Shibahara snags championship title Two tournaments into Ena Shibahara’s collegiate career, and she’s reached two finals. This time, the freshman put away her opponent in three sets. Read more...
Photo: Ferdinand Edman led the UCLA men’s cross country team to a sixth place finish in Wisconsin. The senior placed 10th overall. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)
Ena Shibahara needed 11 straight wins to capture the 2016 Riviera/ITA Women’s All-American Singles Championship. She only got 10. The UCLA freshman dropped only two sets while cruising through the prequalifying, qualifying and main draws in Pacific Palisades. Read more...
Photo: Maxime Cressy was one of four Bruins competing in singles and doubles at the UCSB Classic this past weekend. The 6’7″ sophomore teamed with fellow sophomore Daniel Gealer to win the Flight A doubles title Sunday. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Jada Hart almost had another championship. The redshirt freshman – and defending U.S. Open juniors girls’ doubles champion –and junior Terri Fleming advanced to the finals of the Cal Nike Fall Invitational Blue Doubles bracket but came up short of the title, falling 8-6 to Arizona State’s Kassidy Jump and Sammi Hampton. Read more...
Photo: Junior Terri Fleming and her partner redshirt freshman Jada Hart fell just short of winning the championship of the Cal State Nike Fall Invitational Blue Doubles bracket. They upset the top seed before falling 8-6 in the finals. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Jada Hart and Ena Shibahara were already national champions, but now they can put a Juniors Grand Slam title under their belts. All it took was fending off a one-set deficit and a third set match point. Read more...
Photo: Incoming freshmen Ena Shibahara (left) and Jada Hart overcame a one set deficit and a third set match point to win the U.S. Open juniors girls’ doubles championship over Kayla Day and Caroline Dolehide. (Courtesy of Paul Ballard/ZooTennis)
This year’s U.S. Open proved there is still a huge gap between the collegiate and pro ranks. Mackie McDonald, the 2016 NCAA singles and doubles champion, won the first two sets against qualifier Jan Šátral, but the former Bruin couldn’t clinch a third and eventually crashed out of the first round 4-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2. Read more...
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Winning the NCAA singles and doubles championship is impressive, but winning a professional tennis major is on a whole other level. Mackie McDonald, the 2016 NCAA dual champion and UCLA alum, begins his first U.S. Read more...
Photo: The 2016 national championship doubles duo of Mackie MacDonald and Martin Redlicki will reunite in the U.S. Open this week. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Two members of UCLA women’s tennis have become national champions even before stepping on a collegiate court. Incoming freshmen Ena Shibahara and Jada Hart teamed up this past week and won the 18’s girls’ doubles title at the USTA National Championships held in San Diego. Read more...
