Sunday, November 10
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UCLA Faces Rutgers in Big Ten Title Match
November 08, 2024 | Women's Soccer
No. 2 Seed UCLA (15-3-3) vs. No. 5 Seed Rutgers (11-3-5)
Date: Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024 โ 12 p.m. CT/10 a.m. PTย
Location: CITYPARK, St. Louis, MO
Broadcast: Big Ten Network
Talent: Kylen Mills, Jackie Manny
Live Stats: statbroadcast.com
UCLA PLAYS FOR BIG TEN TITLE SUNDAYย
No. 2 seed UCLA (15-3-3) will have a second chance to play for a Big Ten title in its first season in the conference, facing No. 5 seed Rutgers (11-3-5) in the Big Ten Tournament final on Sunday, Nov. 10 at 12 p.m. CT/10 a.m. PT at CITYPARK in St. Louis, Mo. The match will be televised live on Big Ten Network. The Bruins, who fell to USC in the regular season finale that decided the regular season title, are seeking UCLA's first Big Ten Conference title in any sport.ย
SCOUTING THE SCARLET KNIGHTS
Rutgers advanced to their fourth Big Ten Tournament Final after a semifinal stunner over No. 1 seed USC in penalty kicks. Despite going down a player in the 49th minute after leading scorer Riley Tiernan was red-carded, the Scarlet Knights overcame a 1-0 deficit to tie in the 52nd minute. Rutgers won the penalty kick shootout 3-0, after goalkeeper Olivia Bodmer stopped three of three penalty shots. The Scarlet Knights finished the regular season in fifth place with a 6-2-3 conference record. Tiernan leads Rutgers offensively with 19 points (4 goals, 11 assists) but will have to sit out Sunday's final. Ashley Baran is Rutgers' leading goal scorer with six goals. Bodmer has played all but five minutes for Rutgers this season and has seven shutouts, 67 saves and a 0.73 goals against average.ย
THE SERIES WITH RUTGERS
UCLA is 2-0 all-time against Rutgers with shutout wins in 2011 at home (1-0) and in 1997 on the road (2-0). ย ย ย
UCLA VS. BIG TEN
The Bruins are now 112-19-8 (.835) all-time against Big Ten teams and 34-5-2 (.854) vs. their new conference mates. UCLA has been extra formidable against the Big Ten in the NCAA Tournament, sporting a 12-2 record. ย
IN THE RANKINGS
UCLA finishes the regular season ranked No. 9 in the United Soccer Coaches poll and is No. 8 in the Top Drawer Soccer poll. UCLA is No. 15 in the NCAA RPI.ย
SEMIFINAL RECAP
No. 2 seed UCLA advanced to the Big Ten Tournament final after a 2-0 semifinal victory over No. 6 seed Washington on Thursday at CITYPARK. UCLA got on the board early in the third minute on an own goal. After a corner kick by Bridgette Marin-Valencia was sent to Quincy McMahon outside the box, McMahon drove a long ball in front of goal towards Nicki Fraser that bounced off a Husky defender into the back of the net. McMahon also had a hand in the Bruins' second goal in the 35th minute. After accepting a pass from Taylor Cheatham, McMahon sent a ball in to senior Ayo Oke in front of goal. Oke put her body on the line to get a foot on the ball and scored while colliding with Washington goalkeeper Mia Hamant. UCLA's defense stood strong once again, holding the Huskies to just two shots in the game. Goalkeeper Ryan Campbell recorded her 15th shutout of the year. ย
QUARTERFINAL RECAP
UCLA won its first-ever conference tournament match, beating No. 10 seed Penn State in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals, 1-0, on Monday at the University of Minnesota. Defender Nicki Fraser, the Big Ten Freshman of the Year, scored the game's only goal in the 36th minute, the first of her collegiate career. Fraser completed an end-to-end 12-pass possession by the Bruins that started with a Ryan Campbell distribution, was advanced by a Sofia Cook nutmeg, and ended on header by Fraser following a cross from fellow freshman defender Paloma Daubert. Fraser's header bounced off the left post and into the back of the net for the go-ahead score. The Bruin defense took over from there, with Campbell recording her nation-leading 14th shutout of the season. UCLA held Penn State to just two shots on goal and seven shots in the game. ย ย
REALE WINS THIRD-STRAIGHT CONFERENCE DEFENDER OF YEAR AWARDย
Senior defender Lilly Reale earned her third consecutive conference Defender of the Year award and first in the Big Ten. The two-time All-America and 2022 Honda Award winner was rated the No. 1 player in the nation on Top Drawer Soccer's Midseason Top 100 and leads a UCLA defense that has allowed just seven goals in 20 games. UCLA holds a team goals against average of 0.33, which ranks first in the nation, and has recorded 15 shutouts, a total that is tied for first nationally. Reale was also a first-team All-Big Ten honoree, allowing her to join Lauren Cheney, Abby Dahlkemper and Jessie Fleming as the only Bruins to earn four first-team all-conference honors. ย ย ย
FRASER AWARDED BIG TEN FRESHMAN OF THE YEARย
Freshman defender Nicki Fraser became UCLA's sixth-ever conference Freshman of the Year and first since Reilyn Turner in 2020. Fraser has started and played in 17 games, leading all Bruin freshmen in games started. She helped the Bruin defense secure 12 shutouts in her 17 games played, including five in a row to start the season. Thanks to her play in the back, UCLA leads the nation in shutouts (15) and goals against average (0.33) and ranks third in shutout percentage (0.714). Fraser scored her first collegiate goal in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals, the game-winner in a 1-0 victory over Penn State. ย ย ย
EIGHT BRUINS EARN BIG TEN POSTSEASON HONORSย
UCLA placed seven players on the All-Big Ten team and had two on the All-Freshman team in its first season in the conference. Receiving first-team All-Big Ten honors were midfielder Sofia Cook and defender Lilly Reale. Second-team honorees were forward Quincy McMahon, defender Jayden Perry and goalkeeper Ryan Campbell. Named to the third team were midfielder Val Vargas and defender Nicki Fraser. Forward Jordan Geis and Fraser were selected to the All-Freshman team. Reale has earned first-team all-conference honors four times in her career. McMahon and Campbell are three-time honorees. Cook is a two-time all-conference player, and Vargas and Fraser are first-time honorees. ย ย ย
AOZASA EARNS 50TH CAREER WIN IN 60 GAMES
With UCLA's 3-1 win at Illinois on Oct. 13, Bruin head coach Margueritte Aozasa earned her 50th career win in just 60 games. Aozasa, alongside assistants Gof Boyoko and Molly Poletto, won the NCAA Championship in her first year in 2022, winning 22 games. Her career record in three seasons is now 53-7-5. ย ย
SHUTOUT CITY
With 15 shutouts in 21 games, UCLA and goalkeeper Ryan Campbell are among the nation's defensive leaders. Campbell, who has played in every minute of every game, ranks first the nation with 15 shutouts and third with a 0.333 goals against average. The Bruin defense, led by center backs Lilly Reale and Jayden Perry and freshmen outside backs Nicki Fraser and Paloma Daubert, ranks first in team goals against average (0.333), first in shutouts (15) and is third in shutout percentage (0.714). They have more than twice as many shutouts as goals allowed (seven). UCLA began the season with five consecutive shutouts, becoming just the second team in school history to accomplish the feat (the 2014 Bruins started out with six shutouts in a row). Campbell compiled 519 consecutive shutout minutes, just shy of Katelyn Rowland's single-season school record 638-minute shutout streak in 2014.ย
Campbell, a graduate transfer from Stanford, is climbing up UCLA's single-season goalkeeping records, moving into a tie for second all-time with Katelyn Rowland, who also had 15 in 2013. Campbell has her sights set on Rowland's NCAA record of 19 shutouts in 2014. In just one season, Campbell broke into UCLA's Top 10 for career shutouts with 15, ranking ninth. She totaled 19 in two years as a starter at Stanford. ย ย ย
REALE RATED NO. 1
Senior defender Lilly Reale was rated the No. 1 player in the nation by Top Drawer Soccer in its Midseason Player Rankings. Reale has led UCLA's defense to more than twice as many shutouts as goals allowed, as the Bruins have recorded 15 clean sheets and allowed just seven goals. She has also scored one goal, making an 85-yard run and scoring far post to score the game-winner at Cal Poly, and recorded two assists on game-winners against Santa Clara and BYU. Top Drawer Soccer noted, "Whether displaying her outstanding passing range on a cross-field switch, her athleticism on a ball-carrying drive, or her elite defensive instincts on a timely interception, Reale is the best player in college soccer." Reale is a two-time All-American and three-time conference defensive player of the year. In 2022, she won the Honda Sport Award and was named the Most Valuable Defensive Player at the College Cup. ย
WHAT'S COOKING?
Junior midfielder and first-team All-Big Ten honoree Sofia Cook is tied for first on the team in goals scored with four and is third in points with eight. Three of her four goals have been game-winners - in the 43rd minute of a 1-0 win over Santa Clara, in the 28th minute of a 1-0 victory at Indiana, and in the 57th minute of a 2-0 win at Purdue. She ranks eighth in the Big Ten with three game-winning goals and has totaled 12 goals and six assists in her career. ย ย ย
ASSISTS QUEEN QUINCY
Senior defender/forward Quincy McMahon has broken into UCLA's Top 10 for career assists, notching her 23rd assist in Thursday's Big Ten semifinal. McMahon is tied for ninth with Caprice Dydasco (2011-14), Jenna Richmond (2010-13) and Lauren Wilmoth (2006-09) and is two away from catching Lauren Barnes (2007-10) at eighth with 25. McMahon led the Bruins in assists last season with seven. She also totaled seven assists as a freshman in 2021. This season, McMahon ranks second on the team in scoring with nine points (three goals, three assists). McMahon was named UCLA's Student-Athlete of the Week after scoring the game-winning goal in the Bruins' 1-0 win over Washington on Oct. 5. The week prior, she earned her sixth career conference defensive player of the week honor. After two seasons of earning All-Pac-12 honors as a defender, she was selected to the All-Big Ten second team as a forward. ย ย
FONTES MAKES TRIUMPHANT RETURN
Graduate student Sunshine Fontes has made a triumphant return back to play after missing the second half of 2023 with an ACL injury. Seeing her first action of the season at Oregon on Sept. 14, Fontes scored the tying goal in the 80th minute of UCLA's comeback victory. On Sept. 29 against Minnesota, she recorded a pair of assists, including an assist on the game-winner. After nine games as a reserve, Fontes made her first start of the season on Oct. 27 against USC and played in a season-high 48 minutes. Fontes' Bruin career began on the sidelines, as her 2019 season was lost rehabbing an ACL injury suffered in her final high school game. She earned Pac-12 All-Freshman honors in her return season in 2020, ranking third on the team with five goals scored, and in 2022, she led the Bruins' NCAA Championship team in scoring with 11 goals and 30 points. Fontes was the team's leading scorer in 2023 with five goals and 11 points before her injury at Washington on Sept. 28. ย ย ย
VIVA MEXICO
UCLA's trio of Mexican Under-20 National Team players - America Frias, Mariangela Medina and Val Vargas - are back with the Bruins after missing the first nine games while playing at the FIFA Under-20 Women's World Cup. Frias started for the Bruins in her first game back at Indiana, and Vargas played 73 minutes in that contest. Frias has started in every game since her return, 12 total, and Vargas has started in 10 games. Another Mexican Youth National Team player - Bridgette Marin-Valencia - has been with the Bruins all season and is leading the team in goals with four and points with 10. ย
Mexico advanced to the round of 16 at the World Cup, where they fell in extra time to the United States, 3-2. All three Bruins played in the game. Vargas started and scored a first-half goal. Frias was a second-half sub, and Medina came into the game late in the overtime. Just two minutes after entering the game, Medina was forced into a penalty kick situation and made the save to keep Mexico within one. ย ย
WELCOME BACKย
UCLA returned seven starters from last season's conference championship team and seven all-conference players in Lilly Reale, Quincy McMahon, Sofia Cook, Ayo Oke, Jayden Perry, Sunshine Fontes and Lexi Wright. Additionally, Val Vargas earned all-freshman honors a year ago.ย
The Bruins' senior class has been prolific. Reale, McMahon, Perry, Wright and Emma Egizii entered together in 2021 and won a conference title in 2021, a NCAA title in 2022 and another conference title in 2023. The quintet has combined for 10 all-conference honors and have scored 115 points (37 goals and 41 assists) collectively while posting an overall record of 69-8-7. Reale is a two-time All-American and three-time conference Defensive Player of the Year, the Honda Award winner in 2022, and the Most Outstanding Defensive Player at the 2022 College Cup.ย
Although not in that senior class, Fontes has also accomplished much in her time at UCLA. After redshirting the 2019 season with a torn ACL, she competed in the 2020 season and helped UCLA win the Pac-12 title, the first of three Fontes was a part of (2020, 2021, 2023). She was the leading scorer for the 2022 NCAA champion Bruins with 11 goals and 30 points and now has 22 career goals, 15 assists and 59 points. ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
IMPACT TRANSFERSย
UCLA welcomed four experienced transfers to the squad in 2024, including a pair of graduate transfers in goalkeeper Ryan Campbell (Stanford) and midfielder Meg Boade (Northwestern) who were named to the United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division I Players to Watch List. Campbell was the Pac-12 Goalkeeper of the Year and a first-team All-Region selection after recording 11 solo and two combined shutouts in 2023. She also led the conference with a 0.601 goals against average. Boade broke Northwestern's single-season assists record in 2023 with 14 assists and ranked second in the nation in assists per game with a 0.78 average. She is a two-time All-North Region and All-Big Ten honoree. UCLA also brought in a pair of former conference foes in senior midfielder Alice Barbieri (Oregon) and junior forward Lily Boyden (Washington State). Barbieri played in 55 games with 36 starts over her first three seasons and has nine career points. Boyden was a Pac-12 All-Freshman selection in 2022 after playing in 18 of 19 games for the Cougars and totaling two goals and three assists. Boyden did not play in 2023 after suffering an injury in the spring.ย
All four transfers have seen significant minutes this season. Campbell has recorded a nation-leading 15 shutouts and ranks third with a goals against average of 0.33 while playing every minute of every game. Boade has played in all 21 games with 16 starts, and she scored the game-winning goal against No. 16 BYU, along with assists against UC Riverside and Illinois. Boyden has started in eight contests and played in all 21, and Barbieri has started in nine games and played in 14. ย
FABULOUS FRESHMENย
The Bruins boast Top Drawer Soccer's No. 2 recruiting class in the nation, led by six rookies ranked in the Top 50 in No. 12 Nicki Fraser, No. 15 Kamryn Winger, No. 19 Bella Winn, No. 39 Avery Robinson, No. 46 Kara Croone and No. 50 Paloma Daubert. Sammy Sanchez is also ranked at No. 64. Also joining the team were freshmen goalkeepers Layla Armas and Mariangela Medina and forward Jordan Geis. Five of the freshmen made their collegiate debuts in the season opener. Fraser, Winn and Geis earned starts, and Daubert and Sanchez logged double-digit minutes off the bench. Robinson made her debut against UC Riverside and recorded one shot and had a near-goal hit the crossbar at Cal Poly. Fraser, the Big Ten Freshman of the Year, has started in 17 games to lead the rookies and scored her first collegiate goal in the 1-0 win over Penn State in the Big Ten quarterfinals. Geis, who was named to the Big Ten's All-Freshman team, has played in every game and made 12 starts. Daubert has played in 19 of 21 games and made 14 starts. Geis's game-winner at Oregon was her first collegiate goal and led her to her first Big Ten Conference Freshman of the Week award. Daubert scored the game-winning goal against Minnesota, the first goal of her collegiate career, and she provided the assist on the game-winner in the Big Ten quarterfinals. Croone made her collegiate debut on Oct. 13 at Illinois and earned her first start on Nov. 4 in the Big Ten quarterfinals.
SISTER ACT
Sophomore forward Sophie Reale made her collegiate debut in the season opener after redshirting the 2023 campaign, playing 36 minutes and recording two shots, including one on goal. The game marked the first time Reale and her older sister Lilly have played together in their collegiate careers and the first time that two Bruin sisters have played in the same game since Anika and Karina Rodriguez played together in 2019. Both Reale sisters, who grew up in Hingham, Mass. and attended Hingham HS, made the starting lineup for the first time in the Cal Poly match, with Lilly scoring the game-winning goal. ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
NWSL BRUINS
A total of 20 UCLA women's soccer alumnae have been on NWSL rosters in 2024, including four from the 2023 squad. Reilyn Turner, a 99-point scorer for the Bruins and a 2023 All-American, was the No. 6 overall draft pick for Racing Louisville FC and is now playing with the Portland Thorns. Ally Lemos, who started every game of her two-year collegiate career and was a two-time all-region selection, was drafted by the Orlando Pride as the No. 9 overall pick. Ally Cook did not get drafted but earned a roster spot with the Chicago Red Stars. Cook ranked second on the team in scoring last season with nine goals and 19 points. Additionally, JaNae DeFazio was added to the Kansas City Current roster in July and made her debut on July 28. DeFazio is now playing for Racing Power FC in Portugal. ย ย ย
BRUINS IMPACTING MULTIPLE NATIONAL TEAMS
UCLA alumnae are currently representing a total of four national teams. Ashley Sanchez and Hailie Mace started for the U.S. in their most recent game, a 3-0 win over Argentina on Oct. 30. Anika Rodriguez and Karina Rodriguez started for Mexico against Thailand on Oct. 29, and Maricarmen Reyes came off the bench to score a goal in a 4-0 victory. Janae DeFazio made her international debut for the Philippines on Oct. 26, providing an assist on the game-winning goal in a 3-0 win over Jordan, and started again in an Oct. 30 match against Kenya. Lauren Brzykcy earned her first cap for Hungary on Oct. 25 in the European Qualifiers and started both matches against Scotland. ย ย ย ย
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Date: Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024 โ 12 p.m. CT/10 a.m. PTย
Location: CITYPARK, St. Louis, MO
Broadcast: Big Ten Network
Talent: Kylen Mills, Jackie Manny
Live Stats: statbroadcast.com
UCLA PLAYS FOR BIG TEN TITLE SUNDAYย
No. 2 seed UCLA (15-3-3) will have a second chance to play for a Big Ten title in its first season in the conference, facing No. 5 seed Rutgers (11-3-5) in the Big Ten Tournament final on Sunday, Nov. 10 at 12 p.m. CT/10 a.m. PT at CITYPARK in St. Louis, Mo. The match will be televised live on Big Ten Network. The Bruins, who fell to USC in the regular season finale that decided the regular season title, are seeking UCLA's first Big Ten Conference title in any sport.ย
SCOUTING THE SCARLET KNIGHTS
Rutgers advanced to their fourth Big Ten Tournament Final after a semifinal stunner over No. 1 seed USC in penalty kicks. Despite going down a player in the 49th minute after leading scorer Riley Tiernan was red-carded, the Scarlet Knights overcame a 1-0 deficit to tie in the 52nd minute. Rutgers won the penalty kick shootout 3-0, after goalkeeper Olivia Bodmer stopped three of three penalty shots. The Scarlet Knights finished the regular season in fifth place with a 6-2-3 conference record. Tiernan leads Rutgers offensively with 19 points (4 goals, 11 assists) but will have to sit out Sunday's final. Ashley Baran is Rutgers' leading goal scorer with six goals. Bodmer has played all but five minutes for Rutgers this season and has seven shutouts, 67 saves and a 0.73 goals against average.ย
THE SERIES WITH RUTGERS
UCLA is 2-0 all-time against Rutgers with shutout wins in 2011 at home (1-0) and in 1997 on the road (2-0). ย ย ย
UCLA VS. BIG TEN
The Bruins are now 112-19-8 (.835) all-time against Big Ten teams and 34-5-2 (.854) vs. their new conference mates. UCLA has been extra formidable against the Big Ten in the NCAA Tournament, sporting a 12-2 record. ย
IN THE RANKINGS
UCLA finishes the regular season ranked No. 9 in the United Soccer Coaches poll and is No. 8 in the Top Drawer Soccer poll. UCLA is No. 15 in the NCAA RPI.ย
SEMIFINAL RECAP
No. 2 seed UCLA advanced to the Big Ten Tournament final after a 2-0 semifinal victory over No. 6 seed Washington on Thursday at CITYPARK. UCLA got on the board early in the third minute on an own goal. After a corner kick by Bridgette Marin-Valencia was sent to Quincy McMahon outside the box, McMahon drove a long ball in front of goal towards Nicki Fraser that bounced off a Husky defender into the back of the net. McMahon also had a hand in the Bruins' second goal in the 35th minute. After accepting a pass from Taylor Cheatham, McMahon sent a ball in to senior Ayo Oke in front of goal. Oke put her body on the line to get a foot on the ball and scored while colliding with Washington goalkeeper Mia Hamant. UCLA's defense stood strong once again, holding the Huskies to just two shots in the game. Goalkeeper Ryan Campbell recorded her 15th shutout of the year. ย
QUARTERFINAL RECAP
UCLA won its first-ever conference tournament match, beating No. 10 seed Penn State in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals, 1-0, on Monday at the University of Minnesota. Defender Nicki Fraser, the Big Ten Freshman of the Year, scored the game's only goal in the 36th minute, the first of her collegiate career. Fraser completed an end-to-end 12-pass possession by the Bruins that started with a Ryan Campbell distribution, was advanced by a Sofia Cook nutmeg, and ended on header by Fraser following a cross from fellow freshman defender Paloma Daubert. Fraser's header bounced off the left post and into the back of the net for the go-ahead score. The Bruin defense took over from there, with Campbell recording her nation-leading 14th shutout of the season. UCLA held Penn State to just two shots on goal and seven shots in the game. ย ย
REALE WINS THIRD-STRAIGHT CONFERENCE DEFENDER OF YEAR AWARDย
Senior defender Lilly Reale earned her third consecutive conference Defender of the Year award and first in the Big Ten. The two-time All-America and 2022 Honda Award winner was rated the No. 1 player in the nation on Top Drawer Soccer's Midseason Top 100 and leads a UCLA defense that has allowed just seven goals in 20 games. UCLA holds a team goals against average of 0.33, which ranks first in the nation, and has recorded 15 shutouts, a total that is tied for first nationally. Reale was also a first-team All-Big Ten honoree, allowing her to join Lauren Cheney, Abby Dahlkemper and Jessie Fleming as the only Bruins to earn four first-team all-conference honors. ย ย ย
FRASER AWARDED BIG TEN FRESHMAN OF THE YEARย
Freshman defender Nicki Fraser became UCLA's sixth-ever conference Freshman of the Year and first since Reilyn Turner in 2020. Fraser has started and played in 17 games, leading all Bruin freshmen in games started. She helped the Bruin defense secure 12 shutouts in her 17 games played, including five in a row to start the season. Thanks to her play in the back, UCLA leads the nation in shutouts (15) and goals against average (0.33) and ranks third in shutout percentage (0.714). Fraser scored her first collegiate goal in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals, the game-winner in a 1-0 victory over Penn State. ย ย ย
EIGHT BRUINS EARN BIG TEN POSTSEASON HONORSย
UCLA placed seven players on the All-Big Ten team and had two on the All-Freshman team in its first season in the conference. Receiving first-team All-Big Ten honors were midfielder Sofia Cook and defender Lilly Reale. Second-team honorees were forward Quincy McMahon, defender Jayden Perry and goalkeeper Ryan Campbell. Named to the third team were midfielder Val Vargas and defender Nicki Fraser. Forward Jordan Geis and Fraser were selected to the All-Freshman team. Reale has earned first-team all-conference honors four times in her career. McMahon and Campbell are three-time honorees. Cook is a two-time all-conference player, and Vargas and Fraser are first-time honorees. ย ย ย
AOZASA EARNS 50TH CAREER WIN IN 60 GAMES
With UCLA's 3-1 win at Illinois on Oct. 13, Bruin head coach Margueritte Aozasa earned her 50th career win in just 60 games. Aozasa, alongside assistants Gof Boyoko and Molly Poletto, won the NCAA Championship in her first year in 2022, winning 22 games. Her career record in three seasons is now 53-7-5. ย ย
SHUTOUT CITY
With 15 shutouts in 21 games, UCLA and goalkeeper Ryan Campbell are among the nation's defensive leaders. Campbell, who has played in every minute of every game, ranks first the nation with 15 shutouts and third with a 0.333 goals against average. The Bruin defense, led by center backs Lilly Reale and Jayden Perry and freshmen outside backs Nicki Fraser and Paloma Daubert, ranks first in team goals against average (0.333), first in shutouts (15) and is third in shutout percentage (0.714). They have more than twice as many shutouts as goals allowed (seven). UCLA began the season with five consecutive shutouts, becoming just the second team in school history to accomplish the feat (the 2014 Bruins started out with six shutouts in a row). Campbell compiled 519 consecutive shutout minutes, just shy of Katelyn Rowland's single-season school record 638-minute shutout streak in 2014.ย
Campbell, a graduate transfer from Stanford, is climbing up UCLA's single-season goalkeeping records, moving into a tie for second all-time with Katelyn Rowland, who also had 15 in 2013. Campbell has her sights set on Rowland's NCAA record of 19 shutouts in 2014. In just one season, Campbell broke into UCLA's Top 10 for career shutouts with 15, ranking ninth. She totaled 19 in two years as a starter at Stanford. ย ย ย
REALE RATED NO. 1
Senior defender Lilly Reale was rated the No. 1 player in the nation by Top Drawer Soccer in its Midseason Player Rankings. Reale has led UCLA's defense to more than twice as many shutouts as goals allowed, as the Bruins have recorded 15 clean sheets and allowed just seven goals. She has also scored one goal, making an 85-yard run and scoring far post to score the game-winner at Cal Poly, and recorded two assists on game-winners against Santa Clara and BYU. Top Drawer Soccer noted, "Whether displaying her outstanding passing range on a cross-field switch, her athleticism on a ball-carrying drive, or her elite defensive instincts on a timely interception, Reale is the best player in college soccer." Reale is a two-time All-American and three-time conference defensive player of the year. In 2022, she won the Honda Sport Award and was named the Most Valuable Defensive Player at the College Cup. ย
WHAT'S COOKING?
Junior midfielder and first-team All-Big Ten honoree Sofia Cook is tied for first on the team in goals scored with four and is third in points with eight. Three of her four goals have been game-winners - in the 43rd minute of a 1-0 win over Santa Clara, in the 28th minute of a 1-0 victory at Indiana, and in the 57th minute of a 2-0 win at Purdue. She ranks eighth in the Big Ten with three game-winning goals and has totaled 12 goals and six assists in her career. ย ย ย
ASSISTS QUEEN QUINCY
Senior defender/forward Quincy McMahon has broken into UCLA's Top 10 for career assists, notching her 23rd assist in Thursday's Big Ten semifinal. McMahon is tied for ninth with Caprice Dydasco (2011-14), Jenna Richmond (2010-13) and Lauren Wilmoth (2006-09) and is two away from catching Lauren Barnes (2007-10) at eighth with 25. McMahon led the Bruins in assists last season with seven. She also totaled seven assists as a freshman in 2021. This season, McMahon ranks second on the team in scoring with nine points (three goals, three assists). McMahon was named UCLA's Student-Athlete of the Week after scoring the game-winning goal in the Bruins' 1-0 win over Washington on Oct. 5. The week prior, she earned her sixth career conference defensive player of the week honor. After two seasons of earning All-Pac-12 honors as a defender, she was selected to the All-Big Ten second team as a forward. ย ย
FONTES MAKES TRIUMPHANT RETURN
Graduate student Sunshine Fontes has made a triumphant return back to play after missing the second half of 2023 with an ACL injury. Seeing her first action of the season at Oregon on Sept. 14, Fontes scored the tying goal in the 80th minute of UCLA's comeback victory. On Sept. 29 against Minnesota, she recorded a pair of assists, including an assist on the game-winner. After nine games as a reserve, Fontes made her first start of the season on Oct. 27 against USC and played in a season-high 48 minutes. Fontes' Bruin career began on the sidelines, as her 2019 season was lost rehabbing an ACL injury suffered in her final high school game. She earned Pac-12 All-Freshman honors in her return season in 2020, ranking third on the team with five goals scored, and in 2022, she led the Bruins' NCAA Championship team in scoring with 11 goals and 30 points. Fontes was the team's leading scorer in 2023 with five goals and 11 points before her injury at Washington on Sept. 28. ย ย ย
VIVA MEXICO
UCLA's trio of Mexican Under-20 National Team players - America Frias, Mariangela Medina and Val Vargas - are back with the Bruins after missing the first nine games while playing at the FIFA Under-20 Women's World Cup. Frias started for the Bruins in her first game back at Indiana, and Vargas played 73 minutes in that contest. Frias has started in every game since her return, 12 total, and Vargas has started in 10 games. Another Mexican Youth National Team player - Bridgette Marin-Valencia - has been with the Bruins all season and is leading the team in goals with four and points with 10. ย
Mexico advanced to the round of 16 at the World Cup, where they fell in extra time to the United States, 3-2. All three Bruins played in the game. Vargas started and scored a first-half goal. Frias was a second-half sub, and Medina came into the game late in the overtime. Just two minutes after entering the game, Medina was forced into a penalty kick situation and made the save to keep Mexico within one. ย ย
WELCOME BACKย
UCLA returned seven starters from last season's conference championship team and seven all-conference players in Lilly Reale, Quincy McMahon, Sofia Cook, Ayo Oke, Jayden Perry, Sunshine Fontes and Lexi Wright. Additionally, Val Vargas earned all-freshman honors a year ago.ย
The Bruins' senior class has been prolific. Reale, McMahon, Perry, Wright and Emma Egizii entered together in 2021 and won a conference title in 2021, a NCAA title in 2022 and another conference title in 2023. The quintet has combined for 10 all-conference honors and have scored 115 points (37 goals and 41 assists) collectively while posting an overall record of 69-8-7. Reale is a two-time All-American and three-time conference Defensive Player of the Year, the Honda Award winner in 2022, and the Most Outstanding Defensive Player at the 2022 College Cup.ย
Although not in that senior class, Fontes has also accomplished much in her time at UCLA. After redshirting the 2019 season with a torn ACL, she competed in the 2020 season and helped UCLA win the Pac-12 title, the first of three Fontes was a part of (2020, 2021, 2023). She was the leading scorer for the 2022 NCAA champion Bruins with 11 goals and 30 points and now has 22 career goals, 15 assists and 59 points. ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
IMPACT TRANSFERSย
UCLA welcomed four experienced transfers to the squad in 2024, including a pair of graduate transfers in goalkeeper Ryan Campbell (Stanford) and midfielder Meg Boade (Northwestern) who were named to the United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division I Players to Watch List. Campbell was the Pac-12 Goalkeeper of the Year and a first-team All-Region selection after recording 11 solo and two combined shutouts in 2023. She also led the conference with a 0.601 goals against average. Boade broke Northwestern's single-season assists record in 2023 with 14 assists and ranked second in the nation in assists per game with a 0.78 average. She is a two-time All-North Region and All-Big Ten honoree. UCLA also brought in a pair of former conference foes in senior midfielder Alice Barbieri (Oregon) and junior forward Lily Boyden (Washington State). Barbieri played in 55 games with 36 starts over her first three seasons and has nine career points. Boyden was a Pac-12 All-Freshman selection in 2022 after playing in 18 of 19 games for the Cougars and totaling two goals and three assists. Boyden did not play in 2023 after suffering an injury in the spring.ย
All four transfers have seen significant minutes this season. Campbell has recorded a nation-leading 15 shutouts and ranks third with a goals against average of 0.33 while playing every minute of every game. Boade has played in all 21 games with 16 starts, and she scored the game-winning goal against No. 16 BYU, along with assists against UC Riverside and Illinois. Boyden has started in eight contests and played in all 21, and Barbieri has started in nine games and played in 14. ย
FABULOUS FRESHMENย
The Bruins boast Top Drawer Soccer's No. 2 recruiting class in the nation, led by six rookies ranked in the Top 50 in No. 12 Nicki Fraser, No. 15 Kamryn Winger, No. 19 Bella Winn, No. 39 Avery Robinson, No. 46 Kara Croone and No. 50 Paloma Daubert. Sammy Sanchez is also ranked at No. 64. Also joining the team were freshmen goalkeepers Layla Armas and Mariangela Medina and forward Jordan Geis. Five of the freshmen made their collegiate debuts in the season opener. Fraser, Winn and Geis earned starts, and Daubert and Sanchez logged double-digit minutes off the bench. Robinson made her debut against UC Riverside and recorded one shot and had a near-goal hit the crossbar at Cal Poly. Fraser, the Big Ten Freshman of the Year, has started in 17 games to lead the rookies and scored her first collegiate goal in the 1-0 win over Penn State in the Big Ten quarterfinals. Geis, who was named to the Big Ten's All-Freshman team, has played in every game and made 12 starts. Daubert has played in 19 of 21 games and made 14 starts. Geis's game-winner at Oregon was her first collegiate goal and led her to her first Big Ten Conference Freshman of the Week award. Daubert scored the game-winning goal against Minnesota, the first goal of her collegiate career, and she provided the assist on the game-winner in the Big Ten quarterfinals. Croone made her collegiate debut on Oct. 13 at Illinois and earned her first start on Nov. 4 in the Big Ten quarterfinals.
SISTER ACT
Sophomore forward Sophie Reale made her collegiate debut in the season opener after redshirting the 2023 campaign, playing 36 minutes and recording two shots, including one on goal. The game marked the first time Reale and her older sister Lilly have played together in their collegiate careers and the first time that two Bruin sisters have played in the same game since Anika and Karina Rodriguez played together in 2019. Both Reale sisters, who grew up in Hingham, Mass. and attended Hingham HS, made the starting lineup for the first time in the Cal Poly match, with Lilly scoring the game-winning goal. ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
NWSL BRUINS
A total of 20 UCLA women's soccer alumnae have been on NWSL rosters in 2024, including four from the 2023 squad. Reilyn Turner, a 99-point scorer for the Bruins and a 2023 All-American, was the No. 6 overall draft pick for Racing Louisville FC and is now playing with the Portland Thorns. Ally Lemos, who started every game of her two-year collegiate career and was a two-time all-region selection, was drafted by the Orlando Pride as the No. 9 overall pick. Ally Cook did not get drafted but earned a roster spot with the Chicago Red Stars. Cook ranked second on the team in scoring last season with nine goals and 19 points. Additionally, JaNae DeFazio was added to the Kansas City Current roster in July and made her debut on July 28. DeFazio is now playing for Racing Power FC in Portugal. ย ย ย
BRUINS IMPACTING MULTIPLE NATIONAL TEAMS
UCLA alumnae are currently representing a total of four national teams. Ashley Sanchez and Hailie Mace started for the U.S. in their most recent game, a 3-0 win over Argentina on Oct. 30. Anika Rodriguez and Karina Rodriguez started for Mexico against Thailand on Oct. 29, and Maricarmen Reyes came off the bench to score a goal in a 4-0 victory. Janae DeFazio made her international debut for the Philippines on Oct. 26, providing an assist on the game-winning goal in a 3-0 win over Jordan, and started again in an Oct. 30 match against Kenya. Lauren Brzykcy earned her first cap for Hungary on Oct. 25 in the European Qualifiers and started both matches against Scotland. ย ย ย ย
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