Friday, October 18, 1996
W. Soccer travels north
The UCLA women’s soccer team heads north this weekend for games
against Washington and Washington State.
The Huskies (7-4) are undefeated at home on the season, sending
all five opponents limping out the back fence. And even though
Royals Field in Puyallup is only a temporary home while a permanent
on-campus venue is being constructed for 1997, Washington has no
plans to allow UCLA to avenge last year’s first round NCAA
Tournament defeat.
Led by record-setting performers on both offense and defense,
the Huskies will attempt to neutralize the impact of top Bruin
performers Traci Arkenburg and goalkeeper Lindsay Culp. Senior Erin
Saltzman has either a goal or an assist in each of the last six
Washington wins, and has already tied the single season team record
for assists with six.
And when it comes to keeping the ball out of the net, no one is
stingier than Tina Thompson. The senior goalkeeper owns every
Washington career goalkeeper record, including 18 shutouts.
Luckily for the Bruins, Arkenburg has been getting the help she
needs offensively in recent games, something that was lacking
earlier in the season. Sophomore Sherice Bartling received Pac-10
Player of the Week Honors for the second consecutive week for
scoring game-winning goals against Cal State Fullerton and San
Diego State.
After playing Washington on Saturday, UCLA will visit Washington
State for a Sunday morning contest. The Cougars are 4-4-1 thus far,
1-1-1 in the Pac-10.
Volleyball plays Stanford and Cal
After losing two home games over the last weekend for the first
time in 30 years, UCLA volleyball looks to rebound during their
trip up north.
However, it should be a tough couple of games to sweep, if only
because one of the teams there is fourth-ranked Stanford. The
Cardinal are 14-1 this season, and lead the Pac-10 at an undefeated
7-0. But Stanford will not be taking UCLA lightly.
"They’re a pretty good sized team," said Stanford outside hitter
Kristin Folkl. "The thing that always scares me about them is that
they’re just so scrappy and that they just won’t quit. I think
they’re really strong in all areas."
"It seems like every Pac-10 match is important these days,"
Stanford head coach Don Shaw said. "The league is deep. Every night
you have to be ready to play (because) anything’s possible. We
almost got beat by Cal the other night. Cal has lost four five-game
matches in this conference and that means here they are 1-6 and
could easily be 5-2. So that just lets you know that anyone in the
league is capable of beating anybody else."
UCLA’s first game this weekend will be against Cal. The Bears
are in ninth place in the Pac-10, and playing them might be just
what the Bruins need to end their losing streak.
The Bruins need to improve their play if they’re hoping for any
kind of victory this weekend.
"We have got to bounce back," UCLA assistant coach Kim Jagd
said. "We’ve got to step it up and start playing better and playing
harder and doing the things that we need to do to get the job done.
We’ve got to find a way to compete a little harder and play a
little better and that’s what we’re out to do right now."
Conference foe awaits M. Soccer
The UCLA men’s soccer team will take on Cal State Fullerton on
Sunday. Fullerton is 8-3-1, and is maybe the Bruins’ toughest
conference opponent. UCLA was 9-3-0 entering last night’s game
against the Anteaters of UC Irvine.
The game will be at 4 p.m. at Spaulding Field.