The 58th Annual Southern California Intercollegiate Championships final pitted two UCLA players against each other – sophomore Gage Brymer and senior Dennis Mkrtchian have been teammates for over a year now, and even play doubles together every now and then. It was a hard-fought match filled with emotion from both players and although Mkrtchian would […]
Category Archives: Men’s Tennis
UCLA men’s tennis hopes to repeat success at SoCal championship
Last year’s Southern California Intercollegiate Championships pitted UCLA men’s tennis players against one another in the championship matches for both the singles and doubles draws. At this week’s 58th iteration of the event, the team is hoping for the Bruins to be the champions of both draws once again. “At the end of the day, […]
Mackenzie McDonald wins singles, doubles titles at regionals
Following 10 matches in five days of action, UCLA men’s tennis sophomore Mackenzie McDonald stood holding the championship plaques for both singles and doubles at the USTA/ITA Southwest Regional Championships. On Tuesday, McDonald, along with teammates and coaches, made the short drive over to Malibu to play at Pepperdine’s Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center for the final […]
UCLA teammates, longtime friends face off for women’s tennis title
Robin Anderson and Chanelle Van Nguyen have known each other for 10 years – since they were playing junior tennis. Not only do these UCLA women’s tennis teammates know each other’s games very well, but they also have a friendship that goes beyond the court. But on Sunday, that friendship had to be put on […]
Men’s, women’s tennis share goal of national title for upcoming year
Venture out to the Los Angeles Tennis Center and you’ll find one team that has solved the championship formula and one that is still trying to find the correct equation. Last year, UCLA women’s tennis went 27-2 on its way to winning its second national title in the last seven years, defeating North Carolina 4-3 […]
NCAA men’s singles champion Marcos Giron to go pro, forgo senior year
The reigning NCAA men’s singles champion, Marcos Giron, announced Wednesday that he will not be spending a fourth year with the UCLA men’s tennis team and will instead be entering the ATP circuit. In his junior year at UCLA, Giron helped win the Pac-12 team title in Ojai with an upset victory over then-No. 1 […]
UCLA athletes, coach receive Pac-12 men’s tennis awards
Another year, another round of Pac-12 men’s tennis all-conference awards for UCLA men’s tennis. Coach Billy Martin was named Pac-12 men’s tennis coach of the year for the third consecutive year. And again, many Bruin players stacked the lists of the all-Pac-12 teams. Senior Clay Thompson and junior Marcos Giron, who entered the NCAA tournament […]