Alaina Miller crouched in front of the net as doubles partner Terri Fleming served for match point against Arizona State’s Kassidy Jump and Sammi Hampton. The pair was on the biggest stage of their young careers: the finals of the Pac-12 doubles invitational championship. After a quick back-and-forth between Jump and Fleming, an unforced error […]
Category Archives: Women’s Tennis
Women’s tennis primed for upcoming Pac-12 singles championship
Senior Catherine Harrison described herself as having “flown blind” through last year’s Pac-12 singles championship. Harrison, currently the No. 17 player in the nation, primarily played in the fifth singles spot last season, leading her to have little experience against the stiff competition she would face in the tournament. “I never played any schools’ No. […]
Women’s tennis hopeful for redemption at Pac-12 despite loss to USC
Nothing seemed to work in No. 23 UCLA women’s tennis’ favor Sunday afternoon as the team dropped the regular-season finale 4-1 to the No. 21 USC Trojans. Windy conditions and a hostile road environment at the Marks Tennis Stadium did little to assuage the mostly inexperienced squad’s nerves before the match. “The conditions were not […]
UCLA women’s tennis seeks consistent double, singles play against USC
The last time women’s tennis didn’t host the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament was nearly 10 years ago. The Bruins have had a dominant stretch in which they not only hosted the opening rounds, but also advanced to the round of 16. This season’s team needs nothing short of a miracle to be […]
Women’s tennis chalks up both win and loss in weekend home matches
Senior Catherine Harrison knew that she was in for an arduous match when she saw that her opponent was Arizona State’s Desirae Krawczyk. The pair last faced off in January at the National Collegiate Tennis Classic when No. 23 Krawczyk edged No. 15 Harrison 1-6, 7-5, 6-3. “(Krawczyk)’s left-handed which is something I’m not used […]
Women’s tennis seniors play final college home matches against Arizona teams
It has been four years and two months since Kyle McPhillips and Catherine Harrison stepped on the courts at the Los Angeles Tennis Center for their first dual match as members of the women’s tennis team. It’s been 1,180 days since that moment – they debuted on January 26, 2012 – and now the two […]
Women’s tennis emerges from road trip with wins over Utah, Colorado
UCLA women’s tennis had their work cut out for them this weekend – it was the team’s longest road trip of the season and the matches against Colorado and Utah were at high elevation. The No. 20 Bruins downed the Buffaloes and Utes in convincing fashion with a 6-1 victory Friday and a 4-2 victory […]