As soon as she learned to walk, Catherine Harrison was on the tennis court rallying against her parents. She was too small, though, to swing the racket with one hand, so instead she used two. Read more...
Photo: Senior Catherine Harrison is one of two UCLA players to utilize a two-handed forehand, a rarity in tennis. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
An increasingly healthy UCLA women’s tennis team dominated Sunday afternoon, as the No. 21 Bruins scored a 6-1 victory over the visiting No. 26 Northwestern Wildcats. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore Terri Fleming won her doubles game with junior Kelly Shaffer and her singles game with a 6-2, 6-3 victory. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
With four key players gone and an early-season loss to Fresno State already in the books, the women’s tennis team has slipped far below its national runner-up status of last year. Read more...
Photo: Senior Kyle McPhillips (above) has been playing doubles with fellow senior Catherine Harrison since they entered the women’s tennis program as freshmen. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Kyle McPhillips was solely focused on the point at hand as she battled UNC’s Caroline Price with the 2014 NCAA championship on the line. Fixated on neither the roar of the crowd nor the cheers of her teammates, McPhillips blocked out all distractions to maintain concentration. Read more...
Photo: Senior Kyle McPhillips said she doesn’t think shortening matches by eight minutes with no-advantage scoring will help the sport. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The UCLA women’s tennis team got back on the winning track on Friday afternoon, defeating Saint Mary’s College 6-1 at the Riviera Country Club, located 4 miles west of UCLA. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore Kristin Wiley rebounded from a loss last weekend to Fresno State with a 6-4, 7-5 win against Saint Mary’s. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The women’s tennis team will encounter its first test away from home this season when it takes on Saint Mary’s Friday, but at least the Bruins won’t have to trek all the way to Northern California to face the Gaels. Read more...
Photo: UCLA competes on the road for the first time this weekend, taking on St. Mary’s just 4 miles away from campus. Coach Stella Sampras Webster is looking forward to competing in a familiar place without the challenges of traveling far from home. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Just two matches into the season, the women’s tennis team has already done something it rarely did last year: It lost a doubles point. UCLA earned 18 of the 22 possible doubles points during the 2015 regular season but in Saturday’s matchup with Fresno State, the Bulldogs took the doubles point and won 4-3 to eliminate the Bruins from the ITA Kick-Off Weekend Indoor Qualifier. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore Kristin Wiley teamed with freshman Alaina Miller at No. 3 doubles over the weekend, beating their UC Irvine opponents but falling to their Fresno State counterparts after taking an early lead. (Daily Bruin file photo)
