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)
There aren’t any NCAA Championship trophies for UCLA women’s basketball in the Hall of Fame at the J.D. Morgan Athletic Center. There is, however, a large bulletin board in coach Cori Close’s office overflowing with pictures of past and present players, pictures that illustrate a sense of community and spirit among the women that make up her team. Read more...
Photo: Nirra Fields is the leading returning scorer from last year’s team. The junior guard will combine her experience with the nation’s No. 1 recruit class this year. (Erin Ng/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The games of soccer and basketball seem to be antitheses of each other at times, but for one game on Aug. 31, UCLA women’s soccer coach Amanda Cromwell was able to bridge the gap between basketball and soccer strategies to get UCLA a win. Read more...
Photo: Senior defender Caprice Dydasco said that it’s “definitely an advantage” that the No. 1 Bruins drew San Diego, a team they beat 2-0 earlier in the season, for the first round of the NCAA tournament. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
#img_01 { width: 300px; } It didn’t take long for the announcement to come. It took even less time for the UCLA women’s soccer team to react. Read more...
Photo: Senior Sarah Killion said that her team deserved the No. 1 ranking that it was given for the NCAA tournament after the Bruins went unbeaten all season and won the Pac-12 conference. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Records were broken, champions were crowned – and more than 10,000 people were there to witness it. For the 10,128 people in the stands of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum watching No. Read more...
Photo: UCLA women’s soccer celebrates its Pac-12 championship title following its 2-0 win over USC at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
If the UCLA women’s soccer team was hoping for a quiet end to its regular season, Friday’s game against USC might just be the antithesis of that. Read more...
Photo: Senior defender Megan Oyster said Friday’s game against USC at the L.A. Coliseum will give the Bruins a chance to clinch sole ownership of the Pac-12 championship, but at the same time it’ll give the team a chance to win against their crosstown rivals and “own L.A.” (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
It’s been a year since UCLA women’s soccer won its first national championship, and the team hasn’t had a drop in form and has seemed to have found a way to carry that momentum over to this season. Read more...
