Through the yells from the men’s team, music from the radio and blaring noise of construction, the UCLA women’s tennis team pushed out distractions to concentrate on the task at hand. Preparing for a Friday match at No. 18 Pepperdine (4-2), No. 11 UCLA’s (7-2) players zoned into practice and pushed each other and themselves […]
Category Archives: Women’s Tennis
UCLA women’s tennis falls 4-3 to Cal in close sets
Close sets fell both ways for the No. 4 UCLA women’s tennis team (7-2) in the Bay Area. After notching a 6-1 victory against the St. Mary’s Gaels (4-5), the Bruins were unable to replicate that result a day later, dropping three third-set matches in a 4-3 loss to the defending Pac-12 champions, the No. […]
Women’s tennis strives for improvement while recovering from injuries
Despite being hampered by injuries against Texas Christian University, the No. 4 Bruins (6-1) handily defeated the No. 17 Horned Frogs (4-5) 4-1 last Saturday. With players coming back from injuries , the Bruins head to the Bay Area this weekend fresh and ready for back-to-back matches. UCLA said it aims to bring the drive […]
UCLA women’s tennis triumphs over TCU in injury-plagued match
After playing not to lose last week against Georgia, No. 4 UCLA women’s tennis (6-1) returned to the courts playing to win against No. 17 TCU (4-5), and came away with a 4-1 victory. In a match marred by injuries on both sides, the Bruins found ways to focus on the task at hand despite […]
UCLA women’s tennis aims for balance in preparation for TCU
Injuries, loss and an overwhelming environment knocked the UCLA women’s tennis team off-kilter in a close 4-2 loss to Georgia at the ITA National Women’s Team Indoor Championships the previous week. The Bruins now face future match play striving to reach an uncommon goal: achieving balance. In preparing for the No. 17 Texas Christian University […]
Women’s tennis suffers first loss of season, ends indoor title run
The UCLA women’s tennis team said it experienced a flurry of emotions in Virginia over the past few years: jubilation, disappointment, frustration. After letting a 3-0 lead slip through their fingers in 2014, the Bruins had a chance to replace the memories of that devastating loss with a run for a second ITA National Women’s […]
UCLA women’s tennis team prepares for indoor championships
If there was one blemish in UCLA women’s tennis’ national championship run last year, it was its performance in the 2014 USTA/ITA National Team Indoor Championships. Then-No. 4-seeded UCLA entered the early-season tournament final as favorites over the then-No. 7 seeded Duke Blue Devils. For a while, the Bruins looked the part. But despite gaining […]