Author Archives: Jonathan Lee

By Jonathan Lee BRUIN SPORTS CONTRIBUTOR jlee3@media.ucla.edu Don’t let her size fool you. Iris Mora stands tall. You can tell just by watching her. Although she is only 5 feet, 2 inches (shortest on the team), Mora has been vital in propelling the No. 4 UCLA women’s soccer team to national prominence in her four-year […]

The UCLA women’s soccer team (17-1-2, 7-0-2 Pac-10) has worked toward one goal all year: winning the program’s first NCAA championship. The team’s hard work was rewarded by the NCAA selection committee with a No. 1 seed in the upper right bracket of the 64-team playoff. The Bruins received an automatic bid by virtue of […]

The key to any championship team often proves to be veteran leadership. Those with experience stand up and lead and show younger players what it takes to be a winner. This weekend’s matches against Arizona and Arizona State will mark the last two regular-season games for two of the most decorated UCLA women’s soccer players […]

The transition to college is often difficult for first-year athletes. Even the most highly regarded freshmen struggle to adapt to living away from home for the first time, all the while, playing against championship-caliber teams. Looking at the UCLA women’s soccer team, however, there appears to have been no such difficulty. This year’s recruiting class […]

It was a successful weekend for the No. 4 UCLA women’s soccer team (14-1-1, 4-0-1 Pac-10) unless you measure success strictly by wins and losses or, in this case, ties. The Bruins thoroughly dominated both of their matches Friday and Sunday against Washington and Washington State, respectively, but achieved two very different results. After recording […]

The past few weeks, in which the Bruins are undefeated, have seen UCLA start rolling as the players have responded to coach Jill Ellis’ intensity. UCLA has ridden that momentum to a No. 4 national ranking, and a 13-1 record, 3-0 in Pac-10 play. The Bruins are currently riding a nine-game winning streak, having lost […]

Senior forward Iris Mora has made quite a career scoring goals at UCLA, ranking in the top 10 in career goals and goals in a season, and posting one of the most prolific scoring seasons in Bruin history. Even though her finishing ability makes the diminutive forward a threat to score whenever she touches the […]