Author Archives: Muriel Cantryn

Some people were always meant to live their lives out of a suitcase, packing their bags for another continent at the age of 14. Freshman tennis player Haythem Abid left his home of Tunis, Tunisia, at about that age when he traveled to Spain and joined the Bruguera Tennis Academy Top Team in Barcelona, Spain. […]

The UCLA men’s tennis team earned its ticket to the NCAA Sweet 16 on Sunday when it defeated Colorado. The 4-0 defeat was hard on the Colorado Buffaloes because not only did it mark the end of their season, but it could also be the last match ever played by the program. “I think there […]

The NCAA draw is out, and things could have been a lot worse for the UCLA men’s tennis team. As the No. 10 seed in the tournament, the defending champions were granted some of their wishes. The Bruins will host one of 16 NCAA Regionals at the Los Angeles Tennis Center on May 13 and […]

In the sweltering heat of Ojai last weekend, a pair of young men capped off a journey that began in the skiing paradise of the French Alps six years ago. Sophomores Mathieu Dehaine and Jeremy Drean agree they couldn’t have done it without each other. The two French tennis players have been friends since they […]

With the regular season over and done with, the UCLA men’s tennis team now has two weeks to relax and prepare until the first round of the NCAA Championship. But competition is not off their agenda just yet, as the Bruins will compete in the Pac-10 Championships this weekend. The tournament will be held in […]

There couldn’t be a more thrilling way to close out the season for the UCLA men’s tennis team. Besides the fact that it is the last game of the regular season and a Pac-10 Championship is on the line, the opponent, crosstown rival USC, weighs heavily on the minds of the players. “I think the […]

After the NCAA Championship two weeks ago, Florida’s Joakim Noah complained that some of the UCLA cheerleaders had called him “ugly.” Noah had called attention to himself during the game by blowing kisses and talking to the cheerleaders throughout the night. By listening to certain female students talk about the game in the next few […]