Athens, Ga. — Kyle McPhillips floated up a lob which came back to her in the form of a smash that buried her in a 0-40 hole. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore Kyle McPhillips (bottom) is overtaken by jubilant teammates after clinching a UCLA victory against UNC’s Caroline Price at No. 3 singles. The Bruins defeated the UNC Tar Heels 4-3 to claim their 111th national championship title in Athens, Ga. (Tim Bradbury/Daily Bruin senior staff)
For UCLA baseball, the season started well enough, as the defending national champions began the season ranked No. 12 and were picked to finish third in the Pac-12. Read more...
Photo: Junior catcher Shane Zeile helped accommodate baseball’s shifting, injury-filled roster this year in his transition from infielder to catcher. (Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin senior staff)
It is said that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link, but applying this metaphor to a No. 3 UCLA softball team in the NCAA Super Regionals may prove difficult. Read more...
Photo: Junior utility player Stephany LaRosa echoed that there is a sentiment of trust among the players that allows the team to capitalize when it counts. (Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin senior staff)
ATHENS, Ga. — Two members of the women’s tennis team capitalized on missed opportunities from past NCAA tournament exits in the Bruins’ 4-3 title game victory over the University of North Carolina Tar Heels, while one player became a champion on her last possible chance. Read more...
Photo: Junior Robin Anderson surrendered just four games in two sets to the University of North Carolina’s Jamie Loeb, a freshman who came into the tournament as the No. 1 female player in the NCAA. (Tim Bradbury/Daily Bruin senior staff)
UCLA women’s tennis claimed the school’s 111th national championship, defeating North Carolina 4-3 in the NCAA title game Tuesday afternoon. Sophomore Kyle McPhillips clinched the title, winning her third set 6-3 after a long battle at deuce. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore Kyle McPhillips was the deciding factor in UCLA women’s tennis’s victory over North Carolina. (Tim Bradbury/Daily Bruin senior staff)
A year after getting within a foot of becoming national champions, the men’s tennis team fell four points short of its second straight title-game berth. UCLA surrendered consecutive third-set tiebreakers on courts one and six in falling to No. Read more...
Photo: Senior Adrien Puget was the first Bruin to win a set Monday, but senior Clay Thompson and redshirt sophomore Karue Sell’s third-set tiebreaker losses led to a UCLA defeat. (Yin Fu/Daily Bruin)
Robin Anderson stood opposite her Florida Gator opponent, a point away from securing a straight-set victory. The junior had been through all of the close calls the UCLA women’s tennis team has had in the past few years, most recently a bitter 4-3 defeat at the hands of Texas A&M; in last year’s semifinal that ultimately kept the team out of the national championship game. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore Kyle McPhillips (Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin senior staff)
