In his final year at UCLA, Gage Brymer finally qualified for the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships. The 6-foot senior will compete in the tournament for the first time of his collegiate career this weekend in Flushing, New York, and will be the Bruins’ sole representative. In the first round Thursday morning, Brymer will face […]
Category Archives: Men’s Tennis
Men’s tennis takes on Southern California Intercollegiate Championships
Maxime Cressy took out the No. 1 seed, but he wasn’t able to take out USC’s top returning player. In the semifinals of the Southern California Intercollegiate Championships, the sophomore fell 6-3, 6-4 to senior Nick Crystal who split time at No. 1 and No. 2 singles for USC last year. Cressy got a signature […]
Men’s and women’s tennis conclude participation in Southwest regionals
Three straight years. That’s how many times a UCLA Bruin and a USC Trojan have faced off in the men’s singles final of the ITA Southwest Regional Championship. And for the third time in a row, the Bruin beat the Trojan. Senior Gage Brymer defeated USC junior Thibault Forget 6-1, 7-6(3) Monday afternoon to clinch […]
Around the League: Long Beach to challenge USC water polo, Bruin nominated for CLASS award
While Bruin athletes continue competing in Westwood, here’s a look at some of the biggest news from the rest of the Pac-12. Men’s Water PoloMichael Hull, assistant Sports editor The last time No. 6 Long Beach State (11-5, 1-0 Golden Coast Conference) played a top-three team at home, it was a Saturday September evening against […]
Women’s and men’s tennis players deliver strong tournament play
Ena Shibahara needed 11 straight wins to capture the 2016 Riviera/ITA Women’s All-American Singles Championship. She only got 10. The UCLA freshman dropped only two sets while cruising through the prequalifying, qualifying and main draws in Pacific Palisades. She ran out of steam against third-seeded Ohio State sophomore Francesca Di Lorenzo, however, falling 6-4, 6-3 […]
Men’s tennis sends two to smash ITA All-American Championships
Joe Di Giulio tried to play through the pain. The senior was serving up 5-2 in the second set against Columbia’s Alex Keyser, when he aggravated his groin injury reaching for a drop shot in front of him. “It actually happened in my match against (USC’s Laurens Verboven) in first match of the day,” Di […]
Men’s tennis presents mixed performance at Irvine Futures
The UCLA men’s tennis team pushed onwards through its fall tournament regimen, although this week produced mixed results. No current Bruin advanced past the second round of the main draw at the Irvine Futures, but top-seeded 2016 alumnus Mackie McDonald swept the singles – his first professional – and the doubles titles Sunday. Senior Joe […]