The Sherwood Collegiate Cup has become an annual tradition of sorts for the UCLA men’s tennis team. The tournament is the final opportunity for individual players to prove themselves before the grind of in-season dual meets begins. It’s the last chance coach Billy Martin has to examine his players’ physical fitness and mental toughness before […]
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UCLA men’s tennis fall season recap
The purpose of the men’s tennis team’s fall season is to prepare for the more important spring season. After seven months and numerous tournaments, that spring season starts next week and so does the Bruins’ pursuit of a national championship. Here is a quick recap of the important moments since the end of the 2015 […]
Men’s tennis looks to build on preseason successes
The men’s tennis team is squeezing in a busy stretch of matches before the start of the dual match season on Jan. 20. Two current Bruins, junior Mackie McDonald and sophomore Martin Redlicki, made the main draw of the USC Los Angeles Pro Futures. McDonald automatically qualified due to his ATP ranking of 371 and […]
Men’s tennis grows mustaches, raises funds for men’s health awareness
The UCLA men’s tennis players had often talked about doing something wacky as a team, but nothing concrete ever came of that talk. “We have always talked about bleaching our hair or something like that for NCAAs,” said junior Travis Martin. “But we have never really done anything.” That is, until No-Shave November came around. […]
The Rundown: Nov. 24
Check out a breakdown of the UCLA sports stories you might have missed this week. Preseason tuneup Competing on campus for the first time this season, UCLA men’s volleyball was able to debut some of its newest faces to Bruin fans at the four-team SAC Tournament last weekend. The home team went 2-1 over the […]
Men’s tennis represents UCLA at tournaments across US
Men’s tennis concluded the fall tournament season last weekend. Here are updates on all three Bruin competitors: Next ChallengerMackie McDonald didn’t take any downtime after the Knoxville Challenger Nov. 11. Instead, the junior headed to Champaign, Illinois, for another event on the ATP World Tour. McDonald had to go through three rounds of the qualifying […]
Men’s tennis prepares for season with trio of tournaments
Knoxville 2015 Challenger Junior Mackie McDonald traveled to Knoxville, Tennessee this week to play in the Knoxville 2015 Challenger, receiving a wild card into the main singles draw. He came up short Wednesday morning, however, losing in the first round of the main draw to Sekou Bangoura 6-4, 6-3. McDonald, the No. 3 college player […]