The Bruins have quailifed for the indoor championships. No. 6 UCLA men’s tennis (6-0) qualified for the ITA Division I National Men’s Team Indoor Championships on Sunday after earning two 4-0 sweeps against UC Davis and Utah State at the ITA Kick-Off Weekend. Junior Maxime Cressy went undefeated, winning one singles match and two doubles […]
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Weekend in Preview: Women’s water polo faces 4 top-25 teams, track heads to New York
Track and field Nicholas Yekikian, assistant Sports editor With the 2018 indoor season finally underway, UCLA track and field will take part in its second meet of the year this weekend. The Bruins will head east to New York for the Columbia Challenge on Saturday. UCLA will face the likes of Oregon – whose first-ranked […]
UCLA men’s tennis defeats LMU 5-2, extends winning streak to four
No. 6 UCLA men’s tennis (3-0) continued a run of three straight victories, beating Loyola Marymount 5-2 on Tuesday. Sophomore Evan Zhu won his match in straight sets, beating Loyola Marymount’s Lukas Moenter 6-3, 6-2. With this win, Zhu has won all four of his regular season matches to date after coming back from professional […]
Around the League: Pac-12 and MPSF winter sports continue to be highly competitive
A lot has been happening in the collegiate sports world outside of Westwood. Here’s a look at what’s been happening around the league in four different sports: Men’s volleyball Melissa Zhang, assistant Sports editor Coach John Speraw notched his 300th career win as No. 2 UCLA (7-0) pulled out a five-set victory over two-time defending […]
Men’s tennis to face LMU after 7-0 three-peat start to season
7-0. That has been the score from all three regular season matches for UCLA men’s tennis so far. The No. 6 Bruins are ranked just one spot behind crosstown rival, the No. 5 USC Trojans, and hope to carry the momentum from this weekend into their match against the Loyola Marymount Lions on Tuesday at […]
Men’s tennis sweeps Pepperdine despite top-ranked Redlicki’s absence
The two top UCLA singles players found themselves down early in their respective third-set tiebreakers. Yet, with the support of their teammates and the crowd, freshman Keegan Smith and sophomore Evan Zhu fought back from deficits to win their matches, earning the No. 6 Bruins a 7-0 victory over Pepperdine. “That’s what I expect from […]
Men’s tennis sweeps George Washington, Grand Canyon in doubleheader
The Bruins had only played one prior match ever against one of their doubleheader opponents Thursday and had never matched up against the other foe. The unfamiliarity did not faze the No. 6 UCLA men’s tennis team, which swept unranked opponents George Washington and Grand Canyon, 7-0 each, in its first two matches of the […]