As rain continued to fall Friday afternoon, the UCLA women’s tennis team was looking to begin its regular season. Despite the match being postponed to Saturday and relocated to Loyola Marymount University, the group had a strong showing and started its season off with a win. Read more...
Photo: Junior Terri Fleming dropped the first set to LMU’s Elvira Juravliova but stormed back for a three-set victory in UCLA’s 5-2 win over LMU. (Daily Bruin file photo)
UCLA women’s tennis has one central goal in mind to start off the season. Fight off the injuries. “I think the biggest thing I’m hoping for is that everyone stays healthy,” said coach Stella Sampras Webster, going into her 22nd season as UCLA head coach. Read more...
Photo: UCLA women’s tennis coach Stella Sampras Webster enters her 22nd year at the helm. She has an overall record of 383-143 and two national titles in 2008 and 2014. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Beginning in September, the UCLA women’s tennis team has prepared for the 2017 season with a series of tournaments, which have tested its skill and determination. Read more...
Photo: Junior Kristin Wiley fell to Stanford’s Emma Higuchi, 6-4, 6-2 in the first round of the National Collegiate Tennis Classic in Rancho Mirage, California. (Daily Bruin file photo)
With the turn of the new year, UCLA women’s tennis hopes to expand on its efforts from last year, after its abrupt ending laid the case for unfinished work to be done. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore Alaina Miller had a 14-6 record in dual match singles last year, including seven wins at the No. 3 slot. She also won the title at the Pac-12 Doubles Invitational with her partner, junior Terri Fleming. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Jada Hart and Ena Shibahara almost had another national championship. As teammates in women’s doubles, redshirt freshman Hart and freshman Shibahara suffered a 6-3, 6-4 defeat Sunday to Kentucky in the finals match of the USTA/ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt Freshman Jada Hart (right) and freshman Ena Shibahara made it to the last round of USTA/ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships before losing to Kentucky. (Creative Commons photos by si.robi via Wikimedia Commons)
For years, UCLA women’s tennis has been a dominant force, not losing more than seven matches in a season in the last five years. As the team prepares for the start of its season in January, the tournaments in November will be tests of the girls’ preparation. Read more...
Photo: Freshman Ena Shibahara (left) and redshirt freshman Jada Hart (right), the 2016 US Open girls’ doubles champions, will face Columbia University’s Star Makarome and Alexandra Solovyev in the first round of the National Indoor Intercollegiate doubles draw. (Courtesy of Paul Ballard/ZooTennis)
Three straight years. That’s how many times a UCLA Bruin and a USC Trojan have faced off in the men’s singles final of the ITA Southwest Regional Championship. Read more...
Photo: Gage Brymer won all seven of his matches at the ITA Southwest Regional Championships in straight sets including the finals over USC’s Thibault Forget. (Daily Bruin file photo)
