Up 4-1 in the second set of the NCAA men’s tennis singles championship, junior Marcos Giron could almost feel the title trophy in his hands.
Less than a week earlier, Giron had high hopes as his team entered the semifinal round of the NCAA team tournament against Oklahoma.

On the road to winning its last national championship, the UCLA men’s tennis team faced Tennessee in the round of 16 in the 2005 NCAA tournament.

The moment the UCLA men’s tennis team has waited nearly a year for has finally arrived.
After the loss to Virginia in last year’s national championship, the Bruins have a new opportunity to reach the finals of this year’s NCAA tennis tournament.

As last year’s NCAA championship got underway, the men’s tennis teams of UCLA and Virginia understood that just one point could be the deciding factor in who would be crowned national champions.

On the road against rival USC last Friday, the UCLA men’s tennis team was in position to take the Pac-12 regular-season title.
After winning the doubles point, the Bruins took an early lead over the Trojans.

Friday’s match between the men’s tennis teams of UCLA and Utah began with a fierce battle for the doubles point. After the teams traded wins at courts one and two, the Bruins’ hopes of winning the doubles point rested on the shoulders of freshmen Gage Brymer and Mackenzie McDonald.

Just less than a month ago, the UCLA men’s tennis team was on the verge of its first home loss of the season, down 3-2 against Baylor.

Driving roughly 280 miles overnight from Seattle, Wash. to Eugene, Ore. to play back-to-back away matches, the UCLA men’s tennis team proved that it can perform well under less-than-ideal circumstances.

On an average game day, the Los Angeles Tennis Center is fairly quiet save for the gentle popping noise of rubber balls against rackets. But on Wednesday, the rhythmic sound of the back-and-forth hitting was overwhelmed by shouts and cheers from the stands, as an emotional match between the UCLA and Baylor men’s tennis teams was underway.

When dark clouds and heavy rain swept over Moraga, Calif. on Feb. 8, the match between the men’s tennis teams of UCLA and St. Mary’s was canceled.