Away they go. At the beginning of the season, the UCLA women’s soccer team looked to Lance Armstrong’s Tour de France exploits for inspiration. Now, 16 games later, the team hasn’t forgotten. “The season is a bunch of stages,” coach Jill Ellis said. “Sometimes you have to grind it out. Other times you just have […]
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W. soccer notebook: Freshman goalkeeper learns from mistakes, gains confidence
It was the tale of two matches for Arianna Criscione. Though the No. 3 UCLA women’s soccer team won twice over the weekend against the Arizona schools, the freshman goalkeeper noticed a marked improvement in her play from the first match to the second. “I’m a lot happier today,” Criscione said after Sunday’s match with […]
W. soccer: In for the save
What a difference a year makes. One year ago, Arianna Criscione was a senior at St. Lucy’s Priory High School in Glendora, Calif., a high school goalkeeper with high school concerns. Now Criscione is a college goalkeeper with college concerns ““ like leading the No. 3 UCLA women’s soccer team to a Pac-10 title. As […]
W. soccer: Injuries dampen soccer team’s trek to Bay Area
The team bus was quiet on the ride to the Oakland Airport Sunday afternoon. Despite escaping the Bay Area with a win and a tie, the UCLA women’s soccer players were more focused on their trio of fallen teammates. The Bruins tied Stanford 0-0 on Friday and beat California 1-0 on Sunday, but three key […]
W. soccer: Bruins to battle Bears, Cardinal
The Stanford-UCLA rivalry makes different people do different things. Some laugh. Others cry. Still others reminisce about their Stanford applications that just weren’t quite good enough. But as the UCLA women’s soccer team prepares to take on Stanford tonight in Palo Alto, the rivalry has compelled the team to do something entirely different. “We’re salivating,” […]
W. soccer: Women’s soccer kicks 2002’s habits
After playing four exhausting games in nine days, the UCLA women’s soccer team will look back on the past week and a half with great pride. Two of the matches went to sudden-death overtime, while another was decided in the last three seconds of regulation. However, the Bruins emerged victorious in all four games. “I’m […]
W. Soccer: Oakes’ timely goal secures win
Jill Oakes was not only thrilled to have scored the game-winning goal, she was happy that the game was finally over. After giving No. 3 UCLA (8-1-2, 1-0 Pac-10) a 2-1 sudden-death overtime win over Washington State (4-7, 0-1) Thursday night at Drake Stadium, Oakes came off the field and iced her sore knee, showing […]