March Madness' Sweet 16 may be as salivating as it gets for many college sports fans. But as far as women's tennis is concerned, its own NCAA Championship round of 16, at best, presents an offering closer to sour, a mere morsel that fails to satisfy an appetite for excellence. Read more...
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Women’s Tennis vs Baylor on March 10, 2011 at LATC.
Anderson and Morton comprise part of a highly-touted UCLA freshman recruiting class which was ranked third overall in the country according to TennisRecruiting.net. The two freshmen were vaguely familiar with one another from their days on the junior tennis circuit. The two freshmen went out and decisively won the 64-team doubles draw of the 2011 USTA/ITA Southwest Regional Championships in San Diego. Read more...
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Freshmen Skylar Morton and Robin Anderson won the Southwest Regional in San Diego and received an automatic bid to travel to New York for the Natonal Intercollegiate Indoor Championships. Morton and Anderson were able to develop chemistry together despite having just met to capture first place. They, among others, comprise the No. 3 recruiting class in the nation for 2011.
For the UCLA women's tennis team, the outlook shortly after the beginning of the season was bleak. Read more...
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Andrea Remynse is one of three seniors on the women’s tennis team who will be graduating. After a slow start, the Bruins played their best tennis at the end of the season, and they advanced to the national semifinals, where they lost to the Gators.
Though the UCLA men's and women's tennis teams are no longer in contention for a title, individual Bruins still have a shot to earn some accolades at the NCAA Individual Championships. Read more...
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Freshman Daniel Kosakowski will play in the NCAA Individual Championships starting today in Palo Alto.
Whether or not it is the case in the animal kingdom, the Gators have made it clear that they rule the Bruins in the postseason. Read more...
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Junior McCall Jones and the Bruins were defeated 4-0 by the Florida Gators during the NCAA semifinals, held Monday at Stanford.
There is a picture that UCLA senior Noelle Hickey looks at for inspiration from time to time, but it is not of a family member, former teammate or role model. Read more...
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Senior Noelle Hickey pulled through with a three-set singles victory to clinch the No. 6-seeded UCLA women’s tennis team’s upset over No. 3 Duke on Sunday in Palo Alto. The Bruins will face the No. 2 Florida Gators in the NCAA semifinals today.
This weekend, members of the UCLA women's tennis team will follow the old sports adage and "act like they've been there before."
This will come in handy, considering the Bruins' opponent cannot do the same.
UCLA will play Virginia in the NCAA Tournament round of 16 today in Palo Alto, in what will be the Cavaliers' first round of 16 match. Read more...
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Freshman Courtney Dolehide and the sixth-seeded UCLA women’s tennis team will face No. 11 seed Virginia in the NCAA round of 16 today in Palo Alto. It marks the first time that the Cavaliers have advanced all the way to the third round of the NCAA Tournament. The match also marks the first meeting between the two teams.
