March may only be seven days old, but the UCLA men’s tennis team didn’t wait long to let the madness begin. A day that began with fiery pregame chants was highlighted by a controversial gesture from senior Clay Thompson and ended in high drama at its scintillating best. Read more...
Photo: Junior Marcos Giron’s come-from-behind 2-1 victory over Virginia’s Alex Domijan clinched the Bruins 4-3 victory over the Cavaliers. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin staff)
Men’s tennis coach Billy Martin exerted little in simply hitting with a rehabbing Adrien Puget on Tuesday. But memories of Puget’s three-set defeat that crowned Virginia the 2013 NCAA champions proved enough to elevate the blood pressures of both men. Read more...
Photo: Just a freshman, Mackenzie McDonald has become the team’s third-highest ranked player. (Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This past weekend, the UCLA men’s tennis team competed at the 125th Annual Pacific Coast Doubles Championship, in La Jolla, Calif. The tournament attracted many collegiate teams, including Stanford, USC, Cal and UC Davis. Read more...
Last Saturday, UCLA men’s tennis handled Pepperdine with relative ease in singles. But doubles play proved to be a different story. After being upset in one of the earlier doubles games, the Bruins needed a dangerously close 8-7 victory from freshman Gage Brymer and sophomore Karue Sell in the decisive doubles game. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore Karue Sell and the Bruins will look to improve their doubles play this weekend at the Pacific Coast Men’s Doubles Championship. (Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin senior staff)
It’s almost become a routine for the UCLA men’s tennis team: Drop the doubles point, then win almost every singles point to seal victory. It certainly seemed so after the team’s 5-2 home victory over USC on Tuesday, a win that was the Bruins’ fourth in the five matches in which they have dropped the doubles point. Read more...
Photo: Junior Marcos Giron relied on a strong serve to defeat his opponent, USC’s Yannick Hanfmann. Giron had three straight aces in his win. (Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This year’s UCLA men’s tennis team only superficially looks like its 2013 NCAA runner-up counterpart. Only a 4-3 loss to USC at the ITA National Team Indoor Championship separates UCLA, just like last year’s incarnation, from a perfect record nine games into the season. Read more...
Photo: Junior Dennis Mkrtchian, who has won six of his last seven singles matches, said that UCLA has enjoyed playing a tougher schedule than in years past. (Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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)
