one of the biggest tournaments of the year, the ITA Division I National Men’s Team Indoor Championship. This tournament features the top 16 teams in the country. The only other tournament that spouts such a high caliber of competition is the NCAA […]
Sophomore Joseph Di Guilio overcomes adversity, finds solace in tennis
Practice was winding down. The UCLA men’s tennis team was finishing stretching and packing up. Players were talking about where they were going to eat, while others were talking about what midterms they had to study for that week. All except sophomore Joseph Di Giulio. Di Giulio asked assistant coach Adrien Puget if he could […]