Riding a three-match winning streak and unbeaten in five of its last six contests, the UCLA women’s tennis team (6-3, 1-1 Pac-12) hosts California (4-5, 1-1) Saturday and No. 18 Stanford (9-2, 2-0) Sunday in the Bruins’ return to conference play. Each match from the Los Angeles Tennis Center begins at 12 p.m. PT. UCLA is coming off a 4-1 non-conference road win against crosstown rival USC (March 16) and beat then-No. 4 Ohio State 4-3 when it most recently took the courts at LATC.
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LAST TIME OUT
UCLA prevailed in the first crosstown showdown of 2023, beating USC 4-1 in a non-conference match March 16 at David X. Marks Tennis Stadium. The contest was completed after being postponed three times previously due to rain. Vanessa Ong was victorious in clinching fashion for the Bruins, who were coming off a 4-3 triumph over then-No. 4 Ohio State and extended their winning streak to three. Ong also helped earn a win in the night’s final doubles match. Bruins Kimmi Hance and Fangran Tian also won on the singles courts. Eryn Cayetano picked up the lone singles victory for the Trojans.
UCLA VS. CALIFORNIA, STANFORD
UCLA holds an all-time record of 50-37 against California. The programs most recently met Feb. 21, 2022, when the Bruins put on a dominant singles display en route to a 6-1 victory in non-conference action at Los Angeles Tennis Center. UCLA surrendered the doubles point, but bounced back to take each singles decision. Just one contest needed a third set. Kimmi Hance clinched the overall win. Hance and Sasha Vagramov each prevailed on the singles and doubles courts. UCLA is 22-82 versus Stanford. The programs most recently met April 22, 2022 in the Pac-12 Championships semifinal round at the Ojai (Calif.) Valley Athletic Club, where the Bruins got off to a strong start before being overcome by the Cardinal in a 4-1 result. UCLA seized the doubles point without a loss and grabbed three singles first sets, but Stanford charged back to record four singles wins without a loss. Valencia Xu clinched the victory for the Cardinal.
SCOUTING THE GOLDEN BEARS, CARDINAL
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