If March Madness wasn’t enough, how about some May madness? For the UCLA collegiate tennis teams, the upcoming postseason became even more enticing early Wednesday evening. Five UCLA women’s tennis players and three UCLA men’s tennis players were named to compete in the 2014 NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships. After the team competition, which begins […]
Category Archives: Women’s Tennis
Freshman tennis player wins Pac-12 singles championship
A lot can change in a year of college athletics. Between athletes transferring into and out of various institutions, and the inevitable departure of graduating seniors, even a year’s time is enough to completely transform a team’s identity. Fortunately for the Bruins, such a conundrum seems to have evaded the UCLA women’s tennis team for at least another […]
Women’s tennis sees Pac-12 as preparation for nationals
This time last year, then-freshman Kyle McPhillips of the UCLA women’s tennis team celebrated winning the Pac-12 championship singles title at her first college tennis tournament. Today, McPhillips will be returning to Ojai, Calif. to take on the Pac-12 championship for the second time in two years. Traveling with her will be six singles players […]
Women’s tennis finishes regular season with win over USC
Tucked away on court No. 3 of Straus Stadium Friday afternoon, UCLA women’s tennissenior Courtney Dolehide stared the end of her career as a Bruin in the face. Paired with her doubles partner, junior Chanelle Van Nguyen, the duo found themselves deadlocked against their USC opponents, with a potential Dolehide and Van Nguyen victory handing UCLA […]
UCLA women’s tennis to finish out regular season against USC
Four years ago, seniors Megan Lester, Morgan Thomas and Courtney Dolehide stepped onto the courts at Straus Stadium for their first practice as UCLA Bruins on the women’s tennis team. As freshmen, they didn’t quite know their place on the team and were all anxious. They had just joined one of the top-ranked tennis teams […]
UCLA women’s tennis intense on court, playful off court
In the course of nearly eight months, the members of the UCLA women’s tennis team spend much of their time in the nooks of Straus Stadium, surrounded by the same 12 players. With the countless hours spent in close company both at UCLA and on the road at matches and tournaments as far away as Virginia, this […]
UCLA women’s tennis adds Pac-12 wins as playoffs near
The members of UCLA’s No. 2 women’s tennis team stood out on court five of the Los Angeles Tennis Center Saturday, exchanging high fives as they cheered for their teammate, senior Courtney Dolehide, as she finished the last match of the weekend against the No. 19 Arizona State Sun Devils. It was Dolehide’s first singles […]