Last weekend, UCLA men’s tennis’ freshman Mackenzie McDonald scored arguably the biggest victory of his young college career, knocking off the No. 2 player in the nation, Julien Lenz. It was a huge win for the freshman, who attributed his success to strong mental focus and positivity. McDonald opened his first match of this weekend’s […]
Category Archives: Men’s Tennis
Men’s tennis set to score spot in Indoors Championships
A road to winter’s biggest tennis tournament runs adjacent to Bruin Walk once more. Three schools — Wisconsin, Nebraska and Texas Tech — will visit UCLA in the Los Angeles Tennis Center this weekend to vie for a spot in next month’s National Team Indoors Championship. A win over the Badgers on Saturday would grant […]
Men’s tennis smashes 7-0 win past UCI in season opener
Wednesday’s match against UC Irvine marked the beginning of a season filled with high expectations for the UCLA men’s tennis team. Despite the pressure, the Bruins played as if the season debut was business as usual. The Bruins kicked their season off with a dominant performance over UC Irvine, winning the match 7-0. “I think […]
UCLA men’s tennis to open up dual-match play against UCI
Members of men’s tennis made good on the high expectations placed on the nation’s No. 2 team. UCLA athletes comprised half of the top eight singles seeds in this past weekend’s Sherwood Collegiate Cup. All four semifinal spots wound up occupied by Bruins, with five UCLA players reaching the quarterfinals of the 32-man singles draw […]
UCLA’s Marcos Giron takes title at Sherwood Collegiate Cup
On Friday, players from Stanford, USC, and Baylor all made the trip to the four-day Sherwood Collegiate Cup in Thousand Oaks, but by Saturday afternoon, there was no question that a Bruin was going to win the title. Freshmen MackenzieMcDonald and Gage Brymer notched upset victories to join senior Clay Thompson and junior Marcos Giron […]
Sherwood Collegiate Cup to test UCLA men’s tennis
An unenviable task awaits Billy Martin. At some point next week, the men’s tennis coach will look some of his players in the eyes and tell them that other Bruins are playing better than they are. Martin finds little fun in that yearly “necessary evil” of explaining his first lineup of the dual-match season. “(We’ve) […]
UCLA men’s tennis returns with strong freshmen and eye on NCAA title
Seven months ago, a controversial call in a crucial tie-breaking match stopped the UCLA men’s tennis team inches short of winning UCLA’s 109th championship, ending its season in heartrending fashion. The players made it clear how much that loss hurt, and how badly the team wants to avenge it. Thankfully for the Bruins, they’re in […]