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 […]
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Deep lineup gives men’s tennis edge for NCAA tournament
When your singles lineup features the two best players in collegiate tennis and your No. 3 starter is a freshman who has defeated top-100 professionals, it is little wonder that you are considered one of the favorites to win the NCAA championship. So it goes for the UCLA men’s tennis team, which defeated Cal Poly – San Luis Obispo and […]
UCLA men’s tennis to host Cal Poly in NCAA first round
The moment the UCLA men’s tennis team has waited nearly a year for has finally arrived. After the loss to Virginia in last year’s national championship, the Bruins have a new opportunity to reach the finals of this year’s NCAA tennis tournament. From this point forward, every match for the Bruins will be win or […]
Men’s tennis salivates for NCAA title
The highest stakes at the Los Angeles Tennis Center last Saturday night may well have been just steaks. With a dinner bill on the line, rackets were kicked and bounced off the courts, with one player even pantomiming the act of smashing his on the side of the net as most of the UCLA men’s […]
Eight UCLA tennis players selected to play in championships
If March Madness wasn’t enough, how about some May madness? For the UCLA collegiate tennis teams, the upcoming postseason became even more enticing early Wednesday evening. Five UCLA women’s tennis players and three UCLA men’s tennis players were named to compete in the 2014 NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships. After the team competition, which begins […]
Men’s tennis doubles play crucial for NCAA championship
As last year’s NCAA championship got underway, the men’s tennis teams of UCLA and Virginia understood that just one point could be the deciding factor in who would be crowned national champions. Yet the Bruins gave up the very first point of the match in doubles. After defeating UCLA’s first two doubles teams, Virginia secured […]
UCLA tennis serves defeat to USC in Pac-12 championship
OJAI, Calif. — Karue Sell knew that his first serve landed just outside the service box. But with the line judge slightly delayed in making a call, Sell began to vocalize his joy anyway after what would have been the conclusion of a 2-5 comeback and straight-set match win. Sell went back to the baseline […]