Despite turbulent weather and chaotic travel, the Bruins went 2-for-2 this weekend to close out the regular season.

No. 21 UCLA men’s tennis (13-8, 11-2 Big Ten) swept Wisconsin (9-12, 3-10) on Friday at Nielsen Tennis Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin, before defeating Nebraska (15-8, 8-5) 4-1 Sunday at Sid and Hazel Dillon Tennis Center in Lincoln, Nebraska. UCLA has now won five in a row since losing to USC and Ohio State in early April.

“It’s fast and furious,” said coach Billy Martin. “The guys are doing a great job. I’m really, really proud of their resiliency and their competitive nature and will to win. … Typical roller coaster ride college tennis match (against Nebraska), and we were fortunate enough to win.”

Martin said the Bruins had a hectic schedule, traveling cross-country while simultaneously encountering tumultuous weather conditions in Madison that left the team unsure whether they would play indoors or outdoors.

Martin added that playing a team like Wisconsin, who was playing for a spot in the conference tournament, posed its own challenges.

“Wisconsin wins one of these two last matches (against UCLA on Friday or USC on Sunday), they make the conference tournament,” Martin said. “So they were fired up to play us. … We’re trying to get used to the courts and situation, speed of the court, crowd and everything else is not rooting for us, that’s for sure.”

UCLA faced Wisconsin indoors and found themselves in a fight for the doubles point. Junior Gianluca Ballotta and redshirt sophomore Emon van Loben Sels ultimately ended up on top, defeating Wisconsin’s Edouard Aubert and Matthew Fullerton 7-6(2).

UCLA never looked back, winning the first three singles matches in straight sets.

The match against Nebraska was much closer.

Against the Cornhuskers, the Bruins were up 3-1, but Kaylan Bigun, No. 28 Spencer Johnson and No. 110 Aadarsh Tripathi were all embroiled in close third sets, with three singles courts up for grabs.

And Bigun got to play the hero on court three.

The freshman defeated Nebraska’s Nikolay Sysoev 6-7(5), 6-1, 7-6(6), securing a UCLA win after winning the third-set tiebreaker.

He was promptly swarmed by teammates and gave Sysoev a long embrace.

“It was a pretty fun experience,” Bigun said. “Actually, I was playing one of my good friends (Sysoev) today. … Those moments are exciting for me, and I was happy that I was able to come out on top. The 6-5 game in the third, I was looking around a little bit, but I had to dial it back in.”

No. 23 Rudy Quan, who was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week for the third time this season April 16, defeated Nebraska’s No. 63 Calvin Mueller 3-6, 6-3, 6-1.

“I know I belong at this level,” Quan said. “I play against the best players in the world, like at Indian Wells (the BNP Paribas Open) and Challenger (ATP Challenger Tour). I know I belong here, and I have no doubt about that. I’m just trying to get better out here.”

Quan also reflected on his freshman season, looking back at his loss to Texas A&M’s then-No. 60 JC Roddick on Jan. 25. Quan said he used to experience pregame stress but now views every tennis match the same, enabling him to remain calm.

This weekend, Johnson played his first singles matches since an elbow injury sidelined him after a Feb. 2 match versus Stanford.

The All-American sophomore, who was the No. 1 player in the Bruins’ singles lineup pre-injury, played on courts four and five this weekend, leaving both his matches unfinished. Martin said the team is easing Johnson back into action as he progresses, citing his extensive time away from the court.

The Bruins’ schedule remains hectic, returning to Westwood for two days before flying out to Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday for the start of their inaugural Big Ten tournament, in which they will be the No. 2 seed.

As the squad turns its attention to the postseason, Martin said he is proud of how far his team has come.

“If someone had told me back when we were 2-6 we’d finish second and be 11-2 in the conference, I’m not sure I would have believed anybody,” Martin said.