After losing in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament last season, UCLA men’s tennis claimed the individual singles and doubles titles. This year, there would be no repeat. Junior Martin Redlicki and freshman Evan Zhu, the No. 2-seeded pair in the 32-team bracket, lost in the quarterfinals to the eventual champions, unseeded Andrew Harris and […]
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Despite setbacks, men’s tennis ends season with success, high hopes
UCLA men’s tennis coach Billy Martin has said all year that his team was scrappy. The Georgia and USC matches in the first month of the season both came down to the final courts, and UCLA managed to squeak out both wins. During the year, they defeated eight top-25 teams and finished conference play undefeated. […]
UCLA men’s and women’s tennis prep to compete for individual titles
The UCLA men’s and women’s tennis programs wrapped up the NCAA team competition with losses to Georgia and Pepperdine, respectively, but both programs will have players competing for individual titles starting Wednesday. On the men’s side, junior Martin Redlicki, the single’s tournament No. 5 seed, will open against Georgia Tech’s Christopher Eubanks. Eubanks has won […]
Rain delay causes men’s tennis to lose focus, drop NCAA quarterfinal
ATHENS, Ga. — Junior Austin Rapp felt the first rain drops right before his opponent served on match point, and he walked off the court with the match still unfinished. What had started as a 30-minute lightning stoppage in the NCAA quarterfinal Saturday night turned into a five-hour rain delay characterized by torrential downpour, turbulent […]
Men’s tennis falls to Georgia, eliminated in NCAA quarterfinal
ATHENS, Ga. — The rain, the five-hour delay and the pressure. In the end, it was too much for UCLA men’s tennis to handle. The No. 5-seeded Bruins (22-6) lost 4-2 to the host, the No. 13-seeded Georgia Bulldogs (22-7) Saturday night, ending UCLA’s NCAA Tournament run in the quarterfinal for the second consecutive year. […]
Men’s tennis defeats Texas A&M, advances to NCAA quarterfinal
ATHENS, Georgia — Maxime Cressy had five chances to close out his match against Texas A&M’s Valentin Vacherot. He needed all of them. The sophomore’s first four match points all came on Vacherot’s serve, but the Aggie freshman denied him each time, behind a flurry of service winners and forehand winners. On Cressy’s next match […]
Men’s tennis to face off against Texas A&M in NCAA round of 16
Six of the eight NCAA Division I Men’s Tennis Championships’ round of 16 showdowns are rematches of previous dual matches that happened this season. UCLA is one of the four teams without that luxury. The No. 5-seeded Bruins (21-5) will take on the No. 12-seeded Texas A&M Aggies (21-6) for only the third time in […]