TennisAngie Forburger, assistant Sports editor UCLA men’s and women’s tennis both received academic recognition from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association this past week. Both teams were named 2018 ITA All-Academic Teams, having a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or above. Members of both teams also earned individual academic honors, maintaining a minimum 3.5 GPA for the academic […]
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The Rundown: July 9
Beach volleyballJoy Hong, assistant Sports editor They couldn’t do it again. In their second professional beach volleyball tournament together, rising UCLA senior Sarah Sponcil and former Bruin Lauren Fendrick fell short in the 2018 AVP San Francisco Open this weekend. No. 6-seeded Sponcil and Fendrick reached the finals in the AVP Austin Open in May […]
The Rundown: July 2
Gymnastics and men’s tennisAngie Forburger, assistant Sports editor Former UCLA gymnastics team member Peng-Peng Lee and former men’s tennis team member Martin Redlicki were named this year’s Pac-12 Tom Hansen Conference Medal recipients. This award recognizes the top male and female student at each Pac-12 school that has shown the highest achievement in scholarship, athletics […]
Men’s tennis wins doubles championship, women’s tennis falls short
The Bruins are doubles champions. Senior Martin Redlicki and sophomore Evan Zhu of UCLA men’s tennis defeated Ohio State’s Martin Joyce and Mikael Torpegaard 6-7, 7-6, 11-9 to win UCLA’s thirteenth NCAA men’s doubles championship in program history. “It was literally a margin of one point here and there,” Zhu said. “We just kept fighting […]
Men’s tennis celebrates camaraderie despite NCAA semifinal loss
The nation’s top-ranked singles player sat alone on the court one bench with his head in his hands, after dropping just his sixth match this season. “It was one of those matches (in which) the margins are points,” said senior Martin Redlicki. “It’s not games, it’s not sets, it comes down to 3 or 4 […]
Men’s tennis falls to Ohio State in NCAA semifinal, ends tournament run
After several rain delays, the Bruins’ season came to an end. No. 2-seeded UCLA men’s tennis (30-3, 8-0 Pac-12) fell 1-4 to No. 3-seeded Ohio State (34-2, 11-0 Big Ten) ending the Bruin’s NCAA tournament run. This was the first year UCLA advanced to the semifinal of the tournament since 2014. Both the Bruins and […]
Men’s tennis defeats USC in close match, moves on to NCAA semifinals
And then there were four. No. 2-seeded UCLA men’s tennis (30-2, 8-0 Pac-12) defeated No. 10-seeded USC (20-9, 6-2) 4-3 at Wake Forest’s Leighton Family Courts to reach the NCAA tournament semifinals. With the victory, the Bruins finish with a 4-0 season record against the Trojans and advance to their first Final Four since 2014. […]