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 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…
After a month of piling up injury after injury, the Cal men’s tennis team has almost every reason to believe it can finally hit its stride this week. In the past month alone, four players from the starting lineup have fallen to injury, forcing the team to restructure its doubles Read More…
Health issues once again plagued the Cal men’s tennis team this weekend at the ITA National Indoor Championships. Just one week after losing senior co-captain Riki McLachlan to a knee injury, the Bears lost two more players to injury to start off singles play on Friday. Although the injuries were Read More…
Clay courts are not familiar territory for the Cal men’s tennis team. The Bears practice and spend the majority of their season playing on hard courts. But this past weekend, the team changed its terrain at the sixth annual Olympia Fields Country Club Fighting Illini Invitational. Since the Bears were Read More…
In his first match ever at Hellman Tennis Complex, Chase Melton held the fate of the dual match in his hands. And he did not disappoint. In an epic “Battle of the Bears,” No. 10 Cal (6-5) found itself relying on the freshman to break the 3-3 tie against No. Read More…
Off to a promising start on the first day of play at the Battle in the Bay Classic, the Cal men’s tennis team ended Thursday with an overall winning record of 4-2. However, only the duo of Tommie Murphy and Chase Melton made it past the second day of the tournament, Read More…
With the match tied at 1-1, Cal’s Chase Melton came into the third set against Andre Almeada of Fresno City College looking to rebound from his second set loss and earn his first win in the Bears’ uniform. With a score of 6-4, Melton did just that. On Friday at Read More…
