Cinderella was not with the UCLA women’s tennis team this
weekend.
The Bruins’ season ended Friday in Gainesville, Florida,
with a 4-0 loss to Duke (30-2) in the NCAA quarterfinals.

The women’s tennis team nearly ended its season with the
same sort of disappointment that has permeated its 2003
campaign.
In the NCAA tournament round of 16, the No.

Today’s start to the NCAA tournament marks the beginning
of the women’s tennis team’s quest to salvage what has
thus far been a disappointing season.
The Bruins (13-10, 4-4) managed to earn a No.

The women’s tennis team will send five representatives to
the Pac-10 Championships in Ojai this weekend. The tournament, one
of several Ojai is hosting, will begin Thursday and end Sunday.

The women’s tennis team closed out the regular season last
weekend in frustrating fashion, dropping 6-1 decisions to No. 2
Stanford and No. 4 Cal. UCLA (13-10, 4-4) was once again
short-handed with Jackie Carleton out with shin splints and
All-American Sara Walker out Saturday with a sore hamstring.

The women’s tennis team will take its act to the Pacific
Northwest this week in hopes of getting back on track following a
disastrous weekend at home against Cal and Stanford.

The women’s tennis team showed no sluggishness after a
two-and-a-half-week break, handing Arizona and Arizona State 6-1
defeats last weekend at the Los Angeles Tennis Center.

Four times this season the eighth-ranked women’s tennis
team has taken the court against a top-10 opponent, and four times
they have come up a little bit short.

After eight consecutive 4-3 decisions, the UCLA women’s
tennis team finally notched a convincing victory with a 7-0
destruction of Loyola Marymount on Wednesday.
“I definitely enjoy these matches a lot more.

It took nearly five hours, but the short-handed No. 9 Bruins
defeated No. 17 Fresno State 4-3 at the Los Angeles Tennis Center
Wednesday.
UCLA has been plagued by injuries all year, the most recent of
which is a lower back strain suffered by All-American senior Sara
Walker, currently ranked No.