After four losses to Duke at the ITA National Women’s Team Indoor Championship in Virginia last weekend, three of which ended in tiebreakers, the UCLA women’s tennis team welcomed a week off to regroup, refocus and restrategize before its match on Wednesday against Pepperdine. And that’s just what they have been up to the past […]
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UCLA edged out by Duke in ITA National Indoor championship
For the UCLA women’s tennis team, Monday evening brought both good and bad news. The team, after defeating three straight opponents reached its third consecutive finals appearance in the annual ITA National Women’s Team Indoor championship. But for the second straight year, the Bruins lost their final matchup in the tournament, leaving them with a […]
UCLA women’s tennis to compete in ITA National Indoors
For Charlottesville, Va. natives, the weather this weekend will be nothing out of the ordinary. Highs will hover around the mid-40s with scattered rain and snow showers plaguing the area. Not exactly the most ideal conditions to play something many Californians would think a purely outdoor sport – tennis. Luckily, the UCLA women’s tennis team […]
UCLA women’s tennis to compete in ITA National Indoors
For Charlottesville, Va. natives, the weather this weekend will be nothing out of the ordinary. Highs will hover around the mid-40s with scattered rain and snow showers plaguing the area. Not exactly the most ideal conditions to play something many Californians would think a purely outdoor sport – tennis. Luckily, the UCLA women’s tennis team […]
UCLA women’s tennis speeds up its game for National Team Indoors
The lifespan of each tennis ball at practice is getting shorter. The strong winds of winter that pervade the Los Angeles Tennis Center hardly simulate the conditions that the UCLA women’s tennis team can expect to face on the indoor courts in the Boar’s Head Tennis Club in Charlottesville, Va. Coach Stella Sampras Webster knows […]
UCLA’s women’s tennis team serves defeat to UC Irvine
Despite the cold weather and rain falling on their heads, the UCLA women’s tennis players stood shoulder to shoulder on an adjacent court as they watched junior Chanelle Van Nguyen battle UC Irvine’s senior Franziska Goettsching in a third-set tiebreaker. The No. 5 Bruins had already clinched the win over the No. 38 Anteaters, but […]
Women’s tennis sees room to improve after win over LMU
The UCLA women’s tennis team is off to a hot start this season, but it has not come without some challenges. The Bruins look to use these challenges to develop their game and sharpen their skills for the future. Despite tough resistance from Loyola Marymount, and some uncharacteristic mistakes, the UCLA women’s tennis team managed […]