Palm trees, a tropical climate and pristine sky blue water – those were prominent elements in UCLA women’s soccer’s first road trip of the season to Honolulu, Hawaii. Read more...
Photo: Although the Bruins played the weekend’s games against Hawai’i and Pepperdine in Honolulu, senior defender Caprice Dydasco’s family made the team feel at home by hosting a barbecue on Thursday and showing up to Friday and Sunday’s games in UCLA colors. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
There were plenty of narratives in play during Friday’s matchup between No. 1 UCLA and No. 9 University of North Carolina. It was a face off between the 2013 NCAA women’s soccer champions and their 2012 counterparts. Read more...
Photo: UCLA’s top scorer senior midfielder Sam Mewis said her coach’s use of a basketball analogy to explain how to overcome USD’s man-marking defense was key to their 2-0 victory over the Toreros. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
It took the UCLA women’s soccer team all but 26 minutes into its new season to answer the question: how does a team improve fresh off a championship run? Read more...
Photo: Senior defender Megan Oyster celebrates after scoring the Bruins’ first goal of the season with a header off a corner kick. Scoring off set pieces has been a focal point of improvement for the Bruins since they identified that weakness last season. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The UCLA women’s soccer team, last year’s NCAA champion, is preparing for its upcoming season. Watch highlights of its practices and listen to some of the players and coaches as they talk about solidifying their teamwork and strategy with new, talented freshmen. Read more...
Photo: (Song Ko/Daily Bruin)
Jan. 25, 2014 – that was the day the challenge was issued. “One in nine” was the phrase former Bruin goalkeeper Alana Munger used in her farewell speech at the UCLA women’s soccer team banquet to describe the team now that it was in the company of eight other programs that have won a national championship since women’s soccer became a Division I sport in 1982. Read more...
Photo: UCLA women’s soccer is looking to make history this season by becoming the second program to win back-to-back championships in all 32 years of NCAA division I women’s soccer history. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The preseason hit full stride for the UCLA women’s soccer team last week. The players began their official practices as the No. 1 team in the nation with several players who have also received individual award nominations. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore forward Darian Jenkins, senior goalkeeper Katelyn Rowland, senior defender Abby Dahlkemper and senior midfielder Sarah Killion (left to right) were all named to a 35-player MAC Hermann Trophy watch list. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff, Daily Bruin file photos)
The women’s soccer team still has three weeks before they begin the defense of their NCAA championship, but three players say they already know what it takes to win back to back a title. Read more...
Photo: (From left to right) Senior midfielder Sarah Killion, junior forward Taylor Smith and senior defenders Caprice Dydasco and Abby Dahlkemper each won a W-League championship on July 27 while playing with the LA Blues. For the three seniors, it was the second straight year in which they helped lead the Blues to the W-League title. (Courtesy of Abby Dahlkemper)
