A seven-goal victory over Harvard on Friday ushered UCLA women’s soccer to a Sweet Sixteen matchup against Pepperdine on Sunday – a game that both teams would only have one day to review the tapes for. Read more...

Photo: Senior midfielder Sam Mewis (right) delivered the game-winner for the No. 1 seeded Bruins in the 88th minute Sunday, after UCLA had been locked in a scoreless tie with No. 4 seed Pepperdine for the entire game. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)

On one side stood the UCLA women’s soccer captain, senior midfielder Sarah Killion. On the other side stood another captain, albeit one from the men’s team, redshirt senior goalkeeper Earl Edwards Jr. Read more...

Photo: Senior midfielder Sam Mewis and the Bruins practiced penalty kicks Wednesday in order to prepare for the playoffs. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)

UCLA women’s soccer already has the No. 1 defense in the country with its 0.187 goals against average. But the team has still managed to convince critics that it possesses the ability to keep the back of its net untouched. Read more...

Photo: According to senior defender Abby Dahlkemper (No. 8), it’s UCLA’s team defense, which starts from the forwards and ends at the goalkeeper, that has allowed the team to keep 17 clean sheets and stay atop national rankings in its goals allowed average. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin)

The UCLA women’s soccer team has three goals it wants to accomplish going into every game. “Every game we have a goal to score off a set piece, in the run of play and off a counterattack,” said junior forward Taylor Smith. Read more...

Photo: Junior forward Taylor Smith completed a coast-to-coast run to successfully score off a counterattack and complete the Bruins’ trifecta of a goal off a set piece, one in the run of play and another off a counterattack. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)