Thursday, October 19
Tucson, AZ
7:00 PM
UCLA
at
Arizona
Ally Lemos
Photo by: Ross Turteltaub
Second-Ranked Bruins Travel to Arizona
October 18, 2023 | Women's Soccer
No. 2 UCLA (12-1, 6-0) at Arizona (4-6-4, 1-4-1)
Date: Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023 โ 7 p.m. PT
Location: Tucson, Ariz. (Murphey Field at Mulcahy Soccer Stadium)
Television: Pac-12 Network
Talent: Brian Webber
Live Stats: statbroadcast.com
No. 2 UCLA (12-1, 6-0) at No. 24 Arizona State (9-2-4, 4-1-1)
Date: Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023 โ 1 p.m. PT
Location: Tempe, Ariz. (Sun Devil Soccer/Lacrosse Stadium)
Streaming: Pac-12 Insider
Live Stats: statbroadcast.com
BRUINS TRAVEL TO ARIZONA ย ย
No. 2 UCLA (12-1, 6-0 in the Pac-12) will take a nine-game winning streak to the road, where it will play at Arizona (4-6-4, 1-4-1) on Thursday, Oct. 19 at 7pm PT and at Arizona State (9-2-4, 4-1-1) on Sunday, Oct. 22 at 1pm PT. This weekend's games will feature four of the Top 5 goal scorers in the Pac-12 in ย Arizona State's Enasia Colon (nine), UCLA's Reilyn Turner (eight), Arizona's Nicole Dallin (eight) and UCLA's Ally Cook (7). ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
UCLA BEATS UTAH, 4-0 ย ย
In a thorough team victory, No. 5 UCLA recorded its fourth consecutive shutout, 4-0 over Utah. Ally Lemos, Reilyn Turner, Lexi Wright and Megan Edelman scored goals for the Bruins, while defender Quincy McMahon added a pair of assists. UCLA fired a season-high 36 shots, including 18 on goal, while limiting Utah to just three shots, all of which were saved by Neeku Purcell. ย ย
MCMAHON SETS PAC-12 RECORDS ย ย
Junior Quincy McMahon has become the first player in conference history to earn four Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week awards in one season with her fourth honor in the last five weeks. She has also extended her conference-leading career total of Defensive Player of the Week awards to five. McMahon recorded a pair of assists and helped lead the Bruins to their fourth consecutive and Pac-12-leading ninth shutout in a 4-0 win over Utah. McMahon now leads the Pac-12 in assists with seven. Defensively, she and the Bruins held Utah to just three shots, the 12th time in 13 games that UCLA has limited opponents to single-digit shots. ย ย ย
TURNING OVER THE RECORD BOOKSย
After scoring five goals in her last three games, Reilyn Turner has moved into fifth place on UCLA's career goals list with 40 and into a tie for sixth place on the career points list with 94. She also moved into a tie for sixth place for career game-winning goals with 14 and into sole possession of third place with three career hat tricks, behind only Traci Arkenberg and Sydney Leroux. This season, Turner leads the team in scoring with eight goals and 21 points and is ranked second in assists with five. She has secured a fourth consecutive 20-point year. ย ย
NO SHOT AGAINST BRUIN DEFENSE ย ย
UCLA has held opponents to single-digit shots in 12 of the team's 13 games and limited its last three opponents to a total of just six shots. The Bruins' lockdown defense, which has a team goals against average of 0.54, starts goalkeeper Neeku Purcell, center backs Lilly Reale and Jayden Perry and outside backs Quincy McMahon and Ayo Oke. The Bruins have totaled nine shutouts this season, including four in a row, and have not allowed a goal in their last 394 minutes. ย ย ย
SIX RANKED IN TOP 50 ย ย
UCLA leads the nation with six players in the Top 50 and four players in the Top 25 of Top Drawer Soccer's Midseason Top 100. Defender Lilly Reale tops the Bruins with a No. 10 ranking, followed closesly by forward Ally Cook, who is No. 12. Forward Reilyn Turner (No. 17), defender Quincy McMahon (No. 22), midfielder Ally Lemos (No. 39) and defender Ayo Oke (No. 44) also made the Top 50. ย ย ย ย
ROLLING IN THE DEEP ย ย
UCLA's strength lies in its depth. The Bruins have 14 players who have scored goals this season, led by Reilyn Turner's eight goals and Ally Cook's seven goals. No game displayed UCLA's depth more than the Oregon State contest on Oct. 5 when six different Bruin players scored a goal and all 22 players on the active roster reached double-digits in minutes played. UCLA has played the maximum 22 players in its last three Pac-12 Conference games. ย ย ย
NATIONAL LEADERS
UCLA ranks in the Top 10 in the nation in penalty kicks (1st - 8), shots per game (1st - 22.38), W-L-T percentage (3rd - 0.923), shutout percentage (3rd - 0.692), goal differential (5th - 33), scoring offense (6th - 3.08), points per game (8th - 8.54) and shots on goal per game (8th - 9.31). The Bruins' current nine-game winning streak is tied with Memphis for the longest active streak in the nation. Individually, Quincy McMahon ranks 22nd in assists per game (0.54) and 25th in total assists (7). Reilyn Turner is 23rd in shots per game (5) and 25th in points per game (1.62). Neeku Purcell ranks 25th with a 0.567 GAA. ย ย
PK PERFECT ย ย
UCLA has taken a program record and nation-leading eight penalty kicks already this season and has yet to miss on one. Jayden Perry leads the team with three penalty kick goals, followed by Sunshine Fontes, who has two. Reilyn Turner, Emma Egizii and America Frias have made one each. ย ย
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME ย ย
With their win over Utah last weekend, the Bruins extended their home unbeaten streak to 20 games. UCLA's last home loss came on Nov. 12, 2021, meaning Margueritte Aozasa has never lost a home game as Bruin head coach. During the streak, UCLA is 19-0-1 with 14 shutouts, including five in a row. This season, the Bruins have outscored their opponents at Wallis Annenberg Stadium, 24-1. They have also outshot opponents at home by a 174-19 count. ย ย ย
IN THE RANKINGS
UCLA moved up three spots to No. 2 in the United Soccer Coaches poll and remain at No. 2 for the second-straight week in the Top Drawer Soccer poll. ย ย
ABOUT THE WILDCATS
Arizona is 4-6-4 overall and 1-4-1 in Pac-12 play. The Wildcats are seeking their first win since Sept. 23, having gone 0-4-1 since their 3-0 win over Oregon in the conference opener. Nicole Dallin leads Arizona with eight goals and 17 points and is tied for third in the Pac-12 in goals scored. UCLA leads the overall series with Arizona, 26-2-1, and has won the last three matchups, including last year's 1-0 thriller that was decided in the 83rd minute on a Sunshine Fontes goal. The Wildcats' last win against the Bruins came in 2019, in Tucson, by a 3-0 score. ย ย ย
ABOUT THE SUN DEVILS
Arizona State enters the week with a 9-2-4 overall and 4-1-1 conference record and is unbeaten in its last four games. The Sun Devils have outscored opponents 28-8 this season and are led by Enasia Colon, who ranks second in the Pac-12 in goals (nine) and points (22). Suzuka Yosue ranks second in the conference in assists (six). UCLA leads the overall series with ASU, 22-2-2, and has has won the last two matchups, scoring four goals in each game. ย ASU last beat the Bruins in the 2020-21 season in Los Angeles, 2-1 in overtime. ย ย
FOR LOVE OF COUNTRY
Several Bruins spent the offseason playing for their respective national teams in tournaments around the world. Head coach Margueritte Aozasa coached the U.S. Under-23 team at the Thorns Preseason Tournament in March in Portland, Oregon, and was joined by players Lilly Reale, Quincy McMahon, Sunshine Fontes, Reilyn Turner, Neeku Purcell and Ayo Oke. In May, Ally Lemos and Sofia Cook played for the U.S., and Val Vargas played for Mexico at the 2023 Concacaf Under-20 Championships in the Dominican Republic. With Vargas in the starting lineup, Mexico beat the U.S. in the final, 2-1, to capture the championship. Vargas is one of three Mexican U-20 players on the Bruin squad, along with sophomores Bridgette Marin-Valencia and America Frias, who each played with Mexico at the 2022 FIFA Under-20 World Cup. Also playing in that 2022 Under-20 World Cup were Reale, Purcell and Oke. Vargas, Marin-Valencia and Frias missed the Colorado game while at training camp with Mexico's U-20 squad. Freshman Maya Leoni was out for the early part of October at Colombia's U-17 national team camp in Bogotá.
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Date: Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023 โ 7 p.m. PT
Location: Tucson, Ariz. (Murphey Field at Mulcahy Soccer Stadium)
Television: Pac-12 Network
Talent: Brian Webber
Live Stats: statbroadcast.com
No. 2 UCLA (12-1, 6-0) at No. 24 Arizona State (9-2-4, 4-1-1)
Date: Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023 โ 1 p.m. PT
Location: Tempe, Ariz. (Sun Devil Soccer/Lacrosse Stadium)
Streaming: Pac-12 Insider
Live Stats: statbroadcast.com
BRUINS TRAVEL TO ARIZONA ย ย
No. 2 UCLA (12-1, 6-0 in the Pac-12) will take a nine-game winning streak to the road, where it will play at Arizona (4-6-4, 1-4-1) on Thursday, Oct. 19 at 7pm PT and at Arizona State (9-2-4, 4-1-1) on Sunday, Oct. 22 at 1pm PT. This weekend's games will feature four of the Top 5 goal scorers in the Pac-12 in ย Arizona State's Enasia Colon (nine), UCLA's Reilyn Turner (eight), Arizona's Nicole Dallin (eight) and UCLA's Ally Cook (7). ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
UCLA BEATS UTAH, 4-0 ย ย
In a thorough team victory, No. 5 UCLA recorded its fourth consecutive shutout, 4-0 over Utah. Ally Lemos, Reilyn Turner, Lexi Wright and Megan Edelman scored goals for the Bruins, while defender Quincy McMahon added a pair of assists. UCLA fired a season-high 36 shots, including 18 on goal, while limiting Utah to just three shots, all of which were saved by Neeku Purcell. ย ย
MCMAHON SETS PAC-12 RECORDS ย ย
Junior Quincy McMahon has become the first player in conference history to earn four Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week awards in one season with her fourth honor in the last five weeks. She has also extended her conference-leading career total of Defensive Player of the Week awards to five. McMahon recorded a pair of assists and helped lead the Bruins to their fourth consecutive and Pac-12-leading ninth shutout in a 4-0 win over Utah. McMahon now leads the Pac-12 in assists with seven. Defensively, she and the Bruins held Utah to just three shots, the 12th time in 13 games that UCLA has limited opponents to single-digit shots. ย ย ย
TURNING OVER THE RECORD BOOKSย
After scoring five goals in her last three games, Reilyn Turner has moved into fifth place on UCLA's career goals list with 40 and into a tie for sixth place on the career points list with 94. She also moved into a tie for sixth place for career game-winning goals with 14 and into sole possession of third place with three career hat tricks, behind only Traci Arkenberg and Sydney Leroux. This season, Turner leads the team in scoring with eight goals and 21 points and is ranked second in assists with five. She has secured a fourth consecutive 20-point year. ย ย
NO SHOT AGAINST BRUIN DEFENSE ย ย
UCLA has held opponents to single-digit shots in 12 of the team's 13 games and limited its last three opponents to a total of just six shots. The Bruins' lockdown defense, which has a team goals against average of 0.54, starts goalkeeper Neeku Purcell, center backs Lilly Reale and Jayden Perry and outside backs Quincy McMahon and Ayo Oke. The Bruins have totaled nine shutouts this season, including four in a row, and have not allowed a goal in their last 394 minutes. ย ย ย
SIX RANKED IN TOP 50 ย ย
UCLA leads the nation with six players in the Top 50 and four players in the Top 25 of Top Drawer Soccer's Midseason Top 100. Defender Lilly Reale tops the Bruins with a No. 10 ranking, followed closesly by forward Ally Cook, who is No. 12. Forward Reilyn Turner (No. 17), defender Quincy McMahon (No. 22), midfielder Ally Lemos (No. 39) and defender Ayo Oke (No. 44) also made the Top 50. ย ย ย ย
ROLLING IN THE DEEP ย ย
UCLA's strength lies in its depth. The Bruins have 14 players who have scored goals this season, led by Reilyn Turner's eight goals and Ally Cook's seven goals. No game displayed UCLA's depth more than the Oregon State contest on Oct. 5 when six different Bruin players scored a goal and all 22 players on the active roster reached double-digits in minutes played. UCLA has played the maximum 22 players in its last three Pac-12 Conference games. ย ย ย
NATIONAL LEADERS
UCLA ranks in the Top 10 in the nation in penalty kicks (1st - 8), shots per game (1st - 22.38), W-L-T percentage (3rd - 0.923), shutout percentage (3rd - 0.692), goal differential (5th - 33), scoring offense (6th - 3.08), points per game (8th - 8.54) and shots on goal per game (8th - 9.31). The Bruins' current nine-game winning streak is tied with Memphis for the longest active streak in the nation. Individually, Quincy McMahon ranks 22nd in assists per game (0.54) and 25th in total assists (7). Reilyn Turner is 23rd in shots per game (5) and 25th in points per game (1.62). Neeku Purcell ranks 25th with a 0.567 GAA. ย ย
PK PERFECT ย ย
UCLA has taken a program record and nation-leading eight penalty kicks already this season and has yet to miss on one. Jayden Perry leads the team with three penalty kick goals, followed by Sunshine Fontes, who has two. Reilyn Turner, Emma Egizii and America Frias have made one each. ย ย
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME ย ย
With their win over Utah last weekend, the Bruins extended their home unbeaten streak to 20 games. UCLA's last home loss came on Nov. 12, 2021, meaning Margueritte Aozasa has never lost a home game as Bruin head coach. During the streak, UCLA is 19-0-1 with 14 shutouts, including five in a row. This season, the Bruins have outscored their opponents at Wallis Annenberg Stadium, 24-1. They have also outshot opponents at home by a 174-19 count. ย ย ย
IN THE RANKINGS
UCLA moved up three spots to No. 2 in the United Soccer Coaches poll and remain at No. 2 for the second-straight week in the Top Drawer Soccer poll. ย ย
ABOUT THE WILDCATS
Arizona is 4-6-4 overall and 1-4-1 in Pac-12 play. The Wildcats are seeking their first win since Sept. 23, having gone 0-4-1 since their 3-0 win over Oregon in the conference opener. Nicole Dallin leads Arizona with eight goals and 17 points and is tied for third in the Pac-12 in goals scored. UCLA leads the overall series with Arizona, 26-2-1, and has won the last three matchups, including last year's 1-0 thriller that was decided in the 83rd minute on a Sunshine Fontes goal. The Wildcats' last win against the Bruins came in 2019, in Tucson, by a 3-0 score. ย ย ย
ABOUT THE SUN DEVILS
Arizona State enters the week with a 9-2-4 overall and 4-1-1 conference record and is unbeaten in its last four games. The Sun Devils have outscored opponents 28-8 this season and are led by Enasia Colon, who ranks second in the Pac-12 in goals (nine) and points (22). Suzuka Yosue ranks second in the conference in assists (six). UCLA leads the overall series with ASU, 22-2-2, and has has won the last two matchups, scoring four goals in each game. ย ASU last beat the Bruins in the 2020-21 season in Los Angeles, 2-1 in overtime. ย ย
FOR LOVE OF COUNTRY
Several Bruins spent the offseason playing for their respective national teams in tournaments around the world. Head coach Margueritte Aozasa coached the U.S. Under-23 team at the Thorns Preseason Tournament in March in Portland, Oregon, and was joined by players Lilly Reale, Quincy McMahon, Sunshine Fontes, Reilyn Turner, Neeku Purcell and Ayo Oke. In May, Ally Lemos and Sofia Cook played for the U.S., and Val Vargas played for Mexico at the 2023 Concacaf Under-20 Championships in the Dominican Republic. With Vargas in the starting lineup, Mexico beat the U.S. in the final, 2-1, to capture the championship. Vargas is one of three Mexican U-20 players on the Bruin squad, along with sophomores Bridgette Marin-Valencia and America Frias, who each played with Mexico at the 2022 FIFA Under-20 World Cup. Also playing in that 2022 Under-20 World Cup were Reale, Purcell and Oke. Vargas, Marin-Valencia and Frias missed the Colorado game while at training camp with Mexico's U-20 squad. Freshman Maya Leoni was out for the early part of October at Colombia's U-17 national team camp in Bogotá.
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