Still, UCLA's depth showed in 4-0 shutouts of Army and Ole Miss at the Los Angeles Regional.

"Though they may not have [Brymer], they are going to have a whole a bunch of good players from California and elsewhere playing for them," Denton said. "I expect them to be a tough task for us because they are used to winning. It's always a challenge to play against those West Coast schools because they've always had good tennis teams."

A&M advanced to the Sweet 16 for the 14th time overall and the sixth time in the last nine years with 4-0 shutouts of Buffalo and Oregon.

The Aggies have shown improvement in doubles over the past month, and in its win over Oregon they picked up three points from their top three singles player, all juniors.

A&M depended on its singles play early in the season and, more specifically, from a healthy freshman Hady Habib dominating at Nos. 4-6 singles. But juniors Arthur Rinderknech, Jordi Arconada and AJ Catanzariti all won in straight sets against the Ducks and has Denton believing his team is playing some of its better tennis at the right time of the season.