The Bruins are back. Lightning, game delays and shaky doubles play couldn’t stop No. 7-seeded UCLA (23-4) from marching past No. 6-seeded Georgia (24-7) at Hurd Tennis Center in Waco, Texas, to return to the NCAA championship match for the third time in four years. “Our team was going to go out there and fight,” […]
Category Archives: Women’s Tennis
Women’s tennis takes down familiar foe North Carolina to advance to Final Four
Three years and three upsets. For the third consecutive year, No. 7 seed UCLA (22-4) upended No. 2 seed North Carolina (30-2) in the NCAA Tournament to earn a berth in the Final Four. With the Tar Heels atop the Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings for the bulk of the season, the Bruins said they had […]
Women’s tennis seeks redemption against Texas A&M in NCAA rematch
A quarterfinal berth, a chance to return to the title match and ultimately redemption. A third-round matchup in Waco, Texas, pits seventh-seeded UCLA (20-4) against 10th-seeded Texas A&M (17-5) in a rematch of the 2013 NCAA semifinal. In their last dual match, the Aggies fell behind 3-1 before storming past the Bruins to win 4-3 […]
Women’s tennis freshmen step up to demands of national championship
UCLA women’s tennis will enter the Sweet 16 of the 2015 NCAA Tournament with the same top-six players who took home the national championship title last year. When it comes time to step on the court, those six athletes will have the knowledge and experience of playing on a national stage. The depth of the […]
Women’s tennis advances to Sweet 16 with consecutive sweeps
With two 4-0 wins this weekend, UCLA women’s tennis made advancing to the round of 16 in the NCAA Tournament look easy. The first match of the weekend on took place on Saturday at the Los Angeles Tennis Center pitting No. 7 UCLA against unranked Idaho. “We had had two weeks of practice (between Saturday […]
UCLA women’s tennis to begin defense of NCAA title with seasoned team
A relaxed and laid-back air filled the court Wednesday at the Los Angeles Tennis Center during UCLA women’s tennis practice. Rather than players getting down on themselves when a serve was missed or an error was made, jokes and laughter were shared among the team as it practiced its doubles play. This lighthearted atmosphere may […]
Jennifer Brady’s return from foot injury bolsters women’s tennis team
Jennifer Brady pushed herself off the bench and immediately knew something was off. “After the match against (Whitney Kay of University of North Carolina), my foot just felt funny and I couldn’t walk,” Brady said. “I knew something was wrong.” Competing in the International Tennis Federation circuit in the fall and cramming five matches in […]