With two months of preseason experience under its belt, the Cal men’s tennis team is readying itself for the USTA/ITA Northwest Regional Championships, which marks the peak of the fall season. Held at St. Mary’s College in Moraga, Calif., from Friday to Tuesday, the tournament will reward its winners with Read More…
Throughout this week, the Cal men’s tennis team is split between different time zones, doing double duty at tournaments in Oklahoma and in nearby Davis. Both tournaments are geared towards making strides for the spring season. Seniors Ben McLachlan and Campbell Johnson earned direct entries to the main draw of Read More…
It has only been a month since the tennis season started, but the Cal’s men’s tennis team is already in full swing with its long preseason. Centered on individual results, the preseason will reach its peak at the upcoming ITA Championships tournament circuit. “Preseason gets us ready at the level 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 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…
Winning the doubles point gives the victors a crucial advantage going into singles play. But pointwise, it’s still just one of seven. To win the match, the doubles victor still needs to win three singles points. On Saturday afternoon at the Taube Tennis Center in Stanford, Calif., the Cal men’s Read More…
All eyes were on the top court as Cal junior Ben McLachlan fiercely battled Arizona’s Kieren Thompson in the last match of the day on Saturday. After McLachlan took the first set, Thompson fought back to clinch a back-and-forth second set. The two traded points in a 10-point pro-set tiebreaker, Read More…