For the first time since 1999, the Special Olympics is bringing back its flagship event, the World Summer Games, to the United States. The event will take place in Los Angeles, with several events to be held at the UCLA campus. Back in 2011, Timothy Shriver, the chairman of the board of directors of the […]
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Men’s tennis remains positive for next season following NCAA loss
Coming in as the No. 4 team in the country, expectations were high for the UCLA men’s tennis team. And how could they not be high? Since Billy Martin took the reins as the head coach back in 1994, the Bruins have only missed the NCAA quarterfinals once, back in 2011. Martin said he felt […]
Men’s tennis faces No. 1 Oklahoma in NCAA round of 16
The UCLA men’s tennis team could very well be playing its last dual match of the season Thursday as it faces the NCAA tournament’s heavy favorite. The No. 16 Bruins (17-9, 5-2 Pac-12) will compete against the No. 1 Oklahoma Sooners (26-2, 4-1 Big 12) in Waco, Texas, in the NCAA tournament’s round of 16. […]
Men’s tennis to start off NCAA first round with home-court advantage
There was a lot of uncertainty for UCLA going into the NCAA men’s tennis tournament selection show last week. After losing to the USC Trojans in the semifinal of the Pac-12 tournament, the Bruins were unsure if their performance was enough to earn them hosting privileges for the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament. […]
Tennis teammates McDonald, Redlicki have complementary style of play
It was only their second tournament playing together as a doubles team. “It was hot, it was windy, and we were just playing bad,” Mackie McDonald recalled of the Oklahoma City Open finals last June. McDonald and his doubles partner, Martin Redlicki, were playing against Jesus Bandres and Gonzalo Escobar, a team that had cruised […]
UCLA looks to model sports medicine program after UCSB’s
Clara Goin walked into the athletic training room in the Robertson Gymnasium at UC Santa Barbara an hour before her soccer match. For the second-year biology student, coming to the center has been a routine occurrence for her the last few weeks. “Currently I am injured but have been here for almost the past two […]
Men’s tennis keeps cool against Washington after 90-minute delay
A 90-minute delay in the match didn’t cause a misstep for the UCLA men’s tennis team in Ojai on Thursday. Instead, the No. 15 Bruins were fresh and focused enough to blank the Washington Huskies 4-0 in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 tournament. The win advances UCLA (15-8, 5-2 Pac-12) to the semifinal against No. […]