In the course of nearly eight months, the members of the UCLA women’s tennis team spend much of their time in the nooks of Straus Stadium, surrounded by the same 12 players. Read more...
Photo: Junior Kaitlin Ray said that coming up with nicknames has been a way for the team to build a greater sense of camaraderie and unity that she feels has translated onto the court. (Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The members of UCLA’s No. 2 women’s tennis team stood out on court five of the Los Angeles Tennis Center Saturday, exchanging high fives as they cheered for their teammate, senior Courtney Dolehide, as she finished the last match of the weekend against the No. Read more...
Photo: This weekend, senior Courtney Dolehide played in, and won, her first singles match since March 21. (Carolyn Francis/Daily Bruin)
Practice, matches, repeat. Practice, matches, repeat. For the past two weekends, the UCLA women’s tennis team has nestled into a routine of daily weekday practices being capped off by back-to-back weekend matches. Read more...
Photo: Junior Robin Anderson said that the team’s recent road trip to NorCal provided a big confidence boost in preparation for facing the Arizona schools. (Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Twelve years ago, as freshman Jennifer Brady stepped onto the tennis courts at her local park, she looked across the net to see her fiercest competitor yet: her father. Read more...
Photo: Freshman Jennifer Brady, who has already made an impact on the UCLA women’s tennis team, shifted the focus from herself to “(winning) for the team.” (Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The UCLA women’s tennis team had a long, bittersweet flight back home to the Los Angeles Tennis Center this weekend. The Bruins experienced two days on the road, facing two teams back-to-back with less than 24 hours between matches. Read more...
Photo: Junior Chanelle Van Nguyen helped win a doubles point against Stanford Friday, but was unable to win her singles match against Cal the next day. (Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin senior staff)
On a windy afternoon in Westwood, the typically rhythmic chime of tennis grunts and racket smashes were nowhere to be heard. Instead, the only audible disturbance was the sound of the UCLA women’s tennis team as the players filed one by one out of their locker room under Straus Stadium and headed toward the team bus waiting for them on the corner of Charles E. Read more...
Photo: Junior Chanelle Van Nguyen said No. 3 UCLA will get a chance to see how it matches up against top-ranked opponents when the team heads to the Bay Area this weekend to face No. 4 Stanford and No. 12 Cal. (Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin senior staff)
For the UCLA women’s tennis team, two heads appear to be better than one. Hidden within the multitude of individual players’ scores and statistics compiled throughout the course of this season lies one aspect of the Bruins’ performance that can still be denoted as “perfect.” In every dual match this season, the team has managed to capture the lone doubles point up for grabs and tip the scoreboard 1-0 in UCLA’s favor at the onset of singles play. Read more...
