The Bruins are squeezing in one more tournament before the ITA championships. UCLA women’s tennis will send three players – seniors Gabby Andrews, Ayan Broomfield and freshman Katie LaFrance – to Jack Kramer Collegiate Tournament, which begins Thursday. “We have to be very careful with our competitions so we don’t go over our dates,” said […]
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Women’s tennis shows preseason promise in regional tournament’s endgame matches
Gabby Andrews and Ayan Broomfield elected to take a bathroom break after falling in the first set of the championship match. “We just talked about what was working and what wasn’t,” Andrews said. “They weren’t really dictating much, we just weren’t executing and we were being tentative.” The seniors came back to bring home the […]
Women’s tennis courts All-American competition in first tournament since May
Five Bruins got their first taste of match play since the last season’s NCAA tournament. Those players competed for UCLA women’s tennis in the 2018 Riviera/ITA All-American Championships over the past nine days, playing for the first time since May when the Bruins fell in the Elite Eight to Georgia Tech. Redshirt junior Jada Hart […]
Women’s tennis takes a swing at individual competitions to start off season
The Bruins are back in action and competing in individual tournaments. Freshman Elysia Bolton made her UCLA women’s tennis debut Sept. 20 as the only Bruin to compete at the Oracle ITA Masters. Bolton and five other Bruins will participate at the Riviera/ITA Women’s All-American Championships on Saturday. “It was really exciting to represent UCLA […]
Returning student-athletes impart advice while recalling transition to UCLA
Whether it is learning to do laundry or adjusting to the quarter system, transitioning to college life is tough – even for student-athletes. Daily Bruin Sports spoke with four student-athletes who started at UCLA in the 2017-2018 school year. Coming from near and far, these athletes shared their stories and gave some advice on how […]
The Rundown: July 30
TennisAngie Forburger, assistant Sports editor UCLA men’s and women’s tennis both received academic recognition from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association this past week. Both teams were named 2018 ITA All-Academic Teams, having a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or above. Members of both teams also earned individual academic honors, maintaining a minimum 3.5 GPA for the academic […]
The Rundown: July 9
Beach volleyballJoy Hong, assistant Sports editor They couldn’t do it again. In their second professional beach volleyball tournament together, rising UCLA senior Sarah Sponcil and former Bruin Lauren Fendrick fell short in the 2018 AVP San Francisco Open this weekend. No. 6-seeded Sponcil and Fendrick reached the finals in the AVP Austin Open in May […]