For the first time since 2014, the Bruins enter a Sweet 16 matchup. UCLA men’s soccer (12-6-1, 4-4-1 Pac-12) will play Vermont (15-3-2, 5-1-1 AE) on Saturday at Virtue Field in Burlington, Vermont in the third round of the NCAA Tournament. Read more...
Photo: Junior defender Tommy Silva dribbles the ball before an oncoming defender. Silva leads the Bruins in assists with eight on the season. (Myka Fromm/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Nov. 20 at 7:30 p.m. In the 78th minute, the Bruins had the ball in Clemson’s final third. After a few attempted tackles, the ball dribbled out to the left wing, where freshman midfielder Cam Wilkerson picked up the ball and lofted the ball into the box. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt sophomore midfielder Tucker Lepley beats out a defender and tracks down the ball. Lepley scored UCLA’s game-winner against Clemson, his third goal in seven games this season after coming back from injury. (Vivian Xu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Following a first-round victory, the Bruins will head across the country with hopes of extending their season further than last year. UCLA men’s soccer (11-6-1, 4-4-1 Pac-12) will venture to South Carolina to take on Clemson Sunday evening (13-6-1, 3-4-1 ACC) in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Read more...
Photo: Freshman goalkeeper Sam Joseph goes low for a save. Joseph got the nod in the net for the Bruin’s NCAA Tournament first-round matchup against Cal Baptist, his first collegiate action.(Jake Greenberg-Bell/Daily Bruin)
For the first time all season, the Bruins’ starting goalkeeper wasn’t suited up. But five saves from the second-string keeper freshman Sam Joseph and four shots on goal proved enough to punch the blue and gold’s ticket to the Round of 32. UCLA men’s soccer (11-6-1, 4-4-1 Pac-12) scraped out a 2-1 victory against Cal Baptist University (11-7-3, 4-3-2 WAC) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, its final game of the season at Wallis Annenberg Stadium. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior forward Kevin Diaz celebrates his goal in the 70th minute. Diaz now lands in a tie for first in number of goals on the season for the Bruins, knotted with redshirt sophomore forward Jose Contell who scored the blue and gold’s first goal of the night. (Jake Greenberg-Bell/Daily Bruin)
In 2010, Cal Baptist moved from the NCCAA to NCAA Division II. 12 years later, the Lancers have ascended to NCAA Division I Tournament eligibility, and their first postseason test will be against their former head coach, now UCLA coach Ryan Jorden. Read more...
Photo: Junior defender Tommy Silva stays low to guard a defender. Silva was named to the All-Pac-12 Second Team on Tuesday. (Vivian Xu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Nov. 15 at 10:09 p.m. The first time Nate Crockford ventured up Bruin Walk to get to class, he thought to himself, “Why is everyone moving so slow?” “People from Chicago and the Midwest are very like, ‘We’ve got to get where we need to go,’” Crockford said. Read more...
Photo: (Hayley Vu/Daily Bruin)
Following the cancellation of an Oregon State rematch last Sunday, the Bruins have capped off their regular season on a high note. UCLA men’s soccer (10-6-1, 4-4-1 Pac-12) defeated conference foe San Diego State (5-9-4, 1-6-3) 2-1 on the road Friday evening in its final game of the 2022 regular season. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior midfielder Jose Sosa controls the ball in front of an oncoming Aztec defender in the Bruins’ first matchup of the season. In Friday’s away rematch, UCLA defeated SDSU again, coming away with a 2-1 result to conclude the regular season. (Joseph Jimenez/Assistant Photo editor)
