UCLA women’s soccer beats Princeton 3-1, heads into NCAA semifinal

UCLA women’s soccer is headed to the NCAA Women’s College Cup for the 10th time in the program’s history. No. 4 seed Princeton (16-3-1), searching for a second-straight upset, was outmatched from start to finish by No. 2 seed UCLA (19-2-2), which claimed a 3-1 victory. “It feels absolutely unreal,” said sophomore defender Kaiya McCullough. […]

UCLA sisters’ soccer advancements rooted in family support, training

Anika and Karina Rodriguez’s journeys began at home. Their father Rafael Rodriguez, a youth soccer coach, started training them in the backyard at ages 4 and 5. While Rafael initially trained them the same way, redshirt sophomore Anika Rodriguez, the elder, grew into an attacker and freshman Karina, the younger, blossomed into a central defender. […]

Women’s soccer opens up tournament play with victory over SDSU

No. 2 seed UCLA women’s soccer (16-2-2) took care of business on Friday night against San Diego State (12-8-2), snatching a 3-1 win to open its NCAA Tournament campaign. The Bruins started well, as the Aztecs tried to sit back and wait to break on the counter, and UCLA wasted little time jumping out to […]

UCLA women’s soccer ends regular season with 3-2 OT victory against USC

The regular 90 minutes just weren’t enough Friday. But as overtime entered its second minute, redshirt sophomore forward/midfielder Anika Rodriguez received the ball on the top of the box. No defender in front of her, she charged into the open space. Two USC defenders rushed to close her down and the goalkeeper started to come […]

UCLA women’s soccer falls to Stanford in controversial game

The game was decided in two attacking moves. At one end, UCLA women’s soccer won the ball in the center of the park. Freshman midfielder Viviana Villacorta took a touch and sent a through ball that beat the Stanford defense and junior forward Hailie Mace ran onto it. Mace saw the goalkeeper off her line […]

Women’s soccer aims to counter defensive approach from Washington State

Past the halfway mark in the season, UCLA women’s soccer has a pretty clear picture of how the opposition will line up – compact in the back, with players waiting for opportunities to break on the counter. No. 2 UCLA (12-0-2, 5-0-1 Pac-12) expects Washington State (7-5-2, 2-4-0) to employ this game plan Thursday night. […]