Saturday, October 4
Seattle, WA
7:00 PM PT

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Women's Soccer Faces Washington Saturday

October 03, 2025 | Women's Soccer

No. 4 UCLA (8-2-1, 4-0-1) at Washington (6-1-5, 3-0-2)
Date: Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025 โ€“ 7:00 p.m. PT
Location: Seattle, Wash.
Broadcast: Big Ten Plus
Talent: Tony Chen, Deniz O'Rourke
Live Stats: statbroadcast.com

BRUINS TRAVEL TO SEATTLE TO FACE HUSKIES
No. 4 UCLA (8-2-1 overall, 4-0-1 in the Big Ten) will play Washington (6-1-5, 3-0-2) on Saturday, Oct. 4 at 7 p.m. at ย Husky Soccer Stadium. The match between the Big Ten leader UCLA (13 points) and second-place Washington (11 points) will air on Big Ten Plus.ย 

SCOUTING THE HUSKIES
Washington is carrying a five-game unbeaten streak into Saturday's contest. The Huskies won their last game at Purdue, 3-1, on the strength of a two-goal performance by Alex Buck. Jadyn Holdenried leads the Huskies in scoring this season with five goals and 13 points. Buck leads in assists with four and is tied with Kelsey Branson for second in points with 10. Goalkeeper Tanner Ijams holds a 0.59 goals against average with four solo and one shared shutout. ย ย 

THE SERIES WITH WASHINGTON
UCLA is 26-4-2 all-time against Washington and has won the last 10 matchups. The Bruins went 2-0 against the Huskies a year ago, winning 1-0 in the regular season at home on a sixth-minute goal by Quincy McMahon and 2-0 in the Big Ten Semifinals in St. Louis after a third-minute own goal and 35th minute strike by Ayo Oke. Washington's last win against UCLA came in 2015 in Seattle, 2-1. ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย 

LAST TIME OUT
UCLA extended its unbeaten streak to eight games after a 1-0 victory over Maryland on Sunday. On her 20th birthday, sophomore forward Bella Winn scored the game's only goal in the 71st minute, taking a Val Vargas throw-in and firing a shot from the top of the box to the far corner for her team-leading fourth goal of the season. Winn's goal was all UCLA needed, as the Bruin defense clamped down on Maryland, allowing just two shots in the game, one in each half. The Terrapins' only shot on goal came in the 81st minute when UCLA goalkeeper Daphne Nakfoor saved a header by Alyssa Abramson off a corner kick. ย 

IN THE RANKINGS
UCLA is ranked No. 4 in the United Soccer Coaches poll for the fourth consecutive week. The Bruins are also No. 4 in the Top Drawer Soccer poll. Three of the 11 teams the Bruins have played this year are ranked in the Top 20 of the coaches' poll - No. 3 Stanford, No. 5 Tennessee and No. 17 Georgia. ย  ย 

DEFENSE HOLDING STRONG
In 11 games, UCLA's defense has recorded eight shutouts and allowed just three goals, for a team goals against average of 0.27, which ranks fourth nationally. UCLA also ranks sixth in the nation in save percentage (0.903) and seventh in shutout percentage (0.727).The Bruins have allowed just two goals in the run of play this season, as one of the three goals allowed was scored on a penalty kick. UCLA has held opponents to single-digit shots in seven games, including a single-shot game against Tennessee, a two-shot game against Maryland, and three-shot games at Portland, against Oregon, at Michigan and against Rutgers. Freshman goalkeeper Daphne Nakfoor has allowed just three goals and holds a 0.32 goals against average with five solo and three shared shutouts. Mariangela Medina has three shared shutouts and has not allowed a goal in three halves against Long Beach State, Oregon and Michigan. ย  ย  ย 

BALANCED SCORING ย 
Eight different players have scored for the Bruins this season. Bella Winn leads the team with four goals, and Emma Egizii and Val Vargas have scored two each. Five others have one goal each - Oruha Hayashi, Kara Croone, Lexi Wright, Lily Boyden and Payten Cooper. Two more players are on the stat sheet with one assist each - Leena Powell and Grace Shank. ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย 

GAME WINN-ER ย 
Sophomore Bella Winn has a knack for scoring the game-winning goal. Of her four goals this year, three have been game-winners - at Georgia Aug. 14, vs. Stanford Sept. 7 and vs. Maryland Sept. 28. Her latest heroics came in the 71st minute of a scoreless game against Maryland on her birthday. Winn ranks first in the Big Ten and 21st nationally in game-winning goals. She also leads the team in goal scored with four and points with eight. ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย 

FOURS UP FOR NAKFOOR
UCLA freshman goalkeeper Daphne Nakfoor has started every game in goal for the Bruins this season and became the first true freshman to start in goal on opening day for UCLA since Teagan Micah in 2016. Nakfoor ranks sixth nationally and second in the Big Ten with a goals against average of 0.32, allowing just three goals this season. She has five solo and three shared shutouts and ranks 11th nationally and second in the conference with a save percentage of 0.893. On Sept. 9, Nakfoor earned Top Drawer Soccer National Player of the Week and Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Week honors after recording a pair of shutouts at Portland and against then-top-ranked Stanford. She recorded nine saves on 21 shots against the Cardinal, the most saves by a Bruin goalkeeper since Lauren Brzykcy also had nine against Duke in 2022, and totaled five at Michigan State. Nakfoor became the first goalkeeper this season to record a shutout against Stanford, which had entered the game as the nation's top scoring offense. ย 

COMEBACK KIDS
Redshirt seniors Emma Egizii and Lexi Wright and sophomore forward Bella Winn have all returned to action after missing most, if not all, of the 2024 season with injuries, and all three have been major players in UCLA's offense. Winn leads the team with four goals, eight points and three game-winning goals. Emma Egizii ranks second in scoring with six points off two goals and two assists. Wright has one goal and one assist.ย 

Egizii, who scored two goals in three games in 2024 before getting injured during game four of the season, has a goal or assist in four of the Bruins' last seven games. She scored her first goal of the year against Portland on Sept. 4, assisted on the game-winner against Stanford on Sept. 7, scored the game-winner against Oregon on Sept. 13 and assisted on the game-winner against Rutgers on Sept. 25. Winn has scored a goal in three of the last six games, knocking in the game-winning goal against Stanford, scoring a goal against Oregon and scoring the game-winner against Maryland. In 2024, Winn recorded a goal and an assist in the Bruins' first two games of the year but was injured while scoring her goal in game two and did not return the rest of the season. In just 13 career games, she has five goals and 10 points. Wright sustained a season-ending injury early in preseason in 2024 but has played every game this season. Her first goal since 2023 came against No. 1 Stanford, her second career goal in two games against top-ranked teams. She added an assist on the game-winner at Michigan. ย  ย  ย 

VAMOS VARGAS ย 
Junior Val Vargas has scored the game-winning goal for the Bruins in two of the last three games, accounting for the Bruins' lone goals in their 1-0 wins over Rutgers Sept. 25 and at Michigan Sept. 21. Vargas' last three goals scored for UCLA have been game-winners, two of them coming against Rutgers, in the 2024 Big Ten Championship game and at home on Sept. 25. She now ranks second on the team in goals scored with two and is third in scoring with five points after adding an assist on the game-winning goal against Maryland. ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย ย 

CROONE HEATING UPย 
Sophomore Kara Croone is heating up, recording a goal or assist in three of the Bruins' last six games. Croone earned her first point of the season on Sept. 7 with an assist and then scored the game-tying goal on Sept. 18 at Michigan State, followed by an assist on the game-winner on Sept. 21 at Michigan. Croone's four points are tied for fourth on the team, and her two assists are tied for first with Oruha Hayashi and Emma Egizii. ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย 

BREWER SELECTED TO U-17 WORLD CUP SQUAD ย 
Freshman defender Meila Brewer has been selected for the U.S. roster for the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The 24-team tournament takes place in Morocco from Oct. 17-Nov. 8, with a training camp taking place in Spain prior to arrival. Brewer is available for UCLA's game this week at Washington. The USA will open the tournament against Ecuador on Saturday, Oct. 18 then will play China PR on Tuesday, Oct. 21 and Norway on Friday, Oct. 24. Brewer, who has five caps with the U.S. team, has started six games for the Bruins in 2025 and has played a key role in UCLA's league-leading eight shutouts. The Bruin defense has allowed just three goals this season and holds a 0.27 goals against average, which ranks fourth in the nation and first in the Big Ten. Brewer missed three games earlier in the season (BYU, Long Beach State and Portland) while at national team camp in Spain. ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย 

IMPACT TRANSFERSย 
UCLA welcomed two experienced transfers to the squad in 2025 - defender Jennie Immethun and forward Oruha Hayashi. Immethun comes to UCLA from TCU, where she earned second-team All-Big 12 honors in 2024. She started 20 games in 2024 while helping the Big 12 champions record seven shutouts, and in 2023, she started in 10 games. Hayashi joined the Bruins after two years at Iowa Western, where she twice won the United Soccer Coaches Player of the Year for Junior College Division 1. Hayashi, who scored 25 goals in 2024 and 19 in 2023, was selected the 2024-25 Betty Jo Graber NJCAA Female Student-Athlete of the Year. Both have already made big impacts on their new team, as Immethun was named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week after helping the Bruins record a shutout in the season opener. She has played in every minute of every game for UCLA this year and has two goal line saves while leading a Bruin defense that has allowed just three goals all year. Hayashi has played in every game and has eight starts. She scored a goal in the Bruins' exhibition win over LMU and netted her first official goal as a Bruin in the 2-0 win over Long Beach State and her first assist on UCLA's final goal in the 2-0 win over Stanford. She added another assist on the game-tying goal at Michigan State. ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย 

FRESH CLASSย 
The Bruins brought in a dynamic recruiting class, highlighted by U.S. Youth National Team players Sofia Atehortua, Meila Brewer, Cassidy Doogan, Daphne Nakfoor, Leena Powell and Grace Shank, and Egyptian Youth National Team player Laila Edris. Powell played in the 2025 U-20 Concacaf Championships, and Brewer helped lead the U-17s to the 4 Nations Tournament title this summer. Also joining UCLA in 2025 are freshmen Payten Cooper, Jordyn Dunn, Siena Meyer and Julia Molnar. All 11 freshmen saw action in the Bruins' exhibition against LMU, and all but Dunn has seen action during the regular season. Nakfoor joins seniors America Frias and Jennie Immethun as the only Bruin players to start in all 11 games, and Powell has 10 starts. Cooper, the Big Ten Freshman of the Week on Sept. 2, is tied for sixth on the team in scoring with three points. Powell and Shank each have an assist, and Nakfoor holds a 0.32 goals against average with five solo and three shared shutouts. ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย ย 
GOOD WORK, LEXIย 
Redshirt senior Lexi Wright was selected as a member of the inaugural Allstate NACDA Good Works Team (Fall). The award recognizes male and female student-athletes across all divisions and sports who go above and beyond in their commitment to community service, academic achievement and athletic performance. Wright supports children with cancer through Zoe's Goal-Scoring Against Childhood Cancer, a non-profit organization that raises awareness about pediatric cancer, advocates for research and funding and supports young cancer patients. Wright does regular hospital visits to UCLA's Mattel Children's Hospital to visit with patients and has worked with the UCLA campus organization Unified, which plays sports with special needs kids weekly and holds an Inclusive Sports Day. She also volunteers with Football For Her, a non-profit organization that provides a safe space and motivates those who identify as female or non-binary to play, regardless of their economic standing.ย 

EGIZII, IMMETHUN, WRIGHT NAMED TO WATCH LIST
Bruin seniors Emma Egizii, Jennie Immethun and Lexi Wright were selected to the Big Ten Players to Watch List. Both Egizii and Wright are coming off redshirt seasons, as they each suffered season-ending injuries early in 2024. Wright ranked third on the Bruin team in scoring in both 2022 (22 points) and 2023 (15 points) and was an all-conference performer in 2023. She has totaled 15 goals and 40 points in her career. Egizii scored two goals in just three games a year ago prior to her injury and has seven career goals. Wright and Egizii each played on UCLA's 2022 NCAA Championship team. Immethun enters her first year as a Bruin after transferring from TCU, where she was an All-Big 12 defender and 20-game starter in 2024. ย  ย 

BRUIN DEBUTS
Eight players made their Bruin debuts in the season opener, including six freshmen. Making starts were senior transfer Jennie Immethun and freshmen Daphne Nakfoor, Grace Shank, Leena Powell and Meila Brewer. Coming in off the bench were junior transfer Oruha Hayashi and freshmen Leila Edris and Payten Cooper. Sofia Atehortua earned her first career minutes against Tennessee, Julia Molnar made her collegiate debut at BYU, Cassidy Doogan played her first game against Long Beach State, and Siena Meyer debuted at Portland. ย ย 

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