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)
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)
