The UCLA men’s tennis team left Chicago on Sunday with another story of what could have been. The No. 10 Bruins dropped tight matches to the No. Read more...
Photo: Freshman Austin Rapp squandered two match points in his singles loss to North Carolina’s Robert Kelly in the first round of the ITA National Team Indoors Friday, leading to the Bruins’ loss to the Tar Heels. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin)
UCLA men’s tennis headed off to Chicago early Tuesday morning to prepare for one of the biggest tournaments of the year, the ITA Division I National Men’s Team Indoor Championship. Read more...
Photo: Freshman Martin Redlicki attributed UCLA’s fluctuations in lineup to the depth of the team’s talent. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin)
For six years, Raymond Ajoc lived about 100 steps away from a tennis court. But, for the six years before high school, he had never used it. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year biology student Raymond Ajoc was able to find a way to pay for his tuition at UCLA after landing a spot as a manager for the men’s tennis team and subsequently earning an athletic scholarship. Ajoc is one of the most reliable racket stringers on the team, able to complete the racket stringing process in about 12 minutes. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)
Practice was winding down. The UCLA men’s tennis team was finishing stretching and packing up. Players were talking about where they were going to eat, while others were talking about what midterms they had to study for that week. Read more...
Photo: For Joseph Di Giulio, the tennis courts are where the sophomore finds solace, a place where he escapes from problems small and large. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin staff)
With his team set to head to the ITA Division I National Men’s Team Indoor Championship Tuesday, coach Billy Martin used a pair of home matches this weekend to keep his squad prepared from top to bottom. Read more...
Photo: With the top two singles players resting against St. Mary’s on Sunday, sophomore Gage Brymer played on the No. 2 court for UCLA. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin)
Forget and get better. That is what the mentality has been for the UCLA men’s tennis team this past week. The No. 10 Bruins (3-2) were working an intense practice schedule to forget last weekend’s disappointing face off against South East Conference teams Georgia and Florida where the Bruins came away 0-2 from the weekend. Read more...
Sophomore Mackenzie McDonald said he was not disappointed in himself. His coach was. “It wasn’t anything about him playing badly; he just lost concentration,” said coach Billy Martin after McDonald, the No. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore Mackenzie McDonald developed a mental edge as he faced three top-40 singles players in nine days. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin)
