Because of how often he moved around as a child, people frequently ask UCLA men’s tennis player Ryoto Tachi where he considers his home to be. Tachi says that the technical answer is Japan. However, because of the mobile nature of his father’s work, he had to learn to feel at home in a number […]
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UCLA tennis returns to familiar ground for Pac-12 championships
When sophomore Mackenzie McDonald takes the court at this weekend’s Pac-12 championships in Ojai, he will be in a familiar environment. McDonald won the Ojai Men’s Open two years ago, making the city a good place for his personal performance. “Going back is definitely a good feeling – I’ve always played well there,” he said. […]
Men’s tennis wary of underestimating Stanford, Cal on the road
UCLA men’s tennis flew out to Northern California on Wednesday afternoon, allotting plenty of time to prepare both physically and mentally for its back-to-back dual meets against currently unranked Stanford and Cal. “We’ll practice (Wednesday night) in Stanford, we’ll practice twice at Stanford (on Thursday) and then we’ll play Friday at 4 p.m.,” said assistant […]
UCLA men’s tennis shuts out Arizona, Utah, despite slack in mentality
UCLA men’s tennis easily picked up its fourth and fifth consecutive wins this past weekend. After taking the doubles point, decisive straight-set wins by freshmen Martin Redlicki, Austin Rapp and senior Dennis Mkrtchian helped the Bruins (13-6, 4-0 Pac-12) shut out the Arizona Wildcats (8-15, 0-4) 4-0 on Friday. “The first five games on every […]
UCLA junior Allison Wine balances swim career, motherhood
Junior swimmer Allison Wine has a busy schedule that doesn’t look quite like any other UCLA student-athlete’s. Wine attends swim practice every day in the same way that the rest of her team does, competing at meets and cheering loudly for her peers. She goes to lecture with the same consistency, furrowing her brow at […]
UCLA divers qualify for national championship at NCAA zone meet
Earlier this week, a small group of three Bruins competed in Colorado Springs, Colo., at the 2015 NCAA Zone E Diving Championships. Freshman diver Maria Polyakova and sophomore Annika Lenz both qualified for the NCAA Championships in the first event of the meet — the 3-meter dive. To qualify, divers had to place in the […]
UCLA swim and dive optimistic for Pac-12 conference play
UCLA swim and dive is focusing on heading into the Pac-12 tournament, despite being weighed down by logistical concerns. Coach Cyndi Gallagher and assistant coach Naya Higashijima worked on supplying equipment and miscellaneous items to the team right up until they left for Federal Way, Wash. on Tuesday morning. “We don’t just show up on […]