Last weekend, I ended my yearlong stint as the men’s tennis beat writer. I was actually pretty sad to see the year go — I had a lot of fun watching those weekend matches at Hellman and analyzing how I could bring the intense back-and-forth action to life on paper. Read More…
The Cal men’s tennis team compiled a season full of what-ifs and could-have-beens. What if the Bears hadn’t lost senior co-captain Riki McLachlan at the beginning of the year to a nearly season-ending knee injury? What if they weren’t forced to produce three different doubles tandems to make up for Read More…
The Cal men’s tennis team failed to take home even one win from the NCAA singles and doubles championships this past week. But the Bears did not leave Urbana, Ill., feeling discouraged. With Cal’s season now over, the Bears are left instead with a bittersweet feeling. Although Cal concluded its Read More…
The top three players on the Cal men’s tennis team will join the ranks of the nation’s best at the NCAA championships this week. The Bears will send two singles players — juniors Ben McLachlan and Campbell Johnson — and one doubles tandem — the Cal pair of Johnson and Read More…
The Cal men’s tennis team experienced a dose of deja vu this past week at the NCAAs. The Bears ended their NCAA team championship run the same way they ended it last year — with a Sweet 16 loss to Virginia. At the Khan Outdoor Tennis Complex in Urbana, Ill., Read More…
The Cal men’s tennis team finds itself in an all-too-familiar situation to start off the NCAA round of 16. Just like last May, the Bears had just clinched their NCAA round-of-32 match to secure their position in the Sweet 16 rankings. The Cal squad topped both Florida State and Denver Read More…
No matter what situation this weekend threw at the Cal men’s tennis team, the Bears managed to handle it. And they handled it well. For the third year in a row, the Bears clinched their round-of-32 match to advance to the NCAA Sweet 16. But for the first time in Read More…
The Cal men’s tennis team seems to have Lady Luck on its side this year. Out of all the first- and second-round brackets the Bears could have been placed in for the NCAA team championships, the Cal squad was selected to compete in a bracket where it had already defeated Read More…
The Cal men’s tennis team got lucky this year. The last time the Bears failed to earn the NCAA Championships home court advantage was in 2010, where Cal had to travel to Los Angeles in Southern California. Although the Bears easily swept UC Irvine in the first round, they were Read More…
The Cal men’s tennis team was on fire in the past few weeks. The Bears had not lost a dual match in a month, and they entered the Pac-12 Championships riding a five-game win streak. But Cal couldn’t hold on to its winning streak forever. As expected, the third-seeded Bears Read More…
