A 26-4 tennis season in 2011-2012 that ended with a 4-1 semi-final loss to USC in the NCAA championships would have been deemed a success for almost any other team. But for a UCLA men’s tennis team that has won 16 national championships, there was a natural expectation to do more this year. A 29-2 […]
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Tennis falls short in NCAA Men’s singles competition
Just a day after the season ended in heartbreak for the UCLA men’s tennis team, three players had to take to the courts. Sophomores Marcos Giron and Dennis Novikov and junior Adrien Puget were at it again when they competed for the NCAA men’s tennis singles championships. The Bruins’ results were underwhelming, with no player […]
Falling Short: NCAA title slips through fingers as Virginia bests UCLA 4-3
It was all on the final singles match. The score was 5-3, 40-30 in the third set, match point for junior Adrien Puget.
National championship in sight for men’s tennis
Sophomore Marcos Giron was exhausted, with parts of the Illinois crowd roaring for and against him as he battled to keep his, and his team’s, season alive.
No. 1 UCLA men’s tennis looks to sustain momentum in round of 16
As a No. 1 seed, UCLA men’s tennis knows that it has a target on its back.
Men’s tennis eases into Round of 16 after sweeping Drake, UMKC
The top seed in the NCAAs can come with its fair share of pressure. But the UCLA men’s tennis team did not read too much into the significance of this at last weekend’s NCAA Regionals, using them to re-establish the rhythm of playing matches, comfortably advancing to the NCAA Round of 16.
Men’s tennis poised to make title run following best season in years
Heading into the NCAA Regionals this weekend, the No. 1 UCLA men’s tennis team has lost just one match in its last 25. The Bruins haven’t enjoyed such a strong record since the 2007-2008 season, when they went 21-1 before heading to the regional rounds. The Bruins have had the NCAA title in their […]