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College Cup on the Line as UCLA Hosts Virginia Saturday Night
November 23, 2022 | Women's Soccer
No. 1 seed UCLA (19-2-1) vs. No. 3 seed Virginia (16-3-3)
Date/Time: Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022 – 6 pm PT
Location: Los Angeles, Calif. (Wallis Annenberg Stadium)
Live Stream: ESPN+
Talent: Nick Koop, Jalil Anibaba
Live Stats: ncaa.com
Tickets: uclabruins.com/tickets; Adults $12, Youth $10, Students $8 (in advance); Adults $15, Youth/Group $10, Students $8 (at box office)
Parking: purchase in advance on Park Mobile app
NO. 1 SEED UCLA PLAYS NO. 3 SEED VIRGINIA FOR SPOT IN COLLEGE CUP
No. 1 seed UCLA (19-2-1) will host No. 3 seed Virginia (16-3-3) in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday, Nov. 26 at Wallis Annenberg Stadium. The match will take place at 6pm PT and will be live streamed on ESPN+. The winner will advance to the NCAA College Cup in Cary, NC.
SOCCER SCHOOL
UCLA is one of just two schools with both men's and women's soccer teams still alive in the NCAA Tournament, joining Duke. The Bruin women are into the quarterfinals, while the Bruin men upset defending NCAA champion Clemson in the second round to reach the Round of 16. The men will play at Vermont on Saturday, two hours before the women play Virginia.
UCLA'S NCAA HISTORY
The Bruins, who are making their 26th overall and seventh consecutive appearance in the NCAA Tournament, have a 71-20-7 all-time NCAA Tournament record. UCLA has advanced to the quarterfinals or beyond 17 times and in six of the last 10 seasons, winning the 2013 NCAA title and making three College Cup appearances (2013, 2017 and 2019). UCLA is a No. 1 seed for the sixth time in program history and the first since 2014.
UCLA AGAINST THE NCAA FIELD
UCLA posted a 5-2 regular season record against members of the 64-team NCAA Tournament field this season. The Bruins have wins over No. 2 seeds North Carolina (2-1) and Duke (2-1), No. 8 seed Santa Clara (1-0), California (4-2) and Arizona State (4-0). UCLA's only two losses of the year came against No. 3 seed Stanford (1-0) and No. 4 seed USC (2-0).
NCAA EXPERIENCED
The Bruins have 16 players who have seen NCAA action prior to this season. The Bruins' most experienced player in the tournament is Maricarmen Reyes, who has a total of 13 NCAA games played. Goalkeeper Lauren Brzykcy has started in six games. Kali Trevithick and Reilyn Turner are UCLA's top goal scorers in NCAA Tournament play, having each scored two goals with one assist. Lexi Wright also has two goals.
THIRD ROUND RECAP
No. 1 seed UCLA scored just five minutes into the game and went on to shut out No. 4 seed Northwestern, 2-0, in the Round of 16 to advance to the NCAA Quarterfinals. The Bruins got on the board after Madelyn Desiano's pass to Reilyn Turner was deflected in by a Northwestern defender. Desiano was credited with the goal, her second of the season. Quincy McMahon provided an insurance goal in the 65th minute, taking a pass from Sofia Cook, eluding onrushing goalkeeper Mia Raben and then hitting it in from a hard angle. McMahon's goal was her second of the season as well. UCLA's defense allowed just six shots total and two shots on goal, both in the 20th minute.
SECOND ROUND RECAP
UCLA advanced to the NCAA Round of 16 after a flawless penalty kick shootout against UCF. After finishing two overtime periods knotted at 1-1, the Bruins outdueled the Knights 3-0 in the shootout. Bruin goalkeeper Lauren Brzykcy set the tone in the shootout by saving the first penalty shot, and Jayden Perry, Sunshine Fontes and Lilly Reale converted on their shots, while UCF hit the woodwork on their other two shots. The Bruins overcame a 1-0 deficit, scoring the equalizer just three minutes after UCF opened up a 1-0 lead. Senior Jackie Gilday tied the game in the 38th minute on a header off an Ally Lemos corner kick.
FIRST ROUND RECAP
Two early goals by sophomore forward Lexi Wright propelled UCLA to a 4-1 win over Northern Arizona in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Wright wasted absolutely no time in giving UCLA the lead, scoring her sixth goal of the season just 39 seconds into the game and her second at 8:14 to double the lead. Sophomore Emma Egizii added her first collegiate goal in the 40th minute, and Sunshine Fontes' put an exclamation on the win in the 85th minute with her 10th goal of the year.
AOZASA NAMED PAC-12 COACH OF YEAR
In her first year as a head coach after serving as a Stanford assistant for seven years, Margueritte Aozasa was named the Pac-12 Coach of the Year, becoming the first rookie head coach ever to win the honor. Aozasa guided the Bruins to a No. 1 ranking for nine consecutive weeks following a pair of upset road wins at No. 2 Duke and No. 1 North Carolina on Sept. 1 and 4. Aozasa's Bruins compiled a 17-2 regular season record, the third-most wins in the nation this season. UCLA finished the regular season ranked first in the Pac-12 in goals scored (53), assists (50), shutouts (12) and goals against average (0.47) and ranked in the Top 5 nationally in goals against average, goals, assists, points and winning percentage. This is the sixth Pac-12 Coach of the Year honor bestowed upon a UCLA coach.
REALE HONORED AS PAC-12 DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF YEAR
Sophomore Lilly Reale became just the second UCLA player ever to win the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year award, joining World Cup champion Abby Dahlkemper (2014). Reale has started and played in 21 games this year, leading the Bruins to a conference-best 13 shutouts and a 0.49 goals against average. A two-time Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week, she has also contributed offensively, scoring one goal with one assist. Reale also earned first-team All-Pac-12 honors for the second consecutive year.
NINE PLAYERS EARN PAC-12 AWARDS
A total of nine Bruin players earned Pac-12 awards in 2022, led by Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year Lilly Reale, one of three first-team all-conference honorees. Joining Reale on the first team were Reilyn Turner and Quincy McMahon. Lauren Brzykcy and Sunshine Fontes received second-team acclaim, and Ally Cook, Ally Lemos and Maricarmen Reyes were selected to the third team. Lemos and Sofia Cook earned All-Freshman honors.
FIVE RECEIVE ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT HONORS
Five Bruins have been selected to the 2022 Academic All-District® Women's Soccer First Team, selected by the College Sports Communicators. Senior Brianne Riley earned her second consecutive honor, while graduate student Lauren Brzykcy, senior Jackie Gilday, and sophomores Quincy McMahon and Lilly Reale have earned their first academic all-district awards.
SCOUTING THE CAVALIERS
Virginia enters Saturday's game with a 16-3-3 record. The third-seeded Cavaliers beat second-seeded Penn State on the road in the Round of 16, 3-2 in overtime after a 3-1 win over Xavier in the second round and a 4-0 victory over Farleigh Dickinson in the first round. Virginia is in the NCAA Tournament for the 35th time and 29th consecutive season and is making its ninth quarterfinal appearance. Graduate student and Newport Beach native Haley Hopkins leads the Cavaliers in scoring with 31 points off 13 goals and five assists. She also has five game-winning goals, including her overtime goal in the Round of 16. Alexa Spaanstra and Lia Godfrey each have eight goals. Goalkeeper Cayla White has posted nine shutouts and a goals against average of 0.79.
THE HISTORY AGAINST VIRGINIA
UCLA holds a 6-3-2 series advantage over Virginia, with seven of those games taking place in the NCAA Tournament. The teams last met in 2017, with the Bruins capturing a pair of 2-1 wins - a preseason victory in Charlottesville and a NCAA Round of 16 victory in Los Angeles. The Bruins are 5-1-1 all-time against the Cavaliers in NCAA play.
Previous NCAA Meetings
2005 Quarterfinals @ Los Angeles - UCLA 5, Virginia 0
2007 Round of 16 @ Los Angeles - UCLA 2, Virginia 1 (ot)
2009 Round of 16 @ Los Angeles - UCLA 3, Virginia 0
2013 Semifinals @ Cary, NC - UCLA 1, Virginia 1 (UCLA advances on PKs, 4-2)
2014 Quarterfinals @ Los Angeles - Virginia 2, UCLA 1
2017 Round of 16 @ Los Angeles - UCLA 2, Virginia 1
NATIONAL LEADERS
UCLA is amongst the nation's leaders in several categories, ranking third in winning percentage (0.886); fourth in total goals (60) and total points (174); sixth in goals against average (0.495) and shots on goal per game (9.00); seventh in points per game (7.91), scoring offense (2.73) and total assists (54); and 10th in assists per game (2.45). Reilyn Turner ranks fourth in game-winning goals (6), and Lauren Brzykcy is seventh in goals against average (0.501).
ROLLING IN THE DEEP
UCLA has had 18 different players score a total of 60 goals this season, with seven players totaling three or more goals. Sunshine Fontes leads the squad with a career-high 10 goals. Reilyn Turner is close behind with nine, and Lexi Wright has scored a career-best seven goals. A total of 31 players have seen game action, with 11 playing 20 or more games and 21 playing 10 or more games.
STALWART STARTERS
With a deep and talented squad at her disposal, head coach Margueritte Aozasa has been able to seamlessly shuffle her starting lineup from game to game. Two players, however, have earned starts in all 21 games - goalkeeper Lauren Brzykcy and freshman midfielder Ally Lemos. Lilly Reale has 20 starts; Jayden Perry, Madelyn Desiano, Jayden Perry and Quincy McMahon have 19 each; Sunshine Fontes and Reilyn Turner have 17; and Maricarmen Reyes, Ally Cook and Lexi Wright each have 15 starts.
QUICK DRAW MCGRAW
With three goals in the first 90 seconds of play and six in the first six minutes of play, the Bruins are giving fans ample reason to not arrive fashionably late. Lexi Wright put UCLA on the board 39 seconds after kickoff in the NCAA first round win over Northern Arizona, scoring the Bruins' fastest goal of the year. Reilyn Turner has three goals within the first two minutes this year, scoring at 0:49 at Oregon State, 1:20 at Colorado and 1:51 against Arizona State. The Bruins also have two goals scored in the sixth minute - Madelyn Desiano at 5:02 in UCLA's win over Northwestern in the NCAA Round of 16, and Ally Cook at 5:12 in the 4-0 win over Arizona State.
1-2 PUNCH
UCLA boasts two 20+ point scorers in Sunshine Fontes (10g, 7a, 27 pts) and Reilyn Turner (9g, 3a, 21 pts). Within the Pac-12, Fontes ranks second in game-winning goals (4), fourth in points (27), and sixth in goals (10) and assists (7). Turner leads the conference and ranks fourth nationally in game-winning goals (6) and ranks 10th in the conference in goals scored (9). Fontes has recorded a goal or an assist in 10 of UCLA's last 16 games. Turner has two multiple-goal games this season, all in conference play, and has tallied six in her career to move into fifth all-time at UCLA.
Fontes and Turner became the first pair of Bruins to record hat tricks in the same year since Danesha Adams and Lauren Cheney did it in 2007. Fontes was the first to record a hat trick, the first of her career, on Aug. 25 vs. CSUN. Turner recorded her second career hat trick in the first half of the Bruins' game at Oregon on Oct. 2. Turner became the fifth player in UCLA history to record multiple hat tricks, joining Traci Arkenberg (5), Sydney Leroux (3), Sarah-Gayle Swanson (2) and Adams (2).
THE WRIGHT STUFF
Sophomore Lexi Wright has been showing her stuff all season, ranking third on the team in scoring with 19 points on seven goals and five assists. Wright was a force in the Bruins' NCAA first round game, scoring two goals in the first nine minutes in a 4-1 victory over Northern Arizona. It was her first two-goal game of her career. Wright scored her first collegiate goal on Aug. 25 against CSUN and also added an assist. She assisted on the game-winner at No. 2 Duke and scored the second-half equalizer to jump-start UCLA's comeback win at No. 1 North Carolina. Wright collected two assists in the Bruins' 4-0 win over Arizona State.
BRICK WALL BRZYKCY
Graduate student Lauren Brzykcy has been a nearly impenetrable brick wall this season, leading the Pac-12 in goals against average (0.50), shutouts (8 solo, 5 shared), save percentage (.848) and wins (19). She tied her career-high in single-game saves with nine at No. 2 Duke and added eight at USC, and she has moved into fourth on UCLA's career saves list with 211 and counting. She is also in UCLA's Top 5 for career shutouts with 28 (fifth) and for wins with 55 (fourth). Brzykcy was honored as the Pac-12 Goalkeeper of the Week three times this season, running her career total to eight, which ties former teammate Teagan Micah for most in school and conference history. Brzykcy also earned all-conference honors for the third time in her career.
TOO FRESH
Ally Lemos and Sofia Cook earned Top 20 recognition by Top Drawer Soccer on its midseason Top 100 Freshman list, ranking No. 3 and No. 18, respectively. Lemos is one of just two players to start every game for the Bruins, and she is one of just three Bruin players to log over 1,600 minutes. She leads the team in assists with eight, ranking third in the Pac-12. Lemos scored her first collegiate goal in the 4-0 win over Arizona State on Oct. 6. Cook, who has played in 21 games and started seven, ranks fourth on the team in goals (six) and points (15). Both rookies were selected to the Pac-12 All-Freshman team, and Lemos was a third-team all-conference pick.
EASY AS EGIZII
After her 2021 rookie season was cut short 10 minutes into her first game due to a season-ending knee injury, sophomore midfielder Emma Egizii returned midway through 2022 to contribute to the Bruins' postseason run. Egizii made her season debut at Oregon on Sept. 29 and played in eight regular season games before making her postseason debut in the NCAA first round. Her first tournament game was a memorable one, as she scored her first collegiate goal in the 40th minute of the Bruins' 4-1 win over Northern Arizona.
JACK ATTACK
Senior midfielder Jackie Gilday has seen great success in her comeback season. Gilday had to sit out the last two seasons due to injury but has come back in 2022 to play in 19 games and make four starts. On Senior Day on Oct. 30, she scored her first career goal with a long-distance strike, and she scored the equalizer in UCLA's NCAA second round match against UCF. Gilday played the full 90 in the Bruins' 1-0 win at Santa Clara and has 12 games with 45+ minutes played. She is a member of the Nicaraguan National Team and scored two goals in World Cup qualifying this Spring.
KALI COMEBACK
Senior forward Kali Trevithick has spent the better part of her four years on the injured list, having undergone multiple knee surgeries. She began her freshman season on a tear, scoring two goals and two assists in the team's first two exhibition games and started the first four regular season contests before a knee injury knocked her out until November. She played the final six games of the year and totaled two goals and one assist. Trevithick missed all but the final two games of the 2020-21 campaign and all of the 2021 season but finally got back on the pitch on Sept. 11 for her first game since May 5, 2021. She made the most of her return, scoring less than two minutes after entering the game against CSUN. Two minutes after that, she scored her second goal in the Bruins' 5-1 victory. She scored her third goal in three games at Oregon and has now played in 21 career games with five goals and three assists.
VIVA MEXICO
Three of Mexico's finest - full national team member Maricarmen Reyes and Under-20 national team members Bridgette Marin-Valencia and America Frias - are with the Bruins in 2022 and all saw action for the first time together on Sept. 11 vs. Cal State Fullerton. In that game, Reyes scored the game-winner, a sharp-angled screamer for her second goal of the season, and Marin-Valencia picked up her first collegiate assist in her first game. Frias also made her season debut in that game. Reyes and Marin-Valencia also teamed up to assist on the Bruins' second goal at Pepperdine on Sept. 18, and they combined for three goals (two from Reyes) in UCLA's 4-2 win over Cal on Sept. 23. Reyes is tied for fifth on the team in scoring with 12 points (4g, 4a), and Marin-Valencia has six points (2g, 2a) in 17 games and earned her first collegiate start at Stanford. Frias has played in eight games this season.
TURNER BURNS THREE TOP 10 TEAMS
Junior Reilyn Turner has stepped up on the biggest stages this season, with three of her nine goals coming against Top 10 teams on the road, and all three being game-winners. Her first goal came at No. 2 Duke on Sept. 1, a second-half goal to break a 1-1 tie. Three days later, she scored the game-winner in the 84th minute to beat No. 1 North Carolina. Turner made it 3-for-3 when she scored the opening goal in the Bruins' 4-0 win at No. 9 Pepperdine. Turner ranks fourth in the nation with six game-winning goals and has 12 in her career, which ranks 10th all-time at UCLA.
IN THE RANKINGS
UCLA dropped to third in the Top Drawer Soccer national rankings following the regular season finale. The Bruins sit at No. 1 in the United Soccer Coaches poll, which does not update until the end of the season. UCLA had nine straight weeks at No. 1 in the coaches poll following the Duke and North Carolina victories the first weekend of September. The Bruins have been ranked in the Top 10 of the coaches poll in 32 consecutive weeks.
BRUWIN #500
UCLA's 1-0 victory over Washington State on Oct. 27 marked the 500th in program history. UCLA is the fastest to 500 in the Pac-12, reaching the milestone win in its 30th season. Stanford is the only other program in the conference with 500, achieved in its 34th year. UCLA's all-time program record is now 503-109-49 (.798).
Date/Time: Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022 – 6 pm PT
Location: Los Angeles, Calif. (Wallis Annenberg Stadium)
Live Stream: ESPN+
Talent: Nick Koop, Jalil Anibaba
Live Stats: ncaa.com
Tickets: uclabruins.com/tickets; Adults $12, Youth $10, Students $8 (in advance); Adults $15, Youth/Group $10, Students $8 (at box office)
Parking: purchase in advance on Park Mobile app
NO. 1 SEED UCLA PLAYS NO. 3 SEED VIRGINIA FOR SPOT IN COLLEGE CUP
No. 1 seed UCLA (19-2-1) will host No. 3 seed Virginia (16-3-3) in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday, Nov. 26 at Wallis Annenberg Stadium. The match will take place at 6pm PT and will be live streamed on ESPN+. The winner will advance to the NCAA College Cup in Cary, NC.
SOCCER SCHOOL
UCLA is one of just two schools with both men's and women's soccer teams still alive in the NCAA Tournament, joining Duke. The Bruin women are into the quarterfinals, while the Bruin men upset defending NCAA champion Clemson in the second round to reach the Round of 16. The men will play at Vermont on Saturday, two hours before the women play Virginia.
UCLA'S NCAA HISTORY
The Bruins, who are making their 26th overall and seventh consecutive appearance in the NCAA Tournament, have a 71-20-7 all-time NCAA Tournament record. UCLA has advanced to the quarterfinals or beyond 17 times and in six of the last 10 seasons, winning the 2013 NCAA title and making three College Cup appearances (2013, 2017 and 2019). UCLA is a No. 1 seed for the sixth time in program history and the first since 2014.
UCLA AGAINST THE NCAA FIELD
UCLA posted a 5-2 regular season record against members of the 64-team NCAA Tournament field this season. The Bruins have wins over No. 2 seeds North Carolina (2-1) and Duke (2-1), No. 8 seed Santa Clara (1-0), California (4-2) and Arizona State (4-0). UCLA's only two losses of the year came against No. 3 seed Stanford (1-0) and No. 4 seed USC (2-0).
NCAA EXPERIENCED
The Bruins have 16 players who have seen NCAA action prior to this season. The Bruins' most experienced player in the tournament is Maricarmen Reyes, who has a total of 13 NCAA games played. Goalkeeper Lauren Brzykcy has started in six games. Kali Trevithick and Reilyn Turner are UCLA's top goal scorers in NCAA Tournament play, having each scored two goals with one assist. Lexi Wright also has two goals.
THIRD ROUND RECAP
No. 1 seed UCLA scored just five minutes into the game and went on to shut out No. 4 seed Northwestern, 2-0, in the Round of 16 to advance to the NCAA Quarterfinals. The Bruins got on the board after Madelyn Desiano's pass to Reilyn Turner was deflected in by a Northwestern defender. Desiano was credited with the goal, her second of the season. Quincy McMahon provided an insurance goal in the 65th minute, taking a pass from Sofia Cook, eluding onrushing goalkeeper Mia Raben and then hitting it in from a hard angle. McMahon's goal was her second of the season as well. UCLA's defense allowed just six shots total and two shots on goal, both in the 20th minute.
SECOND ROUND RECAP
UCLA advanced to the NCAA Round of 16 after a flawless penalty kick shootout against UCF. After finishing two overtime periods knotted at 1-1, the Bruins outdueled the Knights 3-0 in the shootout. Bruin goalkeeper Lauren Brzykcy set the tone in the shootout by saving the first penalty shot, and Jayden Perry, Sunshine Fontes and Lilly Reale converted on their shots, while UCF hit the woodwork on their other two shots. The Bruins overcame a 1-0 deficit, scoring the equalizer just three minutes after UCF opened up a 1-0 lead. Senior Jackie Gilday tied the game in the 38th minute on a header off an Ally Lemos corner kick.
FIRST ROUND RECAP
Two early goals by sophomore forward Lexi Wright propelled UCLA to a 4-1 win over Northern Arizona in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Wright wasted absolutely no time in giving UCLA the lead, scoring her sixth goal of the season just 39 seconds into the game and her second at 8:14 to double the lead. Sophomore Emma Egizii added her first collegiate goal in the 40th minute, and Sunshine Fontes' put an exclamation on the win in the 85th minute with her 10th goal of the year.
AOZASA NAMED PAC-12 COACH OF YEAR
In her first year as a head coach after serving as a Stanford assistant for seven years, Margueritte Aozasa was named the Pac-12 Coach of the Year, becoming the first rookie head coach ever to win the honor. Aozasa guided the Bruins to a No. 1 ranking for nine consecutive weeks following a pair of upset road wins at No. 2 Duke and No. 1 North Carolina on Sept. 1 and 4. Aozasa's Bruins compiled a 17-2 regular season record, the third-most wins in the nation this season. UCLA finished the regular season ranked first in the Pac-12 in goals scored (53), assists (50), shutouts (12) and goals against average (0.47) and ranked in the Top 5 nationally in goals against average, goals, assists, points and winning percentage. This is the sixth Pac-12 Coach of the Year honor bestowed upon a UCLA coach.
REALE HONORED AS PAC-12 DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF YEAR
Sophomore Lilly Reale became just the second UCLA player ever to win the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year award, joining World Cup champion Abby Dahlkemper (2014). Reale has started and played in 21 games this year, leading the Bruins to a conference-best 13 shutouts and a 0.49 goals against average. A two-time Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week, she has also contributed offensively, scoring one goal with one assist. Reale also earned first-team All-Pac-12 honors for the second consecutive year.
NINE PLAYERS EARN PAC-12 AWARDS
A total of nine Bruin players earned Pac-12 awards in 2022, led by Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year Lilly Reale, one of three first-team all-conference honorees. Joining Reale on the first team were Reilyn Turner and Quincy McMahon. Lauren Brzykcy and Sunshine Fontes received second-team acclaim, and Ally Cook, Ally Lemos and Maricarmen Reyes were selected to the third team. Lemos and Sofia Cook earned All-Freshman honors.
FIVE RECEIVE ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT HONORS
Five Bruins have been selected to the 2022 Academic All-District® Women's Soccer First Team, selected by the College Sports Communicators. Senior Brianne Riley earned her second consecutive honor, while graduate student Lauren Brzykcy, senior Jackie Gilday, and sophomores Quincy McMahon and Lilly Reale have earned their first academic all-district awards.
SCOUTING THE CAVALIERS
Virginia enters Saturday's game with a 16-3-3 record. The third-seeded Cavaliers beat second-seeded Penn State on the road in the Round of 16, 3-2 in overtime after a 3-1 win over Xavier in the second round and a 4-0 victory over Farleigh Dickinson in the first round. Virginia is in the NCAA Tournament for the 35th time and 29th consecutive season and is making its ninth quarterfinal appearance. Graduate student and Newport Beach native Haley Hopkins leads the Cavaliers in scoring with 31 points off 13 goals and five assists. She also has five game-winning goals, including her overtime goal in the Round of 16. Alexa Spaanstra and Lia Godfrey each have eight goals. Goalkeeper Cayla White has posted nine shutouts and a goals against average of 0.79.
THE HISTORY AGAINST VIRGINIA
UCLA holds a 6-3-2 series advantage over Virginia, with seven of those games taking place in the NCAA Tournament. The teams last met in 2017, with the Bruins capturing a pair of 2-1 wins - a preseason victory in Charlottesville and a NCAA Round of 16 victory in Los Angeles. The Bruins are 5-1-1 all-time against the Cavaliers in NCAA play.
Previous NCAA Meetings
2005 Quarterfinals @ Los Angeles - UCLA 5, Virginia 0
2007 Round of 16 @ Los Angeles - UCLA 2, Virginia 1 (ot)
2009 Round of 16 @ Los Angeles - UCLA 3, Virginia 0
2013 Semifinals @ Cary, NC - UCLA 1, Virginia 1 (UCLA advances on PKs, 4-2)
2014 Quarterfinals @ Los Angeles - Virginia 2, UCLA 1
2017 Round of 16 @ Los Angeles - UCLA 2, Virginia 1
NATIONAL LEADERS
UCLA is amongst the nation's leaders in several categories, ranking third in winning percentage (0.886); fourth in total goals (60) and total points (174); sixth in goals against average (0.495) and shots on goal per game (9.00); seventh in points per game (7.91), scoring offense (2.73) and total assists (54); and 10th in assists per game (2.45). Reilyn Turner ranks fourth in game-winning goals (6), and Lauren Brzykcy is seventh in goals against average (0.501).
ROLLING IN THE DEEP
UCLA has had 18 different players score a total of 60 goals this season, with seven players totaling three or more goals. Sunshine Fontes leads the squad with a career-high 10 goals. Reilyn Turner is close behind with nine, and Lexi Wright has scored a career-best seven goals. A total of 31 players have seen game action, with 11 playing 20 or more games and 21 playing 10 or more games.
STALWART STARTERS
With a deep and talented squad at her disposal, head coach Margueritte Aozasa has been able to seamlessly shuffle her starting lineup from game to game. Two players, however, have earned starts in all 21 games - goalkeeper Lauren Brzykcy and freshman midfielder Ally Lemos. Lilly Reale has 20 starts; Jayden Perry, Madelyn Desiano, Jayden Perry and Quincy McMahon have 19 each; Sunshine Fontes and Reilyn Turner have 17; and Maricarmen Reyes, Ally Cook and Lexi Wright each have 15 starts.
QUICK DRAW MCGRAW
With three goals in the first 90 seconds of play and six in the first six minutes of play, the Bruins are giving fans ample reason to not arrive fashionably late. Lexi Wright put UCLA on the board 39 seconds after kickoff in the NCAA first round win over Northern Arizona, scoring the Bruins' fastest goal of the year. Reilyn Turner has three goals within the first two minutes this year, scoring at 0:49 at Oregon State, 1:20 at Colorado and 1:51 against Arizona State. The Bruins also have two goals scored in the sixth minute - Madelyn Desiano at 5:02 in UCLA's win over Northwestern in the NCAA Round of 16, and Ally Cook at 5:12 in the 4-0 win over Arizona State.
1-2 PUNCH
UCLA boasts two 20+ point scorers in Sunshine Fontes (10g, 7a, 27 pts) and Reilyn Turner (9g, 3a, 21 pts). Within the Pac-12, Fontes ranks second in game-winning goals (4), fourth in points (27), and sixth in goals (10) and assists (7). Turner leads the conference and ranks fourth nationally in game-winning goals (6) and ranks 10th in the conference in goals scored (9). Fontes has recorded a goal or an assist in 10 of UCLA's last 16 games. Turner has two multiple-goal games this season, all in conference play, and has tallied six in her career to move into fifth all-time at UCLA.
Fontes and Turner became the first pair of Bruins to record hat tricks in the same year since Danesha Adams and Lauren Cheney did it in 2007. Fontes was the first to record a hat trick, the first of her career, on Aug. 25 vs. CSUN. Turner recorded her second career hat trick in the first half of the Bruins' game at Oregon on Oct. 2. Turner became the fifth player in UCLA history to record multiple hat tricks, joining Traci Arkenberg (5), Sydney Leroux (3), Sarah-Gayle Swanson (2) and Adams (2).
THE WRIGHT STUFF
Sophomore Lexi Wright has been showing her stuff all season, ranking third on the team in scoring with 19 points on seven goals and five assists. Wright was a force in the Bruins' NCAA first round game, scoring two goals in the first nine minutes in a 4-1 victory over Northern Arizona. It was her first two-goal game of her career. Wright scored her first collegiate goal on Aug. 25 against CSUN and also added an assist. She assisted on the game-winner at No. 2 Duke and scored the second-half equalizer to jump-start UCLA's comeback win at No. 1 North Carolina. Wright collected two assists in the Bruins' 4-0 win over Arizona State.
BRICK WALL BRZYKCY
Graduate student Lauren Brzykcy has been a nearly impenetrable brick wall this season, leading the Pac-12 in goals against average (0.50), shutouts (8 solo, 5 shared), save percentage (.848) and wins (19). She tied her career-high in single-game saves with nine at No. 2 Duke and added eight at USC, and she has moved into fourth on UCLA's career saves list with 211 and counting. She is also in UCLA's Top 5 for career shutouts with 28 (fifth) and for wins with 55 (fourth). Brzykcy was honored as the Pac-12 Goalkeeper of the Week three times this season, running her career total to eight, which ties former teammate Teagan Micah for most in school and conference history. Brzykcy also earned all-conference honors for the third time in her career.
TOO FRESH
Ally Lemos and Sofia Cook earned Top 20 recognition by Top Drawer Soccer on its midseason Top 100 Freshman list, ranking No. 3 and No. 18, respectively. Lemos is one of just two players to start every game for the Bruins, and she is one of just three Bruin players to log over 1,600 minutes. She leads the team in assists with eight, ranking third in the Pac-12. Lemos scored her first collegiate goal in the 4-0 win over Arizona State on Oct. 6. Cook, who has played in 21 games and started seven, ranks fourth on the team in goals (six) and points (15). Both rookies were selected to the Pac-12 All-Freshman team, and Lemos was a third-team all-conference pick.
EASY AS EGIZII
After her 2021 rookie season was cut short 10 minutes into her first game due to a season-ending knee injury, sophomore midfielder Emma Egizii returned midway through 2022 to contribute to the Bruins' postseason run. Egizii made her season debut at Oregon on Sept. 29 and played in eight regular season games before making her postseason debut in the NCAA first round. Her first tournament game was a memorable one, as she scored her first collegiate goal in the 40th minute of the Bruins' 4-1 win over Northern Arizona.
JACK ATTACK
Senior midfielder Jackie Gilday has seen great success in her comeback season. Gilday had to sit out the last two seasons due to injury but has come back in 2022 to play in 19 games and make four starts. On Senior Day on Oct. 30, she scored her first career goal with a long-distance strike, and she scored the equalizer in UCLA's NCAA second round match against UCF. Gilday played the full 90 in the Bruins' 1-0 win at Santa Clara and has 12 games with 45+ minutes played. She is a member of the Nicaraguan National Team and scored two goals in World Cup qualifying this Spring.
KALI COMEBACK
Senior forward Kali Trevithick has spent the better part of her four years on the injured list, having undergone multiple knee surgeries. She began her freshman season on a tear, scoring two goals and two assists in the team's first two exhibition games and started the first four regular season contests before a knee injury knocked her out until November. She played the final six games of the year and totaled two goals and one assist. Trevithick missed all but the final two games of the 2020-21 campaign and all of the 2021 season but finally got back on the pitch on Sept. 11 for her first game since May 5, 2021. She made the most of her return, scoring less than two minutes after entering the game against CSUN. Two minutes after that, she scored her second goal in the Bruins' 5-1 victory. She scored her third goal in three games at Oregon and has now played in 21 career games with five goals and three assists.
VIVA MEXICO
Three of Mexico's finest - full national team member Maricarmen Reyes and Under-20 national team members Bridgette Marin-Valencia and America Frias - are with the Bruins in 2022 and all saw action for the first time together on Sept. 11 vs. Cal State Fullerton. In that game, Reyes scored the game-winner, a sharp-angled screamer for her second goal of the season, and Marin-Valencia picked up her first collegiate assist in her first game. Frias also made her season debut in that game. Reyes and Marin-Valencia also teamed up to assist on the Bruins' second goal at Pepperdine on Sept. 18, and they combined for three goals (two from Reyes) in UCLA's 4-2 win over Cal on Sept. 23. Reyes is tied for fifth on the team in scoring with 12 points (4g, 4a), and Marin-Valencia has six points (2g, 2a) in 17 games and earned her first collegiate start at Stanford. Frias has played in eight games this season.
TURNER BURNS THREE TOP 10 TEAMS
Junior Reilyn Turner has stepped up on the biggest stages this season, with three of her nine goals coming against Top 10 teams on the road, and all three being game-winners. Her first goal came at No. 2 Duke on Sept. 1, a second-half goal to break a 1-1 tie. Three days later, she scored the game-winner in the 84th minute to beat No. 1 North Carolina. Turner made it 3-for-3 when she scored the opening goal in the Bruins' 4-0 win at No. 9 Pepperdine. Turner ranks fourth in the nation with six game-winning goals and has 12 in her career, which ranks 10th all-time at UCLA.
IN THE RANKINGS
UCLA dropped to third in the Top Drawer Soccer national rankings following the regular season finale. The Bruins sit at No. 1 in the United Soccer Coaches poll, which does not update until the end of the season. UCLA had nine straight weeks at No. 1 in the coaches poll following the Duke and North Carolina victories the first weekend of September. The Bruins have been ranked in the Top 10 of the coaches poll in 32 consecutive weeks.
BRUWIN #500
UCLA's 1-0 victory over Washington State on Oct. 27 marked the 500th in program history. UCLA is the fastest to 500 in the Pac-12, reaching the milestone win in its 30th season. Stanford is the only other program in the conference with 500, achieved in its 34th year. UCLA's all-time program record is now 503-109-49 (.798).
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/ Women's SoccerDay One - UCLA Women's Soccer Head Coach Gof Boyoko
Friday, December 12
Highlights - UCLA W. Soccer vs. Pepperdine (Nov. 15, 2025)
Sunday, November 16
Highlights - UCLA W. Soccer vs. Penn State (Nov. 1, 2025)
Saturday, November 01
Highlights - UCLA W. Soccer vs. Nebraska (Oct. 19, 2025)
Sunday, October 19