Every time she walks off a soccer pitch, Sam Mewis rolls down her socks, extracts her shin guards and takes her cleats off. The routine of putting on and taking off her equipment has become hardwired for the senior midfielder, who has been playing soccer almost all her life. But on Sunday, Mewis will leave […]
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UCLA women’s soccer faces Arizona State, opens conference play with tie
The defending Pac-12 champions received a rude awakening early in the second half of their first conference matchup. No. 1 UCLA women’s soccer was given a run for its money by No. 24 Arizona State on Friday at home in Tempe, Ariz., finishing the matchup 1-1 and even letting Arizona State take the lead in […]
Women’s soccer’s Megan Oyster finds her center through adaptability
It was during a pregame meeting last year, before UCLA’s game at Notre Dame, when Megan Oyster saw something that made her heart skip a beat. Right there on the board inside the locker room, under one of two starting center back positions, was Oyster’s name. Even with the game just moments away, the first […]
Midfielder Sarah Killion plays pivotal role in UCLA’s 4-1 win over LMU
On the edge of the right corner of the penalty box stood three Bruins: Senior defender Abby Dahlkemper, senior midfielder Sam Mewis and senior defender Megan Oyster, each with a Lion defender in tow. On the left side of the field was senior midfielder Sarah Killion. With a dead ball in front of her feet, […]
Lapse in focus blemishes UCLA women’s soccer’s victory
Scott Chandler watched through the viewfinder of his Nikon as the UCLA women’s team conceded its first goal of the season. The UCLA Athletics photographer and physiological sciences professor’s reaction painted a picture of the magnitude of that one goal: “It’s been a while since that’s happened,” he said. Meanwhile, a little closer to the […]
Women’s soccer gains momentum with two road wins in Hawaii
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. But for one Bruin, there was an additional element: home. In UCLA’s two road wins against Hawaii and No. 11 Pepperdine, the road game factor almost felt […]
Shaky offense prevents women’s soccer from having perfect record
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. It was also the rubber match between two teams who took one game apiece in their two games […]