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…
The Cal men’s tennis team had one major goal going into this weekend’s Pac-12 doubleheader: improve its doubles play. On Friday afternoon, the Bears did just that. No. 21 Cal (10-8, 2-1 in the Pac-12) clinched both doubles points in an eventual weekend sweep against Oregon and Washington. The Bears Read More…
With only five matches left in its season, the Cal men’s tennis team is heading into a must-win situation. It is imperative that the Bears win their next two matches against Oregon and Washington to qualify for the NCAA tournament held in May. If it doesn’t sweep the weekend, Cal Read More…
The Cal men’s tennis team that played against UCLA in February was not the same team that battled the Bruins this past Friday. But the Bears ultimately finished with the same result, dropping both matches to a fourth-ranked UCLA team. On Feb. 9, the Bears took on UCLA for the Read More…
