Practice was winding down. The UCLA men’s tennis team was finishing stretching and packing up. Players were talking about where they were going to eat, while others were talking about what midterms they had to study for that week. Read more...
Photo: For Joseph Di Giulio, the tennis courts are where the sophomore finds solace, a place where he escapes from problems small and large. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin staff)
With his team set to head to the ITA Division I National Men’s Team Indoor Championship Tuesday, coach Billy Martin used a pair of home matches this weekend to keep his squad prepared from top to bottom. Read more...
Photo: With the top two singles players resting against St. Mary’s on Sunday, sophomore Gage Brymer played on the No. 2 court for UCLA. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin)
Forget and get better. That is what the mentality has been for the UCLA men’s tennis team this past week. The No. 10 Bruins (3-2) were working an intense practice schedule to forget last weekend’s disappointing face off against South East Conference teams Georgia and Florida where the Bruins came away 0-2 from the weekend. Read more...
Sophomore Mackenzie McDonald said he was not disappointed in himself. His coach was. “It wasn’t anything about him playing badly; he just lost concentration,” said coach Billy Martin after McDonald, the No. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore Mackenzie McDonald developed a mental edge as he faced three top-40 singles players in nine days. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin)
The UCLA men’s tennis team went into the Southeastern Conference/Pac-12 Challenge this year trying to repeat history, only to come up short in both dual matches this past weekend. Read more...
Photo: Freshman Martin Redlicki and his sophomore doubles partner Mackenzie McDonald won their matchup with Georgia, but UCLA’s failure to command the other two doubles matches led to the team’s eventual defeat. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin)
Though Westwood and Athens, Ga., are over 2,000 miles apart, UCLA coach Billy Martin is no stranger to the national prominence of the Georgia men’s tennis program. Read more...
Photo: Junior co-captain Karue Sell said that meeting Georgia and Florida will give UCLA a senseof its prospects for the rest of the season (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)
The UCLA men’s tennis team is a brotherhood – on and off the court. Sunday, the Bruins went to support fellow teammate Gage Brymer in a time of need. Read more...
Photo: Following the death of his mother Jan. 21, sophomore Gage Brymer said that the game of tennis is like therapy for him. (Daily Bruin file photo)
