Thursday, September 7
Los Angeles, CA
7:00 PM
UCLA
vs
Long Beach State
Emma Egizii
Photo by: Percy Anderson
Women's Soccer Plays Twice Locally This Week
September 05, 2023 | Women's Soccer
Long Beach State (4-0) vs. No. 4 UCLA (3-1)ย
Date: Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023 โ 7 p.m. PT
Location: Los Angeles, Calif. (Wallis Annenberg Stadium)
Television: Pac-12 Networks
Talent: Tammy Blackburn, Tracey Bailey
Internet Radio: uclabruins.com
Talent: Nick Koop
Live Stats: uclalivestats.com
No. 4 UCLA (3-1) at CSUN (0-5-1)
Date: Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023 โ 4 p.m. PT
Location: Northridge, Calif. (Matador Soccer Field)
Television: ESPN+
Live Stats: gomatadors.com
BIG WEST BATTLES ย
After going 2-0 against Big West teams Cal Poly and UC Irvine in Week 2, No. 4-ranked UCLA will take on another Big West pair in Week 4, hosting Long Beach State (4-2) on Thursday, Sept. 7 at 7pm and playing at CSUN (0-5-1) on Sunday, Sept. 10 at 4pm. ย ย ย ย ย
LAST TIME OUT ย ย
UCLA dropped its first contest of the 2023 season at No. 7 BYU on Aug. 31 by a 3-1 score. The Cougars, who leapfrogged into No. 1 in this week's national rankings after the win, scored two goals in the first half before a Reilyn Turner goal in the 55th minute cut the lead in half. The Bruins' attempts to tie came up short, and BYU scored an insurance goal in the 79th minute to put the game out of reach. ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
TURNING OVER THE RECORD BOOKSย
With her goal last week at BYU, Reilyn Turner moved into a tie for seventh on UCLA's career goals list with 33, matching Iris Mora (2002-05) and Tracey Milburn (1998-2000). Two more goals will put Turner into a tie for fifth place with Sarah-Gayle Swanson (2000-03) and Staci Duncan (1998-2001). Turner also ranks in UCLA's Top 10 for career game-winning goals with 13 (tied for ninth) and career hat tricks with two (tied for third). ย ย ย ย ย
ALLY IS COOKIN'ย
Forward Ally Cook has scored a goal in three of UCLA's first four games this season and leads the Bruins in scoring with three goals and seven points. The Coto de Caza, Calif. native has totaled eight goals as a Bruin since transferring from the University of Oregon in 2022. She scored 17 goals as a Duck, and her total of 25 career goals ranks second on the Bruin team behind only Reilyn Turner's 33 career goals. Cook was selected to the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week after her week one performance and earned Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week and College Soccer News Team of the Week honors after week two. ย ย ย ย
IN THE RANKINGS
UCLA dropped to No. 4 in the United Soccer Coaches poll, marking the first time since Aug. 30, 2022 that the Bruins have not held the top spot. UCLA is ranked No. 6 by Top Drawer Soccer. ย ย
SCOUTING THE BEACH
Long Beach State enters the week 4-2, its only two losses coming to Top 15 programs in No. 15 Texas (4-3) and No. 11 BYU (2-0). The Beach are coming off a 2-0 weekend in which they beat 2022 NCAA Tournament participant Harvard, 3-2, and Fresno State, 1-0. Redshirt senior Elysia Laramie ranks fifth in the nation and first in the Big West Conference with 16 points on six goals and four assists. ย ย ย ย ย
THE SERIES WITH LONG BEACH STATE
UCLA holds a 8-1 all-time record against Long Beach State and has won the last five in the series, the last three coming by a 1-0 score. Long Beach State's lone win came at home in 2015, 1-0. The last time the two teams played was Aug. 29, 2021 in Westwood. The lone goal was scored in the 78th minute on a header by Mia Fishel from a Michaela Rosenbaum cross. UCLA outshoot Long Beach State in the game by a 16-2 margin. ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
SCOUTING THE MATADORS
CSUN enters the week with a 0-5-1 record and faces Idaho on Thursday before hosting the Bruins. The Matadors have been shut out in each of their games this season. Goalkeeper Hayden Mauldin has one shutout and holds a 1.67 goals against average. She recorded nine saves in her last game at Washington. ย ย ย ย ย ย
THE SERIES WITH CSUN
UCLA is 10-1 all-time against CSUN and has won nine in a row. CSUN's lone win came in in 1996 at Northridge, 2-1. In the last meeting between the two teams a year ago, Sunshine Fontes recorded a hat trick, and Lexi Wright, Maya Evans and Sofia Cook all scored their first career goals in the 6-0 Bruin victory. Goalkeepers Lauren Brzykcy Kelly McManus, Neeku Purcell and Faith Nguyen combined for the shutout. ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
BRUINS TO WATCH
A total of four Bruins have been tabbed for the United Soccer Coaches Preseason Watch Lists - defender Lilly Reale, midfielders Sunshine Fontes and Ally Lemos, and forward Reilyn Turner. All four earned All-Pacific Region and All-Pac-12 honors a year ago. Reale was a second-team All-American and the winner of the Honda Sport Award. The Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year and the College Cup's Most Outstanding Defensive Player led the UCLA defense to a 0.55 goals against average, UCLA lowest in eight years, and to a Pac-12-best 14 shutouts. Fontes led UCLA in scoring a year ago with 11 goals and 30 points. She also ranked second on the team in assists with eight, one behind Pac-12 leader Lemos, who was selected to the Top Drawer Soccer Freshman Best XI first team. Lemos, the only field player on the Bruins to start in all 25 games, was an all-tournament selection at the College Cup. Turner, the College Cup's Most Outstanding Offensive Player, tied for the team lead in goals scored with 11 last year and has posted 10 or more goals every season. She led the NCAA in 2022 with seven game-winning goals and ranks No. 9 all-time at UCLA with 13 career game-winners. ย ย ย ย
WELCOME BACKย
UCLA returns eight starters from the 2022 NCAA Championship game, including leading scorer Sunshine Fontes (30 points), College Cup Most Outstanding Offensive Player Reilyn Turner (25 points) and Defensive Player Lilly Reale (contributed to 13 shutouts), College Cup All-Tournament selections Ally Lemos (11 points) and Lexi Wright (22 points), and first-team All-Pac-12 honoree Quincy McMahon. UCLA's other returning starters are defender Jayden Perry and midfielder Bridgette Marin-Valencia. Sophomore Neeku Purcell returns the most experience in goal. She played in eight games a year ago and posted a 0.51 goals against average with five shared shutouts. ย ย ย
WHAT'S NEW, BRU?ย
The Bruins welcome eight newcomers to the defending national championship squad. Joining the Bruins in 2023 are transfers Ayo Oke and Emily Pringle, early enrollee freshmen Taylor Cheatham and Milla Shafie and new freshmen Kirsten Crane, Maya Leoni, Sophie Reale and Val Vargas. Oke comes to UCLA from the University of California, where she was an All-Pac-12 and all-region honoree in 2022 and tied for the Pac-12 lead with nine assists. Graduate student Pringle was a two-year team captain at the University of Pennsylvania and an All-Ivy League defender in 2021. Cheatham and Shafie have been with the Bruins since January and saw action during the Bruins' spring schedule. Vargas, a starter on Mexico's Under-20 National Team, leads the new freshmen, along with Gatorade Massachusetts State Player of the Year Sophie Reale, the younger sister of UCLA starting defender Lilly Reale. ย ย ย 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 and Neeku Purcell. 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 Under-20 National Team players on the Bruin squad, along with sophomores Bridgett 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 and Purcell. ย ย ย ย
ACADEMIC HONORS
For the 12th consecutive year, the UCLA women's soccer team has won a United Soccer Coaches College Team Academic Award, recognizing exemplary performance in the classroom during the 2022-23 academic year. The Bruins posted a team GPA of 3.27, their fourth consecutive year over 3.25.ย
A program-record 18 players were named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll in 2022.
BRUIN DEBUTS
Four players made their Bruin debuts on opening night vs. Georgia. Junior defender Ayo Oke, who transferred from Cal, started and played 76 impactful minutes. Another transfer, graduate defender Emily Pringle, also made her UCLA debut and had a shot on goal in 14 minutes of action. Freshman forward Val Vargas played 31 minutes in the opener and had an assist in the Cal Poly game and her first collegiate goal at UC Irvine. Freshman forward Taylor Cheatham recorded one shot on goal in 25 minutes of play against Georgia and has played in all three games. Junior midfielder Emma Egizii and sophomore goalkeeper Neeku Purcell made their first career starts against Georgia, and against Cal Poly on Aug. 24, senior defender My Haugland Sørsdahl earned her first career start. ย ย ย
FOLLOW THE BRUINS
Follow UCLA Women's Soccer at @UCLAWSoccer on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok and /UCLAWSoccer on Facebook. The Bruins lead all collegiate soccer teams, men or women, in Instagram followers with 114k. ย
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Date: Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023 โ 7 p.m. PT
Location: Los Angeles, Calif. (Wallis Annenberg Stadium)
Television: Pac-12 Networks
Talent: Tammy Blackburn, Tracey Bailey
Internet Radio: uclabruins.com
Talent: Nick Koop
Live Stats: uclalivestats.com
No. 4 UCLA (3-1) at CSUN (0-5-1)
Date: Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023 โ 4 p.m. PT
Location: Northridge, Calif. (Matador Soccer Field)
Television: ESPN+
Live Stats: gomatadors.com
BIG WEST BATTLES ย
After going 2-0 against Big West teams Cal Poly and UC Irvine in Week 2, No. 4-ranked UCLA will take on another Big West pair in Week 4, hosting Long Beach State (4-2) on Thursday, Sept. 7 at 7pm and playing at CSUN (0-5-1) on Sunday, Sept. 10 at 4pm. ย ย ย ย ย
LAST TIME OUT ย ย
UCLA dropped its first contest of the 2023 season at No. 7 BYU on Aug. 31 by a 3-1 score. The Cougars, who leapfrogged into No. 1 in this week's national rankings after the win, scored two goals in the first half before a Reilyn Turner goal in the 55th minute cut the lead in half. The Bruins' attempts to tie came up short, and BYU scored an insurance goal in the 79th minute to put the game out of reach. ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
TURNING OVER THE RECORD BOOKSย
With her goal last week at BYU, Reilyn Turner moved into a tie for seventh on UCLA's career goals list with 33, matching Iris Mora (2002-05) and Tracey Milburn (1998-2000). Two more goals will put Turner into a tie for fifth place with Sarah-Gayle Swanson (2000-03) and Staci Duncan (1998-2001). Turner also ranks in UCLA's Top 10 for career game-winning goals with 13 (tied for ninth) and career hat tricks with two (tied for third). ย ย ย ย ย
ALLY IS COOKIN'ย
Forward Ally Cook has scored a goal in three of UCLA's first four games this season and leads the Bruins in scoring with three goals and seven points. The Coto de Caza, Calif. native has totaled eight goals as a Bruin since transferring from the University of Oregon in 2022. She scored 17 goals as a Duck, and her total of 25 career goals ranks second on the Bruin team behind only Reilyn Turner's 33 career goals. Cook was selected to the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week after her week one performance and earned Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week and College Soccer News Team of the Week honors after week two. ย ย ย ย
IN THE RANKINGS
UCLA dropped to No. 4 in the United Soccer Coaches poll, marking the first time since Aug. 30, 2022 that the Bruins have not held the top spot. UCLA is ranked No. 6 by Top Drawer Soccer. ย ย
SCOUTING THE BEACH
Long Beach State enters the week 4-2, its only two losses coming to Top 15 programs in No. 15 Texas (4-3) and No. 11 BYU (2-0). The Beach are coming off a 2-0 weekend in which they beat 2022 NCAA Tournament participant Harvard, 3-2, and Fresno State, 1-0. Redshirt senior Elysia Laramie ranks fifth in the nation and first in the Big West Conference with 16 points on six goals and four assists. ย ย ย ย ย
THE SERIES WITH LONG BEACH STATE
UCLA holds a 8-1 all-time record against Long Beach State and has won the last five in the series, the last three coming by a 1-0 score. Long Beach State's lone win came at home in 2015, 1-0. The last time the two teams played was Aug. 29, 2021 in Westwood. The lone goal was scored in the 78th minute on a header by Mia Fishel from a Michaela Rosenbaum cross. UCLA outshoot Long Beach State in the game by a 16-2 margin. ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
SCOUTING THE MATADORS
CSUN enters the week with a 0-5-1 record and faces Idaho on Thursday before hosting the Bruins. The Matadors have been shut out in each of their games this season. Goalkeeper Hayden Mauldin has one shutout and holds a 1.67 goals against average. She recorded nine saves in her last game at Washington. ย ย ย ย ย ย
THE SERIES WITH CSUN
UCLA is 10-1 all-time against CSUN and has won nine in a row. CSUN's lone win came in in 1996 at Northridge, 2-1. In the last meeting between the two teams a year ago, Sunshine Fontes recorded a hat trick, and Lexi Wright, Maya Evans and Sofia Cook all scored their first career goals in the 6-0 Bruin victory. Goalkeepers Lauren Brzykcy Kelly McManus, Neeku Purcell and Faith Nguyen combined for the shutout. ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
BRUINS TO WATCH
A total of four Bruins have been tabbed for the United Soccer Coaches Preseason Watch Lists - defender Lilly Reale, midfielders Sunshine Fontes and Ally Lemos, and forward Reilyn Turner. All four earned All-Pacific Region and All-Pac-12 honors a year ago. Reale was a second-team All-American and the winner of the Honda Sport Award. The Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year and the College Cup's Most Outstanding Defensive Player led the UCLA defense to a 0.55 goals against average, UCLA lowest in eight years, and to a Pac-12-best 14 shutouts. Fontes led UCLA in scoring a year ago with 11 goals and 30 points. She also ranked second on the team in assists with eight, one behind Pac-12 leader Lemos, who was selected to the Top Drawer Soccer Freshman Best XI first team. Lemos, the only field player on the Bruins to start in all 25 games, was an all-tournament selection at the College Cup. Turner, the College Cup's Most Outstanding Offensive Player, tied for the team lead in goals scored with 11 last year and has posted 10 or more goals every season. She led the NCAA in 2022 with seven game-winning goals and ranks No. 9 all-time at UCLA with 13 career game-winners. ย ย ย ย
WELCOME BACKย
UCLA returns eight starters from the 2022 NCAA Championship game, including leading scorer Sunshine Fontes (30 points), College Cup Most Outstanding Offensive Player Reilyn Turner (25 points) and Defensive Player Lilly Reale (contributed to 13 shutouts), College Cup All-Tournament selections Ally Lemos (11 points) and Lexi Wright (22 points), and first-team All-Pac-12 honoree Quincy McMahon. UCLA's other returning starters are defender Jayden Perry and midfielder Bridgette Marin-Valencia. Sophomore Neeku Purcell returns the most experience in goal. She played in eight games a year ago and posted a 0.51 goals against average with five shared shutouts. ย ย ย
WHAT'S NEW, BRU?ย
The Bruins welcome eight newcomers to the defending national championship squad. Joining the Bruins in 2023 are transfers Ayo Oke and Emily Pringle, early enrollee freshmen Taylor Cheatham and Milla Shafie and new freshmen Kirsten Crane, Maya Leoni, Sophie Reale and Val Vargas. Oke comes to UCLA from the University of California, where she was an All-Pac-12 and all-region honoree in 2022 and tied for the Pac-12 lead with nine assists. Graduate student Pringle was a two-year team captain at the University of Pennsylvania and an All-Ivy League defender in 2021. Cheatham and Shafie have been with the Bruins since January and saw action during the Bruins' spring schedule. Vargas, a starter on Mexico's Under-20 National Team, leads the new freshmen, along with Gatorade Massachusetts State Player of the Year Sophie Reale, the younger sister of UCLA starting defender Lilly Reale. ย ย ย 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 and Neeku Purcell. 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 Under-20 National Team players on the Bruin squad, along with sophomores Bridgett 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 and Purcell. ย ย ย ย
ACADEMIC HONORS
For the 12th consecutive year, the UCLA women's soccer team has won a United Soccer Coaches College Team Academic Award, recognizing exemplary performance in the classroom during the 2022-23 academic year. The Bruins posted a team GPA of 3.27, their fourth consecutive year over 3.25.ย
A program-record 18 players were named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll in 2022.
BRUIN DEBUTS
Four players made their Bruin debuts on opening night vs. Georgia. Junior defender Ayo Oke, who transferred from Cal, started and played 76 impactful minutes. Another transfer, graduate defender Emily Pringle, also made her UCLA debut and had a shot on goal in 14 minutes of action. Freshman forward Val Vargas played 31 minutes in the opener and had an assist in the Cal Poly game and her first collegiate goal at UC Irvine. Freshman forward Taylor Cheatham recorded one shot on goal in 25 minutes of play against Georgia and has played in all three games. Junior midfielder Emma Egizii and sophomore goalkeeper Neeku Purcell made their first career starts against Georgia, and against Cal Poly on Aug. 24, senior defender My Haugland Sørsdahl earned her first career start. ย ย ย
FOLLOW THE BRUINS
Follow UCLA Women's Soccer at @UCLAWSoccer on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok and /UCLAWSoccer on Facebook. The Bruins lead all collegiate soccer teams, men or women, in Instagram followers with 114k. ย
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