Team USA’s roster for the World University Games had UCLA written all over it. The United States sent representatives for 15 sports to Naples, Italy to compete in the international tournament from July 3 through July 14. 37 Bruin athletes participated in different sports. Team USA placed fourth overall with 21 gold, 17 silver and […]
Category Archives: Men’s Tennis
Incoming women’s tennis player claims girls’ doubles title at Wimbledon
A Bruin was crowned doubles champion at arguably the most prestigious and historic tournament in the world of tennis. Rising UCLA women’s tennis freshman Abigail Forbes and her parter Savannah Broadus claimed the girls’ doubles title at Wimbledon – a Grand Slam tournament held annually during the summer at the All England Lawn Tennis and […]
Superlatives: Daily Bruin recognizes UCLA’s standout athletes from 2018-2019
Male Athlete of the Year: Joshua Kelley, football Jason Maikis, assistant Sports editor In a rough year for UCLA football, one Bruin stood out in a big way. Joshua Kelley was a stud. The redshirt junior running back was UCLA’s primary offensive weapon in coach Chip Kelly’s rush-heavy offense and lived up to the task. […]
Graphic: UCLA men’s tennis’ win percentages by court
UCLA tennis finds first three recruits for 2019-2020 season
Three new Bruin faces have committed to Westwood next year. Abigail Forbes from Raleigh, North Carolina, and Alexandra Vagramov from Port Moody, British Columbia – both with blue-chip status – will join UCLA women’s tennis. Men’s tennis has one commitment in blue-chip recruit Drew Baird of Holly Springs, North Carolina. Unlike many other sports, the […]
Maxime Cressy and Keegan Smith bring home NCAA doubles title for men’s tennis
The Bruins have an NCAA champion doubles team for the second consecutive year. The No. 2 seed duo of senior Maxime Cressy and sophomore Keegan Smith was the only doubles team representing UCLA men’s tennis at the NCAA doubles championships in Orlando, Florida. Beginning play Tuesday, Cressy and Smith won five straight matches to emerge […]
Around the League: May 24
Baseball Jared Tay, Daily Bruin contributor The regular season is coming to a close for the Pac-12. No. 4 Stanford baseball (39-11, 20-7 Pac-12) and No. 12 Oregon State (35-17-1, 20-7) sit 2.5 games behind first place, with two games left to play for each. No. 1 UCLA (46-8, 23-5) is on top of the […]