Five members of UCLA women’s tennis competed Wednesday in the first round of the NCAA individual championship bracket. A day after the Bruins lost the national title to the Vanderbilt Commondors, sophomore Jennifer Brady, senior Robin Anderson, junior Catherine Harrison and senior Chanelle Van Nguyen overcame their opponents to advance to Thursday’s second round. Read more...

Photo: Senior Robin Anderson beat Virginia’s Stephanie Nauta in straight sets to move on in the NCAA singles tournament Wednesday. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)

An improbable comeback fell inches short. Playing in its second championship match in two years, No. 7-seeded UCLA (23-5) played the underdog role against No. 4-seeded Vanderbilt (25-6). Read more...

Photo: The UCLA women’s tennis fell in a closely contested championship matchup against Vanderbilt. With the loss, the Bruins failed to defend the national title that they secured last year. (Courtesy of Jose Yau)

The Bruins are back. Lightning, game delays and shaky doubles play couldn’t stop No. 7-seeded UCLA (23-4) from marching past No. 6-seeded Georgia (24-7) at Hurd Tennis Center in Waco, Texas, to return to the NCAA championship match for the third time in four years. Read more...

Photo: Senior Kaitlyn Ray went toe-to-toe with her Georgia opponent, Caroline Brinson in the first set, before dominating the tie-breaker set 6-3. Ray maintained her momentum to cruise to a 6-2 second-set win to clinch the 4-1 win for UCLA and send the Bruins to the finals against Vanderbilt. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)

A quarterfinal berth, a chance to return to the title match and ultimately redemption. A third-round matchup in Waco, Texas, pits seventh-seeded UCLA (20-4) against 10th-seeded Texas A&M (17-5) in a rematch of the 2013 NCAA semifinal. Read more...

Photo: Senior Chanelle Van Nguyen dropped her match 2-1 to her Texas A&M opponent in the 2013 NCAA semifinal after Van Nguyen was overwhelmed by cramps. The Sweet 16 matchup against the Aggies will be a chance for the Bruins to redeem that 4-3 defeat from two years ago. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)

With two 4-0 wins this weekend, UCLA women’s tennis made advancing to the round of 16 in the NCAA Tournament look easy. The first match of the weekend on took place on Saturday at the Los Angeles Tennis Center pitting No. Read more...

Photo: The nation’s No. 1 singles player, senior Robin Anderson, won in straight sets against both Idaho and Northwestern. The No. 6 Bruins will now travel to Waco, Texas for the Sweet 16 where they will face off against No. 10 Texas A&M. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin)