Abby Dahlkemper and Caprice Dydasco have been playing soccer together since they were children. In 2011, they both committed to UCLA to play for the women’s soccer team as a part of a top recruiting class. The juniors sat down with Bruin sports reporter Aubrey Yeo to reflect upon the evolution of their friendship, both […]
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Juniors aim for women’s soccer’s first NCAA title, UCLA’s 110th championship
Two years ago, 11 women made history together. UCLA’s women’s soccer’s 2011 recruiting class is widely considered the most talented and deepest in school history, as well as one of the best in the nation in its year. Now, the 10 remaining players have entered their junior year; seven start while two are deployed as […]
Ally Courtnall returns to shoot for national championship with women’s soccer
Ally Courtnall gave the UCLA women’s soccer team a pleasant surprise when she walked into the team’s locker room two days before the team left for its third game of the season in South Bend, Ind. She was back. Toward the end of last season, the junior defender started losing her passion for soccer. Once […]
Soccer bonds UCLA’s Abby Dahlkemper, Caprice Dydasco through the years
Women’s soccer teammates Abby Dahlkemper and Caprice Dydasco have been friends since they were 13 years old. Their friendship grew from their similarities, but one big difference separated them while they were growing up – and that separation happened to be approximately 2,400 miles. The self-proclaimed “partners in crime” hail from different states: Dahlkemper is […]
UCLA women’s basketball battles, but fails to best UNC
With just over a minute left in play, the University of North Carolina led UCLA’s women’s basketball team by eight – a seemingly insurmountable lead. But the Bruin faithful in Pauley Pavilion still got up on their feet to cheer on a possible comeback. And who could blame them? The Bruins already overcame one 11-point deficit early in […]
UCLA women’s soccer to tackle San Diego State in first round of NCAAs
Sarah Killion doesn’t need her own pair of ruby slippers to know that there’s no place like home. The junior midfielder said playing in Drake Stadium and not needing to deal with traveling will give the UCLA women’s soccer team a physical and mental edge – something it hopes to utilize in its postseason games. […]
Soccer player juggles commitments to UCLA, New Zealand’s national team
For Rosie White, picking which jersey to wear is not just a question of color. It’s a question of time and place. In one instance in mid-September, after spending 12 days away in Switzerland, the junior forward finally got to set foot on the UCLA campus once again. And the next thing on her agenda? […]