It was a quiet Monday morning on the tennis courts, according to coach Stella Sampras Webster. But the silence didn’t do UCLA women’s tennis much justice, considering the team claimed both the singles and doubles titles at the USTA/ITA Southwest Regional Championships – a cause for celebration. In bouts of “high-level” tennis, even in the […]
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Women’s tennis players set to compete at USTA/ITA Southwest Regionals
Members of the UCLA women’s tennis team head south to San Diego today for the start of the USTA/ITA Southwest Regional Championships. The five-day competition will take place on the campuses of San Diego State and UC San Diego. Six Bruins will be competing in the tournament, with four players – sophomore Catherine Harrison, junior […]
Women’s tennis earns doubles title in first tournament
In its first tournament of the year, UCLA women’s tennis won the doubles title at the Riviera/ITA All-American Championship over the weekend at the Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles. Junior Robin Anderson and freshman Jennifer Brady teamed up to earn UCLA’s first ever doubles title at the All-American event, defeating USC’s duo of junior […]
USTA Collegiate Team Camp helps foster tennis players’ development
From cherry picking in Yakima, Wash., to photo ops with rocky hills along a scenic drive to Portland, Ore., Robin Anderson’s experience with her United States Tennis Association collegiate squad provided a lighthearted change of pace for the Bruin.
Pamela Montez: leading by example on the court
Five years ago, the UCLA women’s tennis team captured the program’s first-ever NCAA championship. For the team, it was a part of history; for Pamela Montez, a senior at La Quinta High School still contemplating where to go to school, it was a sign. The blue-chip tennis recruit was struggling to decide between coming to […]
UCLA doubles team falls to USC in straight sets, losing NCAA title
Crosstown rivals UCLA and USC faced off more than 2,000 miles away from home Monday afternoon in search of one thing: the NCAA doubles title. But only one team was able to find it. USC’s Kaitlyn Christian and Sabrina Santamaria, who went undefeated in Pac-12 play, dominated UCLA sophomores Skylar Morton and Robin Anderson in […]
Women’s tennis edged out in NCAA semifinals
A crowd of blue and a crowd of red swarmed opposite sides of the tennis court, a circle of hugging players forming as the just-finished competitors run to embrace their teammates. But the atmosphere on the UCLA and the Texas A&M sides of Tuesday’s women’s tennis NCAA semifinal were fundamentally different. As Texas A&M players […]