College soccer fans have had Oct. 9 circled on their calendars for a while now; that is the date when rivals UCLA and Stanford face off this season, and for years the two programs have been the gold standard of women’s soccer programs in the Pac-12.
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Women’s soccer defends undefeated record after a set of 1-0 wins against Oregon and Oregon State
Ho hum. Another weekend, another set of 1-0 wins for the undefeated No. 2 UCLA women’s soccer team.
UCLA women's soccer team takes down Oregon at home 1-0
After Los Angeles provided some early afternoon rains to make the Oregon Ducks (5-5-1, 0-2 Pac-12) feel right at home, the Bruins (9-0-1, 2-0 Pac-12) obliged by letting the Ducks dictate the pace of play for the first half before freshmen forward Kylie McCarthy’s late goal put UCLA up one at final whistle, 1-0.
No. 2 UCLA women’s soccer to take on Washington Huskies tonight
“It’s not so important who starts the game but who finishes it,” reads the quote from the venerable coach John Wooden.
Women’s soccer holds high hopes entering season
The No. 2 UCLA women’s soccer team is riding high heading into the first season of the Pac-12 conference. The Bruins closed the nonconference schedule on Sunday, winning 3-1 against a strong LMU side.
A young women's soccer team already shows NCAA Championship potential
The UCLA women’s soccer team is going through its own coming-of-age story. Twelve of the Bruins’ 28 players are youthful true freshmen from all over the United States (and one from New Zealand). If the team is serious about its title aspirations, it will need the young girls to mature and mature fast.
UCLA Women's Soccer scores early to defeat SMU 1-0 at home
In the early going this season, The No. 4 UCLA women’s soccer team (5-0-1) is playing out like a series of Dan Brown novels: same characters, different bad guy, but the same themes and the same basic story.
It was the same again tonight, as the Bruins took out SMU (3-3-0) 1-0.