Hardly one to hide his raw emotions or neglect pumping up a crowd, Clay Thompson tossed back his headband, racket and any tennis balls in his pockets before shaking his opponent’s hand at the end of his final Pac-12 home match. Read more...
Photo: Senior Clay Thompson played a key role in UCLA’s win over Stanford on Saturday’s senior day. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin staff)
Mackenzie McDonald grew up in the Bay Area, in the shadows of UC Berkeley and Stanford. But coming of age in a family of Bruins, his loyalty was never tested – there was no shaking UCLA from his heart. Read more...
Photo: Mackenzie McDonald, a heavily recruited player out of high school, has lived up to the hype in his freshman season. He is 15-3 in singles matches so far, earning the No. 33 national singles ranking. (Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Driving roughly 280 miles overnight from Seattle, Wash. to Eugene, Ore. to play back-to-back away matches, the UCLA men’s tennis team proved that it can perform well under less-than-ideal circumstances. Read more...
Photo: Freshman Mackenzie McDonald (left), freshman Gage Brymer (right) and the UCLA men’s tennis team won both of the weekend’s matches. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin staff)
On an average game day, the Los Angeles Tennis Center is fairly quiet save for the gentle popping noise of rubber balls against rackets. But on Wednesday, the rhythmic sound of the back-and-forth hitting was overwhelmed by shouts and cheers from the stands, as an emotional match between the UCLA and Baylor men’s tennis teams was underway. Read more...
When dark clouds and heavy rain swept over Moraga, Calif. on Feb. 8, the match between the men’s tennis teams of UCLA and St. Mary’s was canceled. Read more...
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)
