The Bruins will kick off the NCAA tournament at home against a never-before-seen opponent. No. 4 seed UCLA women’s tennis (19-4, 10-0 Pac-12) will host the first two rounds of its region of the NCAA championship Friday and Saturday at the Los Angeles Tennis Center, first squaring off against Grand Canyon (12-8, 6-0 Western Athletic Conference), a team it has yet to play any matches against in program history. Read more...

Photo: After returning from an injury that kept her out for five weeks, junior Elysia Bolton has won seven doubles matches on court three for UCLA women’s tennis as the team enters the NCAA tournament. (Andy Bao/Daily Bruin)

While they were the conference victors in the regular season, the Bruins still have one more step to go before calling themselves the conference champions. As the top seed with a first-round bye, No. Read more...

Photo: No. 1 seed UCLA women’s tennis has faced No. 2 seed Stanford in the last round of each of the last two Pac-12 championships and has an opportunity to produce the same matchup in the finals this year. (Andy Bao/Daily Bruin staff)

The Bruins hadn’t played a match in 10 months because of a shortened COVID-19 season in 2020 and a delayed start to the 2021 season. Upon finally returning to play, they lost junior Elysia Bolton for six matches a month into the season because of a severe ankle sprain. Read more...

Photo: Since coming back from injury, junior Elysia Bolton has played in four singles matches and six doubles matches, winning all of the former and four of the latter for No. 5 UCLA women’s tennis.(Alex Driscoll/Daily Bruin staff)

The Bruins will close out their regular season with the opportunity to defeat their crosstown rivals and remain unbeaten in Pac-12 play on the season. No. Read more...

Photo: After beating the Trojans last time out, No. 8 UCLA women’s tennis will have to opportunity to sweep No. 36 USC in graduate student Jada Hart’s potentially last matchups against the school. (Andy Bao/Daily Bruin staff)