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UCLA vs. USC in Soccer Crosstown Showdown
November 01, 2016 | Women's Soccer
#18 UCLA (12-5-1, 6-3-1) at #5 USC (14-3-1, 8-1-1)
Friday, Nov. 4 - 7pm PT
@ Carson, Calif. (StubHub Center)
TV: Pac-12 Network (Jim Watson, Temryss Lane)
Tickets: $10 (axs.com)
Live Stats: usctrojans.com
Twitter: @uclawsoccer
Crosstown Showdown Concludes Regular Season
UCLA will complete its regular season schedule with a rivalry matchup against USC on Friday, Nov 4. The match will take place at the StubHub Center in Carson, Calif. at 7pm. Tickets are on sale now at axs.com for $10.
In the Rankings
After two losses over the weekend, the Bruins slipped to 18th in the NSCAA rankings. UCLA also dropped down to 22nd in the Soccer America poll and 16th in the Top Drawer Soccer poll.
Last Time Out
UCLA fell victim to a shutout for the second consecutive game, losing at Utah, 2-0, on Sunday. The Utes scored in the 20th and 89th minutes and totaled five saves to keep the Bruins off the board. The Bruins also lost on Thursday at No. 22 Colorado, 1-0.
Jenkins Earns Academic All-District Honors
UCLA senior forward Darian Jenkins was named to the 2016 Academic All-District Women's Soccer Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Jenkins advances to the Academic All-America Team ballot, where All-America honorees will be selected next month. Jenkins has earned a 3.42 GPA in American Literature & Culture and is on track to graduate early after the fall quarter.
Notables
UCLA had four-straight overtime games from Oct. 6-20 and went 2-1-1 in those games โฆ The Bruins are 3-2-1 overall in overtime games this season โฆ UCLA had a six-game winning streak from Sept. 11-Oct. 2 โฆ Prior to the Bruins' two-game scoreless streak, UCLA had scored two or more goals in 11 of 16 games and had not been shut out all season โฆ Goalkeeper Teagan Micah and defender Hailie Mace are the only Bruins to start all 18 games this year โฆ Micah became the first true freshman to start in goal on opening day since Valerie Henderson in 2004 โฆ The Bruins' only losses this year have come to ranked teams - No. 6 Florida, No. 8 North Carolina, No. 1 Stanford , No. 22 Colorado and No. 24 (Soccer America) Utah โฆ UCLA leads the Pac-12 in home attendance with an average of 1,735 fans per game and ranks seventh nationally.
Pac-12 Leaders
UCLA continues to lead the Pac-12 in assists (40) and assists per game (2.22). Jessie Fleming is tied for the Pac-12 lead in goals per game (0.67) and is tied for third in goals with 10. Anika Rodriguez is second in the Pac-12 in assists (8) and assists per game (0.44), while MacKenzie Cerda is tied for fourth in assists (6) and ranks fifth in assists per game (0.38). Darian Jenkins is second in the Pac-12 in points per game (1.55) and third in game-winning goals with five. Teagan Micah is fourth in shutouts (6) and saves (71).
Multiple Weapons
Even with Jessie Fleming and Darian Jenkins totaling 17 goals between them, there have been a total of 12 different Bruin players who have scored this season. Also seeing the back of the net have been four-goal scorer Amber Munerlyn, three-goal scorer Gabbi Miranda, two-goal scorers Anika Rodriguez and Courtney Proctor, and single-goal scorers Annie Alvarado, Gabrielle Matulich, Julia Hernandez, Claire Winter, Chloe Castaneda and Sunny Dunphy. Rodriguez and MacKenzie Cerda have been the main providers for the Bruin goals with eight and six assists, respectively.
About the Trojans
USC has allowed just eight goals this season, half of those goals coming in week one, when the Trojans lost the first two games of the season. Since then, USC has gone 14-1-1, with its only loss coming to 14th-ranked California, 1-0. USC goalkeeper Sammy Jo Prudhomme has posted 11 shutouts and holds a Pac-12 best goals against average of 0.44. Alex Anthony leads USC in scoring with 23 points (9g, 5a). Morgan Andrews and Katie Johnson have seven goals apiece.
The Series with USC
UCLA is 22-6-1 all-time against USC. The Trojans won last year's matchup at UCLA, 2-0, and the Bruins won the last two prior meetings, 2-0 at the Coliseum in 2014 in front of a NCAA record crowd of 10,128, and 4-1 in Westwood in 2013.
Bruin Strong
Six Bruins have logged over 1200 of 1684 minutes of playing time in the team's 18 games this season. Goalkeeper Teagan Micah has played in all 1684 minutes, while defenders Hailie Mace (1563), Kaiya McCullough (1429), Zoey Goralski (1420), Annie Alvarado (1372), and Anika Rodriguez (1230) have each played over 1200 minutes.
Sixth Year's a Charm
Courtney Proctor's sixth and final year as a Bruin is looking to be one of her best. She has played in 12 games and has started in the Bruins' last seven. She scored her first goal of the season against California, tying the game with 53 seconds left in regulation to send the game to overtime. The goal was her first since the 2013 season. She also had an assist against Washington and scored the game's first goal against Washington State. Proctor began her career at UCLA in 2011, redshirted due to a torn ACL in 2012, played 24 games during UCLA's NCAA championship year in 2013 then played just six games in 2014 due to injury. She was granted a redshirt exception after the 2015 season and came back for her sixth season this year.
Jenkins Out for Season
Senior forward Darian Jenkins had her season cut short on Oct. 2 at Oregon when she suffered a fibula fracture of her left lower leg in the second half of the Bruins' 3-2 win over the Ducks. Jenkins was having an outstanding senior campaign, scoring a then-Pac-12 best seven goals, 17 points and five game-winning goals. She had started in all 11 games and recorded her first career hat trick in the first half of the Bruins' season opener at San Diego State. Jenkins finishes her UCLA career with 29 goals, 12 assists and 70 points, along with 14 game-winning goals, which rank tied for fifth in UCLA history. She remains a nominee for the Senior CLASS Award, which honors senior student-athletes for their achievements in the community, classroom, character and competition, and is now up for Academic All-America consideration, as she earned first-team Academic All-District honors.
Freshman Four in TDS Top 40; Alvarado in Upperclassmen Top 100
Four UCLA Bruins are ranked in the Top 40 of Top Drawer Soccer's midseason Top 100 freshman list, including top-ranked Jessie Fleming. UCLA is the only school with two freshmen in the Top 10, as forward/midfielder Anika Rodriguez joins Fleming in the Top 10 at No. 7. Defender Kaiya McCullough ranks 27th, and goalkeeper Teagan Micah ranks 40th. Fleming leads the team in goals scored (10 ) and points (22) in 15 games, and Rodriguez leads the team in assists with eight. Additionally, Annie Alvarado is ranked in the midseason Top 100 Upperclassman list at No. 63.
From UCLA to USA
Future Bruins Marley Canales and Mal Pugh have been selected to represent the United States at the 2016 FIFA Under-20 Women's World Cup, which will take place in Papua New Guinea from Nov. 13-Dec. 3. The U.S. opens tournament play on Nov. 14 against France, then will face New Zealand on Nov. 17 and Ghana on Nov. 21. On the full national team side, alumna Abby Dahlkemper earned her first career cap against Switzerland on Oct. 19. Also in that game, Sam Mewis scored her third career goal with the national team. Both Mewis and Dahlkemper played again in the United State's 5-1 win over Switzerland on Oct. 23.
