The UCLA women’s soccer team couldn’t be more ecstatic. What could have been a potential cross-country flight is now a home game against Duke in the third round of the NCAA Tournament Saturday afternoon. The No. 14 Bruins had been expecting to travel to No. 3 Virginia, who defeated UCLA 3-1 early in the season, […]
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W. soccer: Corner kicks key to UCLA win
Between two closely matched teams, corner kicks are often the difference between winning and losing, and it was no different in Sunday’s women’s soccer match between San Diego and UCLA. The Bruins clearly won the battle of set pieces ““ corner kicks or free kicks ““ scoring two goals off of corner kicks in their […]
W. soccer: Soccer hopes for best at Arizona schools
Two huge wins. Two puzzling losses. One big question. Which version of the UCLA women’s soccer team will show up when the Bruins travel to the desert to face the Arizona schools this weekend? The team that convincingly beat Stanford and Washington in the past two weeks? Or the one that also lost to Cal […]
W. soccer: Squad’s health stabilizes shifting lineup
Now that the women’s soccer team is finally getting healthy, coach Jill Ellis has been able to settle on a consistent starting lineup. The Bruins, who started a different lineup each of their first 10 games of the season, began both games last weekend with the same 11 players on the field. Ellis has also […]
W. soccer: Bruins look for tough, muddy, injury-free homestand
Before traveling to the Pacific Northwest to take on the Washington schools, the UCLA women’s soccer team vowed that it would take each game as it came. Call it mission half-accomplished. The seventh-ranked Bruins split their two games, falling to unranked Washington State before rebounding to thrash Washington. Now the Bruins face two crucial games […]
W. soccer: Soccer headsto Washington
With the seventh-ranked UCLA women’s soccer team playing unheralded Washington State on Friday and highly ranked Washington on Sunday, it would be understandable if the team overlooks its first match. But according to coach Jill Ellis, the team’s focus will be squarely on the Cougars on Friday. “The way we look at this, Washington State […]
W. soccer: Women’s soccer wipes out Oregon State and Oregon
Going into the opening weekend of Pac-10 play, the UCLA women’s soccer team had been afflicted by numerous injuries and was hoping for a couple of easy games to boost its confidence. Enter hapless Oregon and Oregon State. Neither the Ducks nor the Beavers, two teams that the No. 8 Bruins have traditionally dominated, presented […]