UCLA
17-3-1
North Carolina State (Third Round)
11-7-4
UCLA Records Another 5-0 Win in NCAA Third Round
November 18, 2018 | Women's Soccer
LOS ANGELES โ Second-seeded UCLA earned a 5-0 victory for the third consecutive round, this time defeating North Carolina State in the NCAA Round of 16 Sunday evening. The Bruins advance to the quarterfinals, where they will face top-seeded North Carolina in Cary, N.C. on Saturday, Nov. 24 at 5pm ET.
Jessie Fleming led the Bruins, scoring the game's first two goals. She gave UCLA an early 1-0 lead with a one-touch shot off a dummied pass from Ashley Sanchez at 5:11. Sanchez hooked Fleming up again at 21:49 with a corner kick that was dummied by Olivia Athens and Viviana Villacorta, falling right to Fleming with space, and she buried the shot from 15 feet out for her second goal of the game.
The Bruins (17-3-1) scored again off the corner kick in the 42nd minute. Sanchez sent a corner kick into the box, and after a scramble, Karina Rodriguez found the ball at her feet, and she fired a right-footed shot past NC State goalkeeper Sydney Wootten for her third goal of the year.
Two late-game goals by Chloe Castaneda in the 83rd minute and Hailie Mace in the 85th minute brought the Bruins to their final goal count of five.
With two assists, Sanchez earned her fifth and sixth assists of the tournament, setting a new UCLA record for NCAA Tournament single-season assists. Sanchez also tied the school record for consecutive games with a goal or assist, scoring at least a point in her 12th consecutive game, a streak that coincides with UCLA's 12-game winning streak. The sophomore is also one assist away from tying Iris Mora's school single-season assist record of 15.
Two more school records for @ashleynsanchezz! With 2? assists so far today, Ashley has tied Traci Arkenberg's mark for consecutive games with a point with 12! And her 6? assists in the NCAA Tourney are a new single-season record for UCLA. #NCSTvsUCLA | #GoBruins pic.twitter.com/BIZe8I2lCG
โ UCLA Women's Soccer (@UCLAWSoccer) November 19, 2018
The Bruins have dominated in the first three NCAA rounds, outscoring their three opponents by a 15-0 clip and outshooting them, 71-11. Goalkeeper Teagan Micah recorded her third-straight shutout Sunday night and her eighth solo shutout of the year, making two saves on six NC State shots. Wootten had nine saves for the Wolfpack, who finished their season with a 11-7-4 record.
"This team is clicking and peaking at the right time." - @CromwellUCLA#GoBruins pic.twitter.com/nz11HIQ5rH
โ UCLA Women's Soccer (@UCLAWSoccer) November 19, 2018
Team Stats
Fleming, Jessie (4)
Assisted By: Sanchez, Ashley , Athens, Olivia
one touch off pass to front of goal
5:11
Fleming, Jessie (5)
Assisted By: Sanchez, Ashley
shot off post into goal after pass from
21:49
Rodriguez, Karina (3)
Assisted By: Sheehan, Delanie
scramble in box after corner kick
41:10
Castaneda, Chloe (5)
Assisted By: Faulknor, Kennedy
shot across front of goal to low right c
82:07
Mace, Hailie (7)
Assisted By: Canales, Marley
rebound off corner kick pushed out by go
84:17
