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? The answer became apparent in the No. 1 Bruins’ 3-0 home wins against Maryland and UC Irvine on Friday and Sunday: getting more productivity from set […]
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Consecutive championships become goal for UCLA women’s soccer
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 […]
UCLA women’s soccer scores four MAC Hermann nominations
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. Senior defender Abby Dahlkemper, senior midfielder Sarah Killion, senior goalkeeper Katelyn Rowland and sophomore forward Darian Jenkins were […]
UCLA women’s soccer invited to play for LA Blues; wins championship
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. For the second year in a row, senior defenders Abby Dahlkemper and Caprice Dydasco, and senior midfielder Sarah Killion, made the […]
UCLA women’s basketball releases difficult nonconference schedule
After taking on a non-conference schedule last year that was ranked third most difficult in the nation, UCLA women’s basketball announced Thursday that the team will once again be battling a tough schedule ahead of conference play for the upcoming season. This year, the challenge comes in the form of six NCAA tournament-caliber opponents in […]
Guard Lauren Holiday to medically retire after repeated injuries
UCLA women’s basketball announced on Tuesday that redshirt freshman guard Lauren Holiday would be medically retiring from basketball as a result of the effects of multiple injuries sustained during her time at UCLA. Holiday will instead be returning to the team as an undergraduate assistant. “I am very thankful for the contributions of Lauren Holiday […]
NCAA men’s singles champion Marcos Giron to go pro, forgo senior year
The reigning NCAA men’s singles champion, Marcos Giron, announced Wednesday that he will not be spending a fourth year with the UCLA men’s tennis team and will instead be entering the ATP circuit. In his junior year at UCLA, Giron helped win the Pac-12 team title in Ojai with an upset victory over then-No. 1 […]