UCLA Bruins (photo by Greg Turk)UCLA Bruins (photo by Greg Turk)
Greg Turk

UCLA Handed First Loss of Season at WSU, 1-0

Women's Soccer

UCLA's unbeaten streak ends at 18 games.

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PULLMAN, WASH. - No. 2 UCLA dropped its first match of the season, 1-0, at Washington State. A Cougar goal in the fourth minute stood as the only score of the game.

The game-winner came at the 3:50 mark off a set piece. After a Cougar corner kick, Kelsee Crenshaw headed the ball down into a scrum in the box, and Maegan O'Neill put a foot on it and sent it into the back of the net for the early lead.

The Cougars (8-5-2, 2-4-0) had a few other chances to break the game open in the following 15 minutes, but Teagan Micah made a series of saves, and another Washington State shot hit the post to keep it at 1-0.

UCLA likely had its best chance in the 20th minute when Delanie Sheehan headed a ball towards the upper goal, but Cougar goalkeeper Ella Dederick leaped up to tip the ball away.

Dederick finished with four saves, and Micah had a season-high-tying six.

The Bruins (12-1-2, 5-1-1) will next play at Washington on Sunday at 2pm.