Thursday, May 15

USTA Collegiate Team Camp helps foster tennis players’ development

From cherry picking in Yakima, Wash., to photo ops with rocky hills along a scenic drive to Portland, Ore., Robin Anderson’s experience with her United States Tennis Association collegiate squad provided a lighthearted change of pace for the Bruin. Read more...

Photo: Rising junior Robin Anderson said her time spent traveling with the United States Tennis Association collegiate squad has been enjoyable despite making her summer busy. Credit: Brandon Choe, Daily Bruin senior staff




Tennis falls short in NCAA Men’s singles competition

Just a day after the season ended in heartbreak for the UCLA men’s tennis team, three players had to take to the courts. Sophomores Marcos Giron and Dennis Novikov and junior Adrien Puget were at it again when they competed for the NCAA men’s tennis singles championships. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore Marcos Giron, along with the two other Bruins, sophomore Dennis Novikov and junior Adrien Puget, who competed for an individual national title, struggled to gain momentum just a day after a heartbreaking team finish in UCLA men’s tennis.


UCLA shakes off loss, prepares for NCAA Individuals

Imagine losing an Olympic event by a hundredth of a second – and then competing in the world championships the next day. Read more...

Photo: Marcos Giron is one of the UCLA players that will have to make a turnaround today as he competes in the NCAA Individual Championships the day after the team lost the overall title.


Falling Short: NCAA title slips through fingers as Virginia bests UCLA 4-3

It was all on the final singles match. The score was 5-3, 40-30 in the third set, match point for junior Adrien Puget. Read more...

Photo: Adrien Puget came close to winning the final match for UCLA in the NCAA championships but fell short, losing in the third set and confirming the Bruins’ 4-3 loss to University of Virginia. It was a controversial match, as there were questions about a call that Puget touched the net after scoring the potential game-winning point. He ended up losing shortly afte


National championship in sight for men’s tennis

Sophomore Marcos Giron was exhausted, with parts of the Illinois crowd roaring for and against him as he battled to keep his, and his team’s, season alive. Read more...

Photo: After a decisive doubles victory in Monday’s NCAA semifinals, sophomore Marcos Giron’s singles comeback gave the No.1 Bruin tennis team the win and the opportunity to play in today’s championship match against No. 2 Virginia.



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