Tennis is one of the few sports at UCLA that plays virtually year-round. Read more...
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Sophomore Dennis Novikov is one of several UCLA players competing in the Men’s ITA All-American Championships this week.
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June 1, 1:22 am
Retiring UCLA assistant women’s tennis coach brings joy and love of sport to team
No one radiated a sunnier mood during a balmy NCAA Tournament practice than the 65-year old with a knee replacement and less than a month left of unretired life. Read more...
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Bill Zaima has coached the women’s tennis team for 38 years, with two stints as head coach, and is now retiring from assistant coaching.
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May 23, 2:11 am
Florida Gators swallow up Bruins in the NCAA women’s tennis championship finals
Living up to their apex predator namesake, the Florida Gators victimized the UCLA women's tennis team with their deadly prowess at depth and on the surface, terrorizing the Bruins 4-0 en route to their second consecutive national championship. Read more...
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May 23, 1:57 am
Women’s tennis moves on to individual portion following loss at NCAA Championships
A heavyweight contest between UCLA's top player Robin Anderson and the top-ranked player in the country, Florida's Allie Will, was expected on court No. 1 at the NCAA Championships. Read more...
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Freshmen Skylar Morton (left) and Robin Anderson will be among two UCLA pairs competing in the NCAA doubles championships.
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May 22, 2:36 am
Women's tennis bests USC for spot in NCAA Championship game
A composed McCall Jones came up with some brief but fighting words for USC after suffering through a 6-1 senior-day thrashing at the hands of the Trojans. Read more...
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Senior McCall Jones won the decisive singles point in the women’s tennis team’s 4-3 victory over USC in the NCAA Semifinals Monday.
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May 21, 1:11 am
Women’s tennis defeats Cal 4-1, heads to Final Four of NCAA Tournament
When the UCLA women's tennis team faced California last month, the Golden Bears handed the Bruins their first loss of the season, snapping the team's 20-game win streak. Read more...
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Junior Pamela Montez and the women’s tennis team defeated Cal 4-1 at the NCAA quarterfinals Saturday to earn a spot in the Final Four.
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May 18, 1:45 am
Women’s tennis advances to NCAA quarterfinals after snapping Rice’s Cinderella-story streak
Having awoken in the eastern time zone four times this week, UCLA women's tennis may have had as much ease clicking off their alarms Thursday morning as they did sounding the bell on Cinderella. A 4-0 victory over an upstart Rice University team that reached the Sweet 16 through two straight upset wins proved that the Bruins have little regard for fairy tales, with each UCLA player being up at least a set by the time midnight struck on the Owls. Read more...
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The No. 1 women’s tennis team will play Cal Saturday in the NCAA Elite Eight in Athens, Ga. in the quest for UCLA’s 109th championship title.