On the road against rival USC last Friday, the UCLA men’s tennis team was in position to take the Pac-12 regular-season title. After winning the doubles point, the Bruins took an early lead over the Trojans. Unfortunately for the Bruins, the Trojans responded with strong singles play and took a 3-2 lead. After three sets […]
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UCLA men’s tennis coach turned passion into career
Among receipts and handwritten tennis lineup drafts on Grant Chen’s desk sits a silver clock set one hour behind. Chen never did feel as if he had to punch a timecard during his many years calling the Los Angeles Tennis Center his workplace.
Return of senior player promising for men’s tennis
A day that ended in disappointment for the UCLA men’s tennis team began on a much more positive and unfamiliar note. It started with the return of senior Adrien Puget. The senior, out for the majority of the season due to patellar tendinitis, took to the court for the first time this year in Friday’s match against USC. His return […]
UCLA men’s tennis freshman ready to step up against USC
Gage Brymer remembers making the trip up from Irvine to Westwood almost every spring of high school. The occasion? UCLA v. USC. The matches, charged by the intense rivalry between the two teams, were some of the only college tennis matches the UCLA men’s tennis freshman watched growing up. On Friday, Brymer will get a […]
UCSD victory prepares UCLA men’s tennis for USC matchup
Three days after returning from a road trip through Utah and Arizona, the No. 5 UCLA men’s tennis team flat-out dominated UCSD, winning 5-0 in a Wednesday afternoon match that at times seemed like no more than a warm-up for UCLA’s highly-ranked matchup against USC on Friday. Playing without senior Clay Thompson and freshman Mackenzie […]
Men’s tennis ends regular season home schedule with UCSD
UCLA men’s tennis will close out its regular season home schedule by hosting UC San Diego Wednesday. Senior Clay Thompson and freshman Mackenzie McDonald will be missing from the lineup. UCLA’s men’s tennis coach Billy Martin said that, by playing against UCSD, both players would be ineligible to play against USC on Friday, given how […]
UCLA improves doubles play in defeats of Arizona, Utah
Friday’s match between the men’s tennis teams of UCLA and Utah began with a fierce battle for the doubles point. After the teams traded wins at courts one and two, the Bruins’ hopes of winning the doubles point rested on the shoulders of freshmen Gage Brymer and Mackenzie McDonald. The young players managed to pull […]