Thursday, September 26
Los Angeles, CA
7 p.m. PT
UCLA
vs
Wisconsin
Ryan Campbell
Photo by: Jesus Ramirez
Women's Soccer Returns for B1G Home Opener
September 25, 2024 | Women's Soccer
UCLA (8-2-1, 3-0-0) vs. Wisconsin (5-2-2, 1-1-1)
Date: Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024 โ 7 p.m. PT
Location: Los Angeles, Calif. (Wallis Annenberg Stadium)
Broadcast: Big Ten Network
Talent: Christian Miles, Tracey Bailey
Live Stats: uclalivestats.com
Tickets: uclabruins.com/ticketsย
Price: $9-17; UCLA students free with BruinCard; UCLA faculty/staff can receive up to 4 free tickets at box office
Ticket Offer: 2 adult tickets for $20, 2 youth tickets for $10 (purchase online)
Giveaways: UCLA is B1G t-shirt to first 250 fans
Parking: purchase in advance on Park Mobile app
UCLA (8-2-1, 3-0-0) vs. Minnesota (8-1-1, 2-1-0)
Date: Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024 โ 1 p.m. PT
Location: Los Angeles, Calif. (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
Ticket Offer: Free admission for veterans & active duty military; Free admission for first responders w/ ID at box office
Parking: purchase in advance on Park Mobile app
BRUINS RETURN HOME FOR B1G OPENER
Back at home for the first time in nearly a month, UCLA (8-2-1, 3-0-0 in the Big Ten) will host its first-ever Big Ten Conference game on Thursday, Sept. 26 against Wisconsin (5-2-2, 1-1-1). The B1G Opener will kick off at 7pm at Wallis Annenberg Stadium and will be televised on Big Ten Network. UCLA closes the week on Sunday with a 1pm contest against Minnesota (8-1-1, 2-1-0). ย ย
SCHOOL IS IN SESSION
Thursday's game against Wisconsin will take place on the first day of instruction at UCLA and is being touted to the student body as the GolDEN game. The Bruins have already played more than half of their schedule before school started and have just one more road trip to take in the regular season - next week's games at Northwestern and Illinois. UCLA students, as always, receive free admission. ย ย
LAST TIME OUT
UCLA finished its Indiana road trip with a 2-0 win against Purdue to remain undefeated in Big Ten Conference play with a 3-0 record. Sofia Cook scored her second consecutive game-winning goal with a bomb to the far post in the 57th minute off a Quincy McMahon short corner kick. Only three minutes later, Bridgette Marin-Valencia scored a long-distance missile that landed top left corner in the 60th minute. The Bruin defense did not allow a single shot on goal and earned the team's eighth shutout of the year.
SCOUTING THE BADGERSย
Wisconsin opened conference play with a 1-1-1 record and is coming off a 1-0 home win over previously unbeaten Minnesota. The victory was the 500th in program history. The Badgers are led by midfielder in Aryssa Mahrt, who leads the team in scoring with six goals and 14 points. Goalkeeper Drew Stover has recorded three shutouts and holds a 0.78 goals against average. UCLA owns a 6-0 record all-time against Wisconsin. The two teams last met in 2019, with UCLA winning both matchups in Los Angeles, 1-0 in the regular season and 2-0 in the NCAA Round of 16.
SCOUTING THE GOPHERSย
Minnesota was unbeaten in its first nine games before falling to Wisconsin on the road, 1-0, last week. Khyah Harper leads the Big Ten and ranks second in the nation in goals scored with 12 and in points with 27. She is the nation's leader in game-winning goals with five and in goals per game with a 1.20 average. Harper has already collected three hat tricks this season. Goalkeeper Sarah Martin has four shutouts this season and a 0.70 goals against average. UCLA and Minnesota have faced each other just once, with ย UCLA won the only previous meeting, 5-0, in Los Angeles in the second round of the 2018 NCAA Tournamentย
COOK EARNS MULTIPLE WEEKLY HONORS
UCLA midfielder Sofia Cook was named the Big Ten Women's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week, earning her first-ever conference weekly honor. She was also selected as UCLA's Student-Athlete of the Week, securing this honor for the second time in her career. Cook led UCLA to road wins at Indiana and Purdue by scoring game-winning goals in each game. Cook scored the sole goal against Indiana on Sept. 19 with an outside the box rocket that went top shelf in the 28th minute. She followed that up by scoring the first goal against Purdue on Sept. 22, scoring a far post screamer to help the Bruins defeat the Boilermakers 2-0. All three of Cooks goals this season have been game-winners.
MEXICAN TRIO BACK WITH BRUINS
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. Both Frias and Vargas started in the Bruins' next game at Purdue.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
FONTES MAKES TRIUMPHANT RETURN
Graduate student Sunshine Fontes 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. 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
SHUTOUT CITY
With eight shutouts in 11 games, UCLA and goalkeeper Ryan Campbell are among the nation's defensive leaders. Campbell is tied for first the nation with eight shutouts and is ranked 11th in goals against average (0.364). The Bruin team ranks seventh in shutout percentage (0.727) and goals against average (0.364). 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 ย
UCLA VS. BIG TEN
The Bruins are now 105-18-6 (.837) all-time against Big Ten teams and 29-5 (.849) vs. their new conference mates. UCLA has been extra formidable against the Big Ten in the NCAA Tournament, sporting a 12-2 record. ย
BRUINS EARN NATIONAL RECOGNITION
Five UCLA women's soccer players 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. Wright, however, is out for the year with a knee injury.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 103 points (32 goals and 39 assists) collectively while posting an overall record of 62-7-6. 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 now has 22 career goals, 14 assists and 58 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 in the Bruins' first 11games. Campbell has recorded a nation-leading eight shutouts and holds a goals against average of 0.364 while playing every minute of every game. Boade has started in 10 games and scored the game-winning goal against No. 16 BYU, along with an assist against UC Riverside. Boyden has started in eight contests, and Barbieri has started in six games and played in 10. 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. Sammy 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, 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 and Geis have started nine games each. 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.
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
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 as a National Team replacement player in July and made her debut on July 28 at the Summer Cup against Pachuca. 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
COMING UP
UCLA will take its last regular season road trip of the season next week when it plays at Northwestern and Illinois on Oct. 10 and 13.ย
Date: Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024 โ 7 p.m. PT
Location: Los Angeles, Calif. (Wallis Annenberg Stadium)
Broadcast: Big Ten Network
Talent: Christian Miles, Tracey Bailey
Live Stats: uclalivestats.com
Tickets: uclabruins.com/ticketsย
Price: $9-17; UCLA students free with BruinCard; UCLA faculty/staff can receive up to 4 free tickets at box office
Ticket Offer: 2 adult tickets for $20, 2 youth tickets for $10 (purchase online)
Giveaways: UCLA is B1G t-shirt to first 250 fans
Parking: purchase in advance on Park Mobile app
UCLA (8-2-1, 3-0-0) vs. Minnesota (8-1-1, 2-1-0)
Date: Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024 โ 1 p.m. PT
Location: Los Angeles, Calif. (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
Ticket Offer: Free admission for veterans & active duty military; Free admission for first responders w/ ID at box office
Parking: purchase in advance on Park Mobile app
BRUINS RETURN HOME FOR B1G OPENER
Back at home for the first time in nearly a month, UCLA (8-2-1, 3-0-0 in the Big Ten) will host its first-ever Big Ten Conference game on Thursday, Sept. 26 against Wisconsin (5-2-2, 1-1-1). The B1G Opener will kick off at 7pm at Wallis Annenberg Stadium and will be televised on Big Ten Network. UCLA closes the week on Sunday with a 1pm contest against Minnesota (8-1-1, 2-1-0). ย ย
SCHOOL IS IN SESSION
Thursday's game against Wisconsin will take place on the first day of instruction at UCLA and is being touted to the student body as the GolDEN game. The Bruins have already played more than half of their schedule before school started and have just one more road trip to take in the regular season - next week's games at Northwestern and Illinois. UCLA students, as always, receive free admission. ย ย
LAST TIME OUT
UCLA finished its Indiana road trip with a 2-0 win against Purdue to remain undefeated in Big Ten Conference play with a 3-0 record. Sofia Cook scored her second consecutive game-winning goal with a bomb to the far post in the 57th minute off a Quincy McMahon short corner kick. Only three minutes later, Bridgette Marin-Valencia scored a long-distance missile that landed top left corner in the 60th minute. The Bruin defense did not allow a single shot on goal and earned the team's eighth shutout of the year.
SCOUTING THE BADGERSย
Wisconsin opened conference play with a 1-1-1 record and is coming off a 1-0 home win over previously unbeaten Minnesota. The victory was the 500th in program history. The Badgers are led by midfielder in Aryssa Mahrt, who leads the team in scoring with six goals and 14 points. Goalkeeper Drew Stover has recorded three shutouts and holds a 0.78 goals against average. UCLA owns a 6-0 record all-time against Wisconsin. The two teams last met in 2019, with UCLA winning both matchups in Los Angeles, 1-0 in the regular season and 2-0 in the NCAA Round of 16.
SCOUTING THE GOPHERSย
Minnesota was unbeaten in its first nine games before falling to Wisconsin on the road, 1-0, last week. Khyah Harper leads the Big Ten and ranks second in the nation in goals scored with 12 and in points with 27. She is the nation's leader in game-winning goals with five and in goals per game with a 1.20 average. Harper has already collected three hat tricks this season. Goalkeeper Sarah Martin has four shutouts this season and a 0.70 goals against average. UCLA and Minnesota have faced each other just once, with ย UCLA won the only previous meeting, 5-0, in Los Angeles in the second round of the 2018 NCAA Tournamentย
COOK EARNS MULTIPLE WEEKLY HONORS
UCLA midfielder Sofia Cook was named the Big Ten Women's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week, earning her first-ever conference weekly honor. She was also selected as UCLA's Student-Athlete of the Week, securing this honor for the second time in her career. Cook led UCLA to road wins at Indiana and Purdue by scoring game-winning goals in each game. Cook scored the sole goal against Indiana on Sept. 19 with an outside the box rocket that went top shelf in the 28th minute. She followed that up by scoring the first goal against Purdue on Sept. 22, scoring a far post screamer to help the Bruins defeat the Boilermakers 2-0. All three of Cooks goals this season have been game-winners.
MEXICAN TRIO BACK WITH BRUINS
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. Both Frias and Vargas started in the Bruins' next game at Purdue.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
FONTES MAKES TRIUMPHANT RETURN
Graduate student Sunshine Fontes 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. 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
SHUTOUT CITY
With eight shutouts in 11 games, UCLA and goalkeeper Ryan Campbell are among the nation's defensive leaders. Campbell is tied for first the nation with eight shutouts and is ranked 11th in goals against average (0.364). The Bruin team ranks seventh in shutout percentage (0.727) and goals against average (0.364). 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 ย
UCLA VS. BIG TEN
The Bruins are now 105-18-6 (.837) all-time against Big Ten teams and 29-5 (.849) vs. their new conference mates. UCLA has been extra formidable against the Big Ten in the NCAA Tournament, sporting a 12-2 record. ย
BRUINS EARN NATIONAL RECOGNITION
Five UCLA women's soccer players 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. Wright, however, is out for the year with a knee injury.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 103 points (32 goals and 39 assists) collectively while posting an overall record of 62-7-6. 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 now has 22 career goals, 14 assists and 58 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 in the Bruins' first 11games. Campbell has recorded a nation-leading eight shutouts and holds a goals against average of 0.364 while playing every minute of every game. Boade has started in 10 games and scored the game-winning goal against No. 16 BYU, along with an assist against UC Riverside. Boyden has started in eight contests, and Barbieri has started in six games and played in 10. 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. Sammy 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, 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 and Geis have started nine games each. 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.
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
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 as a National Team replacement player in July and made her debut on July 28 at the Summer Cup against Pachuca. 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
COMING UP
UCLA will take its last regular season road trip of the season next week when it plays at Northwestern and Illinois on Oct. 10 and 13.ย
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