Following a dramatic victory against USC to finish the regular season, the UCLA men's tennis team is looking forward to carrying its momentum into the Pac-12 Championships this weekend. Read more...
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Seen here playing in a game against San Diego State, redshirt junior Alex Brigham will be playing in the Pac-12 Championships for UCLA men’s tennis this weekend. Though they are ranked at No. 5 in the nation, the Bruins have the No. 1 seed in the tournament.
On Friday, UCLA beat the best college tennis team in the land, and there wasn't pandemonium. Someone snapped a team picture on an iPhone, and everyone smiled, but the celebration for winning the Pac-12 title, and snapping USC's 45-match winning streak was tempered. "It's important to beat (USC), but this is not the defining match," freshman Marcos Giron said. Read more...
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Freshman Dennis Mkrtchian came back after losing the first set to beat Roberto Quiroz in UCLA’s 4-3 victory over top-ranked USC.
Rivalry games are always special. They're those games that are circled on the calendar before the season and are denoted as must-win games. Read more...
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Sophomore Adrien Puget, redshirt junior Alex Brigham and No. 5 UCLA look forward to a chance to secure the top seed in the Pac-12 Championships.
With all the attention that UCLA football and basketball recruitment have gotten recently, there is currently an interesting recruiting trend occurring with the men's tennis team that has been overlooked. Read more...
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(Clockwise from left) sophomore Clay Thompson, redshirt senior Nick Meister, freshman Marcos Giron, redshirt junior Alex Brigham, freshman Dennis Mkrtchian and junior Warren Hardie are evidence of UCLA’s increased recruiting presence in Southern California.
The No. 6 Bruins would defeat the No. 11 Cardinal 6-1 and No. 12 Cal Golden Bears this weekend to improve their overall record to 20-2 and Pac-12 record to 6-0. Read more...
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Senior Nick Meister defeated Stanford’s Ryan Thacher 6-3, 7-5 on Sunday as UCLA completed its weekend sweep of the Bay Area schools.
For tennis aficionados, reading the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's rule manual is like reading David Foster Wallace: you don't, and you lie about it. Read more...
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Freshman Marcos Giron and the men’s tennis team will host Stanford this weekend at the Los Angeles Tennis Center.
The match was already settled. UCLA had won, but The Beards were still scrapping. Read more...
