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If the Bruins fell on hard times during the waning portion of their weekend stay in Boulder, Colo., they can at least breathe a sigh of relief at a much more familiar altitude this time around.
Coming off a tough 1-0 road loss to Colorado in double overtime on Sunday, the No.
As if there weren’t enough challenges already, the UCLA women’s soccer team will have to make do with one more hurdle for the interim.
Freshman phenom. Gatorade Player of the Year. No. 1 recruit in the country.
Any of these labels is aptly telling of the talent that UCLA freshman midfielder Jenna Richmond is endowed with. But among her teammates, Richmond is known in quite another manner.
The forecast for the 2010 season so far has been somewhat difficult to pinpoint for the young UCLA women’s soccer team.
At times, the product displayed on the field has been simply radiant, a 2-1 victory over then-No.3 Notre Dame attesting to just that.
On other occasions, the No.
The way things were unfolding at Drake Stadium, the UC Santa Barbara women’s soccer team seemed insistent that one upset deserved another.
Spying a loose ball in the 95th minute of the match, Ariana Martinez came flying in toward the box from her backline position, getting to the ball first before any of her opponents.
Last December, UCLA and Notre Dame were each one win away from squaring off at the Women’s College Cup in College Station, TX.
