UCLA
4-1
Santa Clara
2-3
UCLA Upset by Santa Clara, 2-0
September 05, 2019 | Women's Soccer
No. 2 UCLA suffered its first loss of the season, falling to Santa Clara, 2-0, at Stevens Stadium.
The Broncos (2-3) were aggressive right from the start, drawing a penalty kick just 3:47 into the match on a foul in the box. The Bruins (4-1) got a reprieve, however, when Izzy D'Aguila's penalty attempt sailed high. The Broncos also came close in the sixth minute when Julie Doyle got ahead of the defense, but her shot went wide left.
UCLA had its best shot in the 17th minute when Ashley Sanchez and Mia Fishel combined to get a good look on frame, but Fishel's shot was stopped by Bronco goalkeeper Courtney Ogren.
Just two minutes later, Santa Clara struck first, off a set piece and lucky bounce. Off a corner kick, Machaela George's header went off the post and bounced off a Bruin defender into the goal to break the scoreless tie. The own goal forced UCLA to play from behind for the first time this year. The Bruins had a few chances to equalize before the half, but a shot in the 32nd minute by Viviana Villacorta was saved by Ogren, and a 34th minute shot by Fishel off a corner was blocked.
The Broncos added an insurance goal in the 56th minute, again soon after the Bruins were unable to score. After a shot by Sunny Dunphy was saved in the 55th minute, Santa Clara capitalized on their next scoring opportunity, using the width of the field. Doyle receiving a pass on the left side and crossed to D'Aguila in the box. D'Aguila fed Skylar Smith on the right, and she one-timed it far post for the 2-0 lead.
The Bruins continued to press to get on the board, but were taken off rhythm with some physical play in a match that saw a combined 32 fouls and three yellow cards. The shutout against UCLA was the first in nearly a full year.
Santa Clara outshot UCLA, 13-8, and Ogren collected four saves to Teagan Micah's three.
UCLA will have to wait over a week to play its next game, sceduled for Sept. 14 against Wisconsin at Wallis Annenberg Stadium.
Team Stats
TEAM
Own goal
19:01
Smith, Skylar (1)
Assisted By: D'Aquila, Izzy , Doyle, Julie
One time in box
55:42
