No. 1 UCLA women’s soccer faced a test last week against No. 3 Stanford. Despite going down by a goal, the Bruins were able to pass the test against the Cardinal with flying colors and eventually take the contest 2-1. “It was a huge win for us and a huge confidence boost,” said senior defender […]
Category Archives: Women’s Soccer
Bruins trump the Cardinal in two-goal comeback win at home
It began with this simple idea to hand the country’s No. 1 defense its first defeat: score one goal. But No. 3 Stanford’s goal in the 53rd minute created an addendum of another goal to the Bruins’ game plan. It now seemed like a tall order – score two goals in 38 minutes against a […]
Latest rendition of rivalry could produce mirror images
It took a golden goal, players in a dog pile and emotional parents in the audience, but the No. 1 UCLA women’s soccer team finally managed to rewrite the dynamics of its rivalry with Stanford. What was once a seven-game losing streak to the Cardinal was finally erased last October, and it’s been replaced with […]
Versatility of offense keeps UCLA women’s soccer at No. 1
No matter how good a team’s defense may be, the reality of sports is if you can’t score, you can’t win. Sometimes, simply finding ways to score is a task easier said than done – especially in games where the opponents decide to make stopping the offense a priority. It’s games like these where the […]
UCLA women’s soccer wins game dedicated to breast cancer awareness
For one night, blue and gold didn’t highlight the numbers and names of the players. The players, clad in pink-trimmed uniforms, walked onto Marshall Field in Drake Stadium on Friday night and clinched a 1-0 win against Utah in what was more than just a soccer game. Before that matchup, the team published a video […]
No. 1 women’s soccer wary of upset against underdogs Utah
One word that could aptly describe the Utah women’s soccer team is ‘underdogs.’ Despite posting an undefeated 7-0-3 record, UCLA’s Friday opponent continues to lie as a sleeper team outside the NSCAA Coaches top 25 poll, ready to spring an upset against higher ranked teams. The same kind of upset that UCLA assistant coach Joshua […]
UCLA to host Soccer Without Borders charity event
Every time she walks off a soccer pitch, Sam Mewis rolls down her socks, extracts her shin guards and takes her cleats off. The routine of putting on and taking off her equipment has become hardwired for the senior midfielder, who has been playing soccer almost all her life. But on Sunday, Mewis will leave […]