National title hopes for UCLA men’s tennis ended in the NCAA semifinals Monday night against Oklahoma. Third-set tiebreaker losses for senior Clay Thompson and sophomore Karue Sell, on courts 1 and 6, ended a season that saw the Bruins ranked as a top-5 team throughout. The match opened just as it had closed, with UCLA […]
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Men’s tennis rallies from 0-2 hole to move on in NCAAs
Rain forced the UCLA men’s tennis team to relocate from Athens, Ga. to Atlanta for its NCAA quarterfinals match Sunday. A one-and-a-half hour trip factored into a match start time more than two hours later than originally planned. The No. 6-seeded Bruins seemed to start their day even later, losing out on the doubles point […]
UCLA men’s tennis defeats Ohio State, earns Final Four spot
UCLA men’s tennis earned a spot in the Final Four of the NCAA tournament by winning four straight singles points over Ohio State on Sunday night for a 4-2 win. The Bruins found themselves in an early 0-2 hole, dropping the doubles point through a tiebreaker and seeing the No. 1 singles player in the […]
UCLA men’s tennis seeks another win over Tennessee in NCAAs
On the road to winning its last national championship, the UCLA men’s tennis team faced Tennessee in the round of 16 in the 2005 NCAA tournament. UCLA started off with dominant doubles play to take the match’s first point. The Bruins continued to dominate into singles, winning the first two matches before the Volunteers finally […]
Team captain finds home away from home with tennis team
Adrien Puget, a senior and captain of the UCLA men’s tennis team, describes his favorite memory on the team, what it means to him to be team captain, and discusses his decision to have surgery this past fall in order to continue chasing his dreams.
Senior returns from injury for another shot at NCAA title
Men’s Tennis: A Second Chance After last year’s 4-3 loss in the finals, UCLA men’s tennis begins NCAA team championship play Friday in Athens, Ga., looking for another chance at the national title. This week, Daily Bruin dives into the stories of three key players on the team who are also riding on a second […]
Marcos Giron overcomes early setbacks, rebounds to top
Men’s Tennis: A Second Chance After last year’s 4-3 loss in the finals, UCLA men’s tennis begins NCAA team championship play Friday in Athens, Ga., looking for another chance at the national title. This week, Daily Bruin dives into the stories of three key players on the team who are also riding on a second […]