Sunday, August 25
Los Angeles, CA
2 p.m. PT
UCLA
vs
Santa Clara
Taylor Cheatham
Photo by: ยฉ 2024 Percy Anderson
No. 6 UCLA Hosts No. 11 Santa Clara Sunday
August 24, 2024 | Women's Soccer
No. 6/4 UCLA (3-0) vs. No. 11/23 Santa Clara (3-0)
Date: Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024 โ 2 p.m. PT
Location: Los Angeles, CA. (Wallis Annenberg Stadium)
Broadcast: B1G+
Talent: Nick Koop, Sophie Wimmer
Live Stats: uclalivestats.com
Tickets: uclabruins.com/ticketsย
Price: $9-17; UCLA students free with BruinCard
Parking: purchase in advance on Park Mobile app
BRUINS HOST SANTA CLARA SUNDAY
After bringing back a 1-0 road win at Cal Poly on Thursday, No. 6/4 UCLA (3-0) will close the week with a home matchup against No. 11/23 Santa Clara (3-0) on Sunday, Aug. 25 at 2 p.m. The contest will be broadcast on B1G+.
MATCH PROMOTIONS
Sunday is UCLA's Title IX/Women of Westwood match. Among the giveaway items are schedule cards and Title IX Women of Westwood pins. The Football for Her organization will be recognized at halftime for their efforts to encourage girls to play sports/soccer, and Angel City FC's street team will be in attendance.ย
UCLA ON B1G+
Sunday's match will air on B1G+, the Big Ten Network's subscription streaming platform, which offers access to nearly 2,500 events annually. The Bruins will be streamed on B1G+ at least 10 times this season, with three games scheduled to be televised on Big Ten Network. B1G+ subscriptions can be purchased directly at www.bigtenplus.com. Fans can subscribe to B1G+ with an annual pass ($89.99 per year) or a monthly pass ($12.99). B1G+ subscriptions can also be purchased via in-app purchase in B1G+ apps. ย ย ย ย ย ย
LAST TIME OUT
UCLA earned its third-straight shutout to start the year, beating Cal Poly on the road on Thursday, 1-0. Center back Lilly Reale scored the only goal of the game in the 70th minute, going 85 yards down the field toward goal. Her initial effort was smothered by the Cal Poly defense, but she quickly got back on her feet to regain possession and shoot far post with her left foot to score her first goal of the season and third of her career.ย
SCOUTING THE BRONCOS
Santa Clara went 2-0 on opening weekend, defeating San Jose State 4-0 on the road in the season opener and downing California 2-1 at home on Sunday. The Broncos defeated Long Beach State on Thursday, 2-1, thanks to a brace by Kennedy Schoennauer, her second already this season. She leads the team in scoring with four goals and eight points. Santa Clara is coached by Jerry Smith, who enters his 36th season at the helm.ย
This will be the eighth meeting between UCLA and Santa Clara. The Bruins lead the overall series, 4-2-1, and have won two straight by 1-0 scores, most recently in 2022 on a Sunshine Fontes goal. ย ย
AOZASA TO FACE ALMA MATER
UCLA head coach Margueritte Aozasa will face off against her collegiate coach Jerry Smith when her Bruins match up against her alma mater Santa Clara. Aozasa was a four-year starter under Smith from 2008-11, playing at midfield and center back and serving as team captain from 2010-11. A WCC All-Academic team member, she graduated from Santa Clara in 2012 with a major in psychology and minors in public health and Spanish. Aozasa is 1-0 all-time against Santa Clara, winning the first matchup in her second game as Bruin head coach. ย ย
PRESEASON RANKINGS
UCLA enters the season ranked No. 11 in the United Soccer Coaches preseason poll and No. 5 in Top Drawer Soccer's preseason rankings. The Bruins were picked to finish first in the conference in the Big Ten's preseason poll. UCLA will face three teams in 2024 who are ranked in the United Soccer Coaches Top 25 in No. 3 BYU (Aug. 28 at home), No. 4 Penn State (Oct. 17 at home), No. 19 Wisconsin (Sept. 26 at home), No. 22 Santa Clara (Aug. 25 at home), and No. 23 USC (Oct. 27 on the road at the LA Coliseum). ย
BRUINS EARN NATIONAL RECOGNITION
Five UCLA women's soccer players have earned national preseason recognition ahead of the 2024 season. Senior defender Lilly Reale and graduate goalkeeper Ryan Campbell were selected to MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List, the Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Best XI first team and the NCAA Division I Women's Players to Watch List. They were joined on the NCAA Players to Watch list by senior defender Quincy McMahon and graduate midfielder Meg Boade. Defender Nicki Fraser was selected to the Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Freshman Team. On the conference front, Reale, Boade and Emma Egizii were selected to the Big Ten Players to Watch List.ย
WELCOME BACKย
UCLA returns seven starters from last season's conference championship team and seven all-conference players in Defensive Player of the Year 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. They have combined for seven all-conference honors and have scored 100 points (32 goals and 36 assists) collectively while posting an overall record of 57-5-5. Reale is a two-time All-American and was the Honda Award winner in 2022, as well as the Most Outstanding Defensive Player at the 2022 College Cup.ย
Although not in that senior class, ย 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 has been a part of (2020, 2021, 2023). She was the leading scorer for the 2022 NCAA champion Bruins with 11 goals and 30 points and enters the 2024 campaign with 21 career goals, 14 assists and 56 points. ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
IMPACT TRANSFERSย
UCLA welcomes 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 a year ago 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 totaled nine career points. Boyden was a Pac-12 All-Freshman selection in 2022 after playing in 18 of 19 games for the Cougars. She finished the season with 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 in the Bruins' first three games. Campbell has recorded shutouts in all three games. Boade also started all three games, picking up an assist against UC Riverside. After coming off the bench in the Bruins' first two games, Boyden and Barbieri started at Cal Poly. ย
NO. 2 RECRUITING CLASSย
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. Samantha Sanchez is also ranked at No. 64. Also joining the team are freshmen goalkeepers Layla Armas and Mariangela Medina and forward Jordan Geis.
Five of the freshmen made their collegiate debuts in the season opener. Fraser, Will and Geis earned starts, and Daubert and Sanchez logged double-digit minutes off the bench. Robinson made her debut on Sunday and recorded one shot and had a near-goal hit the crossbar on Thursday at Cal Poly. ย ย ย ย ย
VIVA MEXICO
Three Bruins - junior forward America Frias, sophomore midfielder Val Vargas and freshman goalkeeper Mariangela Medina - will miss the opening of the season while competing for Mexico at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Colombia. Team Mexico will play two prep matches against Ghana and Nigeria on Aug. 22 and 26, respectively, before opening the tournament on Aug. 31 against Cameroon. Mexico will then play Australia on Sept. 3 and Colombia on Sept. 6 to round out group play. The Round of 16 begins on Sept. 11, with the quarterfinals taking place Sept. 15, the semifinals Sept. 18 and final on Sept. 22. ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
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 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
ACADEMIC HONORS
For the 13th 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 2023-24 academic year. The Bruins posted a team GPA of 3.25, their fifth consecutive year over 3.25. A total of 17 players were named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll in 2023. The Bruins had a record 18 honorees in 2022.
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: Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024 โ 2 p.m. PT
Location: Los Angeles, CA. (Wallis Annenberg Stadium)
Broadcast: B1G+
Talent: Nick Koop, Sophie Wimmer
Live Stats: uclalivestats.com
Tickets: uclabruins.com/ticketsย
Price: $9-17; UCLA students free with BruinCard
Parking: purchase in advance on Park Mobile app
BRUINS HOST SANTA CLARA SUNDAY
After bringing back a 1-0 road win at Cal Poly on Thursday, No. 6/4 UCLA (3-0) will close the week with a home matchup against No. 11/23 Santa Clara (3-0) on Sunday, Aug. 25 at 2 p.m. The contest will be broadcast on B1G+.
MATCH PROMOTIONS
Sunday is UCLA's Title IX/Women of Westwood match. Among the giveaway items are schedule cards and Title IX Women of Westwood pins. The Football for Her organization will be recognized at halftime for their efforts to encourage girls to play sports/soccer, and Angel City FC's street team will be in attendance.ย
UCLA ON B1G+
Sunday's match will air on B1G+, the Big Ten Network's subscription streaming platform, which offers access to nearly 2,500 events annually. The Bruins will be streamed on B1G+ at least 10 times this season, with three games scheduled to be televised on Big Ten Network. B1G+ subscriptions can be purchased directly at www.bigtenplus.com. Fans can subscribe to B1G+ with an annual pass ($89.99 per year) or a monthly pass ($12.99). B1G+ subscriptions can also be purchased via in-app purchase in B1G+ apps. ย ย ย ย ย ย
LAST TIME OUT
UCLA earned its third-straight shutout to start the year, beating Cal Poly on the road on Thursday, 1-0. Center back Lilly Reale scored the only goal of the game in the 70th minute, going 85 yards down the field toward goal. Her initial effort was smothered by the Cal Poly defense, but she quickly got back on her feet to regain possession and shoot far post with her left foot to score her first goal of the season and third of her career.ย
SCOUTING THE BRONCOS
Santa Clara went 2-0 on opening weekend, defeating San Jose State 4-0 on the road in the season opener and downing California 2-1 at home on Sunday. The Broncos defeated Long Beach State on Thursday, 2-1, thanks to a brace by Kennedy Schoennauer, her second already this season. She leads the team in scoring with four goals and eight points. Santa Clara is coached by Jerry Smith, who enters his 36th season at the helm.ย
This will be the eighth meeting between UCLA and Santa Clara. The Bruins lead the overall series, 4-2-1, and have won two straight by 1-0 scores, most recently in 2022 on a Sunshine Fontes goal. ย ย
AOZASA TO FACE ALMA MATER
UCLA head coach Margueritte Aozasa will face off against her collegiate coach Jerry Smith when her Bruins match up against her alma mater Santa Clara. Aozasa was a four-year starter under Smith from 2008-11, playing at midfield and center back and serving as team captain from 2010-11. A WCC All-Academic team member, she graduated from Santa Clara in 2012 with a major in psychology and minors in public health and Spanish. Aozasa is 1-0 all-time against Santa Clara, winning the first matchup in her second game as Bruin head coach. ย ย
PRESEASON RANKINGS
UCLA enters the season ranked No. 11 in the United Soccer Coaches preseason poll and No. 5 in Top Drawer Soccer's preseason rankings. The Bruins were picked to finish first in the conference in the Big Ten's preseason poll. UCLA will face three teams in 2024 who are ranked in the United Soccer Coaches Top 25 in No. 3 BYU (Aug. 28 at home), No. 4 Penn State (Oct. 17 at home), No. 19 Wisconsin (Sept. 26 at home), No. 22 Santa Clara (Aug. 25 at home), and No. 23 USC (Oct. 27 on the road at the LA Coliseum). ย
BRUINS EARN NATIONAL RECOGNITION
Five UCLA women's soccer players have earned national preseason recognition ahead of the 2024 season. Senior defender Lilly Reale and graduate goalkeeper Ryan Campbell were selected to MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List, the Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Best XI first team and the NCAA Division I Women's Players to Watch List. They were joined on the NCAA Players to Watch list by senior defender Quincy McMahon and graduate midfielder Meg Boade. Defender Nicki Fraser was selected to the Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Freshman Team. On the conference front, Reale, Boade and Emma Egizii were selected to the Big Ten Players to Watch List.ย
WELCOME BACKย
UCLA returns seven starters from last season's conference championship team and seven all-conference players in Defensive Player of the Year 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. They have combined for seven all-conference honors and have scored 100 points (32 goals and 36 assists) collectively while posting an overall record of 57-5-5. Reale is a two-time All-American and was the Honda Award winner in 2022, as well as the Most Outstanding Defensive Player at the 2022 College Cup.ย
Although not in that senior class, ย 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 has been a part of (2020, 2021, 2023). She was the leading scorer for the 2022 NCAA champion Bruins with 11 goals and 30 points and enters the 2024 campaign with 21 career goals, 14 assists and 56 points. ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
IMPACT TRANSFERSย
UCLA welcomes 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 a year ago 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 totaled nine career points. Boyden was a Pac-12 All-Freshman selection in 2022 after playing in 18 of 19 games for the Cougars. She finished the season with 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 in the Bruins' first three games. Campbell has recorded shutouts in all three games. Boade also started all three games, picking up an assist against UC Riverside. After coming off the bench in the Bruins' first two games, Boyden and Barbieri started at Cal Poly. ย
NO. 2 RECRUITING CLASSย
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. Samantha Sanchez is also ranked at No. 64. Also joining the team are freshmen goalkeepers Layla Armas and Mariangela Medina and forward Jordan Geis.
Five of the freshmen made their collegiate debuts in the season opener. Fraser, Will and Geis earned starts, and Daubert and Sanchez logged double-digit minutes off the bench. Robinson made her debut on Sunday and recorded one shot and had a near-goal hit the crossbar on Thursday at Cal Poly. ย ย ย ย ย
VIVA MEXICO
Three Bruins - junior forward America Frias, sophomore midfielder Val Vargas and freshman goalkeeper Mariangela Medina - will miss the opening of the season while competing for Mexico at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Colombia. Team Mexico will play two prep matches against Ghana and Nigeria on Aug. 22 and 26, respectively, before opening the tournament on Aug. 31 against Cameroon. Mexico will then play Australia on Sept. 3 and Colombia on Sept. 6 to round out group play. The Round of 16 begins on Sept. 11, with the quarterfinals taking place Sept. 15, the semifinals Sept. 18 and final on Sept. 22. ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
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 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
ACADEMIC HONORS
For the 13th 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 2023-24 academic year. The Bruins posted a team GPA of 3.25, their fifth consecutive year over 3.25. A total of 17 players were named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll in 2023. The Bruins had a record 18 honorees in 2022.
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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