5/29/09 ----- WTT Results, Final Banquet!
The team of Old Age = Wisdom defeated Three and a Half Asians in a thrilling tiebreaker, 15-11! Scores were as follows:
| OAW | vs | 3.5Azns | |
| Ryan Malawy | vs | Ricky Wu | 6-0 |
| Ai Takamori | vs | Adeline Yang | 4-6 |
| Mark Otten/Chikako Shimura | vs | Andre Michelin/Emily Wu | 6-5(2) |
Congratulations to the Spring 2009 Champions! Finishing in third place was Love, Peace, and Chicken Grease!
Several awards were distributed after a filling dinner catered by CPK. Awards, and recipients, are as follows:
| Coach, Most Committed | Adeline Yang |
| Coach, Most Faithful | Mark Otten |
| Coach, Most Dedicated | Grant Chen |
| Player of the year is given to student athletes who have dedicated a significant amount of time to competing for UCLA Club Tennis and acheived exemplary results. | |
| Male Player of the Year | Kingson Leung |
| Female Player of the Year | Chikako Shimura |
| Sportsmanship Award | Truman Lam |
| The Scholar Athlete award is endowed to student athletes who have competed every year in attendance at UCLA and maintained an overall GPA of 3.5 or greater. Recipients represented UCLA as members of the Competitive Team in the Regional and/or National tennis tournaments. | |
| Scholar Athlete | Chikako Shimura |
| Scholar Athlete | Alex Preece |
| Scholar Athlete | Andre Michelin |
| Scholar Athlete | Michael Sims |
| Scholar Athlete | Alyssa Chen |
| The lifetime achievement award is bestowed upon a phenomenal individual who had gone beyond the call of duty to support and lead UCLA Club Tennis in times of need. | |
| Lifetime Achievement | Emily Watt |
| President | Emily Wu |
| Vice President | Truman Lam |
| Alyssa Chen | |
| Social Chair | Alex Preece |
| Chikako Shimura | |
| Communications Director | Adeline Yang |
| Practice Leaders | Keith Edwards |
| Truman Lam | |
| Diana Le | |
| Chris Yoon | |
| Chris Oentojo | |
| Jordan Blanche | |
| Internal Affairs | Keith Edwards |
| Chris Yoon | |
| Club Stringer | Justin Ngo |
| Dang Tran | |
| Membership | Amanda Lin |
| Treasurer | Li Tai Fang |
5/22/09 ----- WTT Semifinals Results!
| Love, Peace, Chicken Grease | vs | Old Age = Wisdom | 16-13 |
| Three and a Half Asians | vs | Three and a Half Degrees | 17-15 |
| JAMS | vs | Zilla | 18-5 |
| Flying Penguins | vs | Bay Area Texans | |
| FML | vs | One Girl and Three Guys | |
| 40 Water | vs | Fishsticks | |
Old Age=Wisdom and Three and a Half Asians will play for the Championship at 6PM, before the banquet!
Three and a Half Degrees and Love, Peace, Chicken Grease will play for third place at 6PM, before the banquet!
The Club Tennis banquet will be Thursday, May 28th, at 8PM, at Strauss Clubhouse above LATC!!
| Love, Peace, Chicken Grease | Old Age = Wisdom | |
| Kyndal Olin | Ai Takamori | 6-4 |
| Khoa Truong | Ryan Malawy | 2-6 |
| Rhea Escano/Dang Tran | Mark Otten/Chikako Shimura | 4-6 |
| 13-16 | ||
| Three and a Half Asians | Three and a Half Degrees | |
| Ricky Wu | Chris Ho | 5-6 (1) |
| Adeline Yang | Sarah Yang | 6-5 (4) |
| Emily Wu/Bryan Lau | Grant Chen/Kristin Teufel | 6-4 |
| 17-15 | ||
| JAMS | Zilla | |
| Jordan Heitzner | Felina Kelly | 6-0 |
| Steven Nguyen | Darren Young | 6-1 |
| Amanda Lin/Michael Sims | Nicole Aponte/Bobby Liu | 6-4 |
| 18-5 | ||
5/18/09 ----- WTT Semifinals!
Semifinal matchups are as follows:
| Love, Peace, Chicken Grease | vs | Old Age = Wisdom |
| Three and a Half Asians | vs | Three and a Half Degrees |
| JAMS | vs | Zilla |
| Flying Penguins | vs | Bay Area Texans |
| FML | vs | One Girl and Three Guys |
| 40 Water | vs | Fishsticks |
The final points earned by each team have been listed below!
The Gold/Silver bracket finals will be held on May 28th before the Club Tennis Banquet!
05/15/09 & 5/16/09 & 5/17 ----- WTT Update!
Point Count based on matches won and matches lost.
Teams that win 2 pool matches automatically advance to the Gold bracket.
Teams that win 1 pool match automatically advance to the Silver bracket.
There are three brackets (Gold, Silver, Bronze), each made of four teams.
Points earned determine seeding within the bracket.
| Team | Points | Team | Points | |
| Love, Peace, Chicken Grease | 5 | Zilla | 0.98 | |
| Three and a Half Asians | 2.59 | FML | 0.67 | |
| JAMS | 2.14 | Bay Area Texans | 0.55 | |
| Old Age=Wisdom | 1.71 | 40 Water | 0.44 | |
| 3.5 Degrees | 1.31 | One Girl and Three Guys | 0.40 | |
| Flying Penguins | 1.11 | Fishsticks | 0.21 | |
*Teams in gold background will advance to the Gold bracket.
*Teams in gray background will advance to the Silver bracket.
*Teams in bronze background will advance to the Bronze bracket.
05/14/09 ----- Summer Tournaments
Looking for somewhere to play over the summer? Want to get that competitive edge? Trying to find a way to impress the CT coaches for 2010?
Then check out and compete in these South Bay tournaments over the summer, or look for a few near you!
RSVP via facebook, and maybe you'll be playing alongside members of UCLA's very own Competitive Team!
05/02/09 ----- WTT League
The WTT League Pools, teams, and contact information is up!
04/29/09 ----- MASSIVE Updates!
First off, congratulations to UCLA Club Tennis' Competitive Team for finishing 29th out of ALL THE CLUBS IN THE NATION!! Great job guys! We expect even greater accomplishments in the future!
Interested in becoming an officer for Club Tennis? Contact Emily Wu!
May 9th: Community service! We'll be heading over to the Westside Food Bank to assist with this wonderful cause. Contact Watt!
May 16th: ToC Event! This time in San Bernardino, the event will likely be the last one outside of UCLA. Contact Watt above to sign up!
General practices will be held Thursdays @ 8PM at LATC. On top of practices, we will be holding a WTT LEAGUE for the ENTIRE MONTH OF MAY!! Hurry and sign up now! (E-mail Wu!) Some of the basic regulations are:
| 1) | Sign up individually or as a team | ||||||||||||
| (Individuals will be placed in a team) | |||||||||||||
| 2) | Minimum 2 men and 2 women per team | ||||||||||||
| 3) | Each player plays only one set of: | ||||||||||||
| Men's Singles, or
Women's Singles, or Mixed Doubles. No player plays twice in one match | |||||||||||||
| 4) | The team with the most GAMES wins | ||||||||||||
| 5) | Check this site to see who you play
| 6) | Match format is WTT |
6 game set, No AD
| 5-pt tiebreaker at 5-5 in games - Tiebreaker is sudden death at 4-4 - Person who served @ 4-4 serves last point Mixed Dubs can make up a game deficit, i.e.,
| - You lose both singles sets (3-6, 4-6) - Mixed dubs "wins" their set 6-4 - Overall game score: 13-16 - IF mixed wins 3 games IN A ROW - set score: 9-4 - game score: 16-16 - Play a tiebreaker (7 points) - Tiebreak winner wins the match 7) | Scheduling will be done individually |
- Self-schedule your matchtimes
| - Club will initially assist with reserving courts - Sycamore courts are free weekdays - LATC is usually free before 10AM weekdays - Contact Nicole for reservation assistance 8) | Signups close May 1st @ 11:59PM |
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04/10/09 ----- Help Find a Cure
Walk MS 2009 needs YOUR help! See how you can contribute.
04/08/09 ----- Upload Your Profile!
You've been asking for it, so here it is!
Download and fill out this document, include the following criteria, then submit it to:
| Adeline Yang |  |
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| E-mail Heading | "Club Tennis Profile: [Enter your name]" | |
| Self Portrait | Preferably an interesting picture of you playing tennis or doing something unique | |
| Document Download | Here |
The most unique profiles, and/or profiles of players with significant results or contributions to UCLA Club Tennis, will be displayed on this site and added to the repertoire of "Hall of Famers." Good luck!
The Competitive Team headed over to the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades for the annual Post-Regionals scrimmage against Riviera's members! UCLA and USC, this year's finalists and champions, were invited to this special event. Pictures can be found on facebook here.
Ladies from the Competitive Team (and some of their friends) independently rendezvoused at the only Baskin Robbins to offer cake-decorating classes for the general public (25426 Crenshaw Blvd, Torrance CA 90505).
The ladies learned how to frost and decorate their own cakes to take home!
| Click here for more information about: | |
| Decorating cakes at this location. | |
| Ordering a party cake from this location. (Coming soon) | |
04/08/09 ----- Special Easter/Nationals Edition!
With Spring well in effect, the flowers are a-blooming and the birds all a-singing, so of course it's also time for a new site layout!
The eggs associated with Easter, and hence Spring, hold a special meaning for members of our competitive team. During Regionals, a new idiom was sprung: "Crack those eggs, lalalaaas !!!"
03/30/09 ----- Spring Quarter Begins!
Welcome to a new quarter of UCLA Club Tennis! Updated schedules are as follows:
| Event | Day(s) | Time | Place |
| General Practice | MW | 8-10PM | LATC Courts 4-7 |
| Nationals Practice | TR | 8-10PM | LATC Courts 4-7 |
| UCSB ToC | Saturday Apr 4 | UCSB | |
| National Championships | Apr 15-19 | Surprise, AZ | |
| Riviera Challenge | Friday Apr 3, 6-8:30PM | Rivera Club | |
| UCLA Club Officers Registration | Contact Emily Watt | ||
| Model for Nike | Contact Emily Watt | ||
Please note that events highlighted in blue are limited to Nationals Squad memebers only.
As announced by Club President Emily Watt:
Officer recruitment: it's already spring and for us that means we're looking for dedicated, enthusiastic, and energetic people to lead our Club for next year! I will be giving up my role as President next year, which currently is slated to be filled by my VP but if you have ideas and the motivation to lead our club in that capacity or position of treasurer, activities coordinator and general officer please email me! We would love to see Club Tennis to continue at UCLA with your help :)
We will be looking to add more events as the quarter progresses, so stay tuned!
03/11/09 ----- California Cup
The California Cup became a repeat tournament of the North and Southern California Sectionals, as NorCal swept SoCal in the first round. Stanford defeated Cal in the supertiebreak to take home the championship, while USC defeated UCLA to confirm their position as top in LA. Overall USC placed 5th, and UCLA 6th.
03/04/09 ----- California Cup
UCLA will be hosting the second annual California Cup! Details are as follows:
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There will be some fun social events around LA following Saturday's matches. The finals conclude Sunday morning/noon. Be sure to come out and enjoy some awesome tennis!
02/25/09 ----- Regionals Concluded!
For the sixth time in six years, UCLA earns an automatic bid to the National Championships!
Bruin Blue placed second in the Regional Championships, and Bruin Gold sacrificed a possible third-place finish to support the Blue team. For the first time in its school history, USC took home the Regional Championships Title as the Bruins faltered in a 27-12 loss to the Trojans in the finals.
Included here are the full match results from the Bruins teams' runs to the finals!
02/21/09 ----- Two UCLA Teams Advance To Quarters
Both UCLA teams advanced to the quarterfinals today. UCLA Blue, seeded second in the tournament, took out Cal State Fullerton 30-6 and dispatched UCSD (B) 30-8. UCLA Gold faced a tougher lineup, but predominated over the competition with wins over UCSB (A) and last year's finalists, UCI (A).
The quarters begin Sunday morning at 9AM. Semis are expected to be at 11:30, with the finals around 3PM.
01/29/09 ----- Tentative Regionals Squad Formed
With the addition of Kingson Leung, the coaches have completed the roster of 8 Men, 8 Women, in contention for a spot representating UCLA at the Regional Championships. While the team roster has not been set in stone, the coaches will not be fielding any additional tryout requests barring extenuating circumstances and/or an exceptional series of match results.
| In back: Coach Adeline Yang, Redshirt Jordan Heitzner, Rhea Escano, Amanda Lin, Emily Wu, Chikako Shimura, Brett Nissinoff, Sarah Lowe, Alex Preece, Alyssa Chen, Coach Mark Otten |
| In center: Takashi Hirase, Kingson Leung, Michael Sims, Keith Edwards |
| In front: Spencer Cohen, Steven Nguyen, Ricky Wu, Andre Michelin |
Lastly, Player Results, including the latest CT matches and the last few CT tryout matches, have been updated.
| Join us on facebook and RSVP to the premier Collegiate Club Tennis tournament of Southern California: The 2009 Southern California Regional Championships! | |
| Place | LATC, right off Bruinwalk |
| Date | February 21st-22nd |
| Time | 9AM-7PM |
| Cost | Absolutely free admission! |
| If you're a team looking to apply for a spot at Regionals, please contact Linda Milan via the facebook link. | |
We hope to see you all there!
01/10/09 ----- Tryouts Concluded
Congratulations to Steven Nguyen, Men's Champion, and Kingston Leung, the runner-up!
Alex Bataller defeated Matt Gertler for the Men's Consolation round,
Alison Headley defeated Brett Nissinoff for the Women's title,
and Annarose Mittelstaedt won the Women's backdraw!
 Champion, Steven Nguyen |  Champion Alison Headley and Runnerup Brett Nissinoff |
01/10/09 ----- Sunday Tryout Draws Posted
We have added one more chance for several players to make it! The following Men's player's are included the Backdraw:
| Bataller | Bishara | Dell'Anno | Funston |
| Georgiadis | Gertler | Jayanti | Lam |
| J. Lee | Luxenberg | M. So | Tavassoli |
| Tsao | Venturino | Yeung |
Play begins at 9AM.
Semifinals for the main draw are now at 12PM
01/10/09 ----- Tryout Draws Posted
It is now 1:48AM, and with Tryout signups closed at 11:59PM, the draws are now posted!
There are a few important things to take note of:
| Play format | 2 out of 3 sets, NO AD (sudden death at 3-3 aka 40-all) |
| First to 5-points Tiebreaker played at 6-6 in the set | |
| If set score is 1-1, play a 5-point tiebreaker to decide | |
| Timeliness | Some matches will go overtime, so subsequent matches may start later |
| Showing up more than 15 minutes late after a court is ready for you WILL result in a default | |
| Tournament format | Double-Elimination |
| If you lose first round, check the draw! You WILL get one more match on Saturday and/or Sunday! Check the Tier II/Backdraw to see when you play next. | |
| Sunday End Time | Finals are scheduled for 12:30PM Sunday, but may go later. Check back Saturday night. |
| Matches with times led by "Sunday" are played on Sunday. If there's no mention of a day, they are played on Saturday | |
| Issued invites | There is no pre-set quantity of invites the coaches will distribute. It may just be the finalists; or, it may go as far as the quarters! |
| How will I know I'm invited? | The coaches will contact you by e-mail or facebook. |
| How do I know who got invited? | Check the "Player Results" page post-Tryouts. |
| Competitive Team | There is a set number to how many players will be chosen to participate in Regionals. |
| 8 Men (There are currently 6 already in Competitive Team practice) | |
| 8 Women (There are currently 6 already in Competitive Team practice) | |
| Tournament Purpose | Please keep in mind that doing well in Tryouts may earn you an invite to CT practice, but does NOT guarantee you will be selected for the Competitive Team. |
| As of this moment, we are looking to select 8 men and 8 women from those IN/JOINING CT practice. | |
| If you ask: how many spots are open for the CT? The answer is: ALL OF THEM! |
Please click here for the Men's draws, or here for the Women's.
01/08/09 ----- Competitive Team Tryouts (2)
Location: Sycamore courts
Start time: 9AM
Saturday finish time: 5PM
Sunday finish time: TBD
Play format: probably 6-game proset
The ending time on Sunday depends on the size of our draw and how many matches are completed Saturday. Please be sure to check the draw either late Friday night/early Saturday morning (it should be on the club website, http://www.uclaclubtennis.com, by 4AM).
Also, please arrive 15 minutes before your scheduled match time and check in with an officer. If we have free courts you can warm up, or we could start your match sooner. Being more than 15 minutes late without notice may result in a default.
Good luck to everyone!
01/07/09 ----- Competitive Team Tryouts
This tournament is specifically for competitive players who would like to become a part of UCLA Club Tennis' Competitive Team!
Represent UCLA as we fight for our sixth-consecutive Regional Championship Title in February, and strive towards the National Championships in April!
Success at the tryouts will NOT guarantee placement onto the regionals and/or nationals teams, but will give you one more (important!) chance to impress the coaches.
The tournament will take place throughout Saturday and Sunday, beginning at 9AM.
Signups will be accepted in two ways:
1) Post the following information on this facebook event wall:
--- Name
--- Sex
--- Graduation Year
2) E-mail Coach Adeline with the above information (Name, sex, graduation year)
Sign-ups close Friday at 11:59PM, and the draw will be posted a few hours later.
Good luck, and -
SEE YOU OUT ON THE COURTS!
From Coach Adeline Yang
01/06/09 ----- Welcome to Winter Quarter 2009!
Congratulations on starting one more quarter here at our beloved campus of UCLA! Club Tennis has some exciting updates for you, too:
| General Practices are now MR 8-10PM courts 4-7 at LATC |
| Open Practice begins JANUARY 12TH |
| Adidas orders will take some time to arrive. Thanks for your patience! |
| UC Irvine will be hosting the next ToC event on January 17th. |
| Tryouts are tentatively scheduled for January 10th, but the date may change pending court reservations. |
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