Graduate student Sunshine Fontes and sophomore Ally Lemos have been named to the United Soccer Coaches' NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Players to Watch List for midfielders.
Fontes, who hails from Wahiawa, Hawaii, was the leading scorer for the 2022 NCAA champions, totaling 11 goals and 30 points. She also ranked second on the team with eight assists and four game-winning goals and recorded her first collegiate hat trick on Aug. 25 against CSUN. Fontes was selected to Top Drawer Soccer's Best XI third team and earned second-team All-Pacific Region and All-Pac-12 acclaim. During the 2020 season, she earned Pac-12 All-Freshman honors after a five-goal, 13-point season.
In her freshman season, Lemos was the only Bruin field player to start in all 25 games. She tied for the Pac-12 lead in assists with nine, none greater than her final assist on a perfect corner kick to tie the game with 16 seconds left in the NCAA Championship game against North Carolina. Lemos was named to the College Cup All-Tournament team and earned second-team All-Pacific Region honors and third-team All-Pac-12 acclaim. The Glendora, Calif. native was also selected to the Pac-12 All-Freshman team and the Top Drawer Soccer Freshman Best XI first team.
Fontes and Lemos join defender Lilly Reale on the Players to Watch List for 2023.
The preseason No. 1 Bruins will play at Fresno State on Saturday, Aug. 12 in an exhibition contest before opening the season at home on Thursday, Aug. 17 against Georgia at 7pm. Tickets for the Georgia contest and all other regular season home games are on sale now at uclabruins.com/tickets.
Fontes, who hails from Wahiawa, Hawaii, was the leading scorer for the 2022 NCAA champions, totaling 11 goals and 30 points. She also ranked second on the team with eight assists and four game-winning goals and recorded her first collegiate hat trick on Aug. 25 against CSUN. Fontes was selected to Top Drawer Soccer's Best XI third team and earned second-team All-Pacific Region and All-Pac-12 acclaim. During the 2020 season, she earned Pac-12 All-Freshman honors after a five-goal, 13-point season.
In her freshman season, Lemos was the only Bruin field player to start in all 25 games. She tied for the Pac-12 lead in assists with nine, none greater than her final assist on a perfect corner kick to tie the game with 16 seconds left in the NCAA Championship game against North Carolina. Lemos was named to the College Cup All-Tournament team and earned second-team All-Pacific Region honors and third-team All-Pac-12 acclaim. The Glendora, Calif. native was also selected to the Pac-12 All-Freshman team and the Top Drawer Soccer Freshman Best XI first team.
Fontes and Lemos join defender Lilly Reale on the Players to Watch List for 2023.
The preseason No. 1 Bruins will play at Fresno State on Saturday, Aug. 12 in an exhibition contest before opening the season at home on Thursday, Aug. 17 against Georgia at 7pm. Tickets for the Georgia contest and all other regular season home games are on sale now at uclabruins.com/tickets.