Despite these achievements as a Gator, Basica transferred to UCLA her sophomore year to continue her career close to home. And here at UCLA, Basica has served the Bruins well. As the team's co-captain she takes the responsibility seriously, communicating with the coaches and serving as a liaison between the team and the coaching staff. Leadership has taught Basica a few other things about tennis. Like the fact there is a marked difference between being an individual player and being a team player.
Tennis is so individualized.
In college you have to learn to be a team player. You are not going to win unless everybody else on your team is happy and you are all getting along and playing well. You can win your match, but if everybody else on your team loses then it is not going to matter at all. Basica's tenure at UCLA has been plagued with injuries. In her first year, she was supposed to play in the No. 1 spot but suffered a shoulder injury that caused her to miss the entire dual match season and lose her ranking as No. 4 in the nation.