CARY, N.C. — On Dec. 8, the dream of 33 women came true. Each stride that willed a fatigued body forward, each skipped heartbeat when a player in an unfamiliar jersey took a shot and each collective sigh of relief followed by screams of jubilation after watching the ball hit the back of the opponent’s net kept the dream alive and forged this moment. Read more...
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December 8, 3:06 pm
Women’s soccer scores first national championship, No. 110 for UCLA
The UCLA women’s soccer team won the NCAA championship after beating Florida State 1-0 in Sunday’s championship game. Sophomore forward Kodi Lavrusky scored the game-winning goal in overtime. The Bruins concluded their consistently dominant season by making history and winning the women’s soccer program’s first national championship, adding one more to UCLA’s grand total of now-110 national titles. Read more...
Photo: UCLA women’s soccer celebrates after winning the national title in a 1-0 overtime victory.
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December 5, 1:13 am
UCLA women’s soccer to face off against Virginia in College Cup
The UCLA women’s soccer team has made eight trips to the College Cup and eight times, the team has come home empty-handed. However, 2013 seems to be the year for the Bruins. Read more...
Photo: UCLA has left the NCAA Final Four empty-handed eight times in the school’s history, including a loss to North Carolina in 2008. The team looks to change that this weekend, starting with Friday’s game against Virginia.
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December 2, 1:59 am
No. 2-seeded UCLA women’s soccer advances past UNC to Final Four
There’s going to be a different NCAA women’s soccer champion this year. For the first time in the 2013 NCAA Tournament, UCLA’s women’s soccer team had to claim a victory outside of Drake Stadium, and in the process, knocked out the defending champion, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tar Heels. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore forward Taylor Smith scored the golden goal in double overtime to send UCLA to the College Cup.Photo credit: Erin Ng.
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November 27, 12:00 am
Women’s soccer to face North Carolina in Elite Eight
The end of the road to the Bruins’ 110th NCAA Championship is getting closer for the UCLA women’s soccer team. After shutout victories over the weekend against Kentucky and Stanford on Friday and Sunday respectively, the Bruins move on to the Elite Eight where they will face No. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore forward Taylor Smith said that although UCLA is excited to face North Carolina again, the team is hoping to exhibit much tougher gameplay against the Tar Heels.
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November 26, 2:07 am
From best friends to teammates
Abby Dahlkemper and Caprice Dydasco have been playing soccer together since they were children. In 2011, they both committed to UCLA to play for the women’s soccer team as a part of a top recruiting class. Read more...
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November 26, 12:47 am
Juniors aim for women’s soccer’s first NCAA title, UCLA’s 110th championship
Two years ago, 11 women made history together. UCLA’s women’s soccer’s 2011 recruiting class is widely considered the most talented and deepest in school history, as well as one of the best in the nation in its year. Read more...
Photo: This season, the UCLA women’s soccer team is looking to bring home the program’s first NCAA title. The Bruins are led by their junior class, which was widely considered the No. 1-ranked recruiting class in 2011. Clockwise from top left: Katelyn Rowland, Kylie McCarthy, Caprice Dydasco, Abby Dahlkemper, Rosie White, Courtney Proctor, Ally Courtnall, Sam Mewis, Megan Oyster and Sarah Killion.