Pepperdine’s Tom Hill grunted and groaned each time he hit the ball. He even yelled out a complete sentence after going up 1-0 in his first singles set. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt sophomore Karue Sell helped his team achieve a decisive victory over No. 19 Pepperdine. (Carolyn Francis/Daily Bruin)

Marcos Giron’s serves answered the call each time after he fell behind 1-4 in his third set. But the junior never broke Yannick Hanfmann’s serve and his final, backhanded return flew into the right alley to send UCLA men’s tennis to its first loss of the year and second straight 3-4 semifinal loss to USC on Sunday at the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships. Read more...

Photo: Though Marcos Giron was able to stretch his match against USC’s Yannick Hanfmann to three sets, the junior fell short in UCLA’s 3-4 loss to USC in the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships. (Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin senior staff)