Thursday, July 9

Men’s tennis’ title hopes shatter in tiebreakers

A year after getting within a foot of becoming national champions, the men’s tennis team fell four points short of its second straight title-game berth. UCLA surrendered consecutive third-set tiebreakers on courts one and six in falling to No. Read more...

Photo: Senior Adrien Puget was the first Bruin to win a set Monday, but senior Clay Thompson and redshirt sophomore Karue Sell’s third-set tiebreaker losses led to a UCLA defeat. (Yin Fu/Daily Bruin)


UCLA reverses roles against Florida, advances to title match

Robin Anderson stood opposite her Florida Gator opponent, a point away from securing a straight-set victory. The junior had been through all of the close calls the UCLA women’s tennis team has had in the past few years, most recently a bitter 4-3 defeat at the hands of Texas A&M; in last year’s semifinal that ultimately kept the team out of the national championship game. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore Kyle McPhillips (Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA Kendo Club finds balance between combat and discipline

The original version of this article contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. Yelling resonates throughout the entire second floor of the John Wooden Center. Read more...

Photo: Ling Chen, a graduate student in psychology, swings her shinai during the Yuhihai Kendo Tournament held at UCLA on Sunday. The UCLA Kendo Club fuses the intensity of fighting with a different intensity – a strict set of rules, discipline and tradition that the club follows.(Austin Yu/Daily Bruin)





Men’s tennis rallies from 0-2 hole to move on in NCAAs

Rain forced the UCLA men’s tennis team to relocate from Athens, Ga. to Atlanta for its NCAA quarterfinals match Sunday. A one-and-a-half hour trip factored into a match start time more than two hours later than originally planned. Read more...

Photo: Freshman Gage Brymer’s singles win clinched the match for the Bruins and sent them onward to the NCAA semifinal round. (Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin senior staff)