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Women's Soccer Travels to Michigan for First B1G Road Trip
September 17, 2025 | Women's Soccer
No. 4 UCLA (5-2-0, 1-0-0) at Michigan State (3-2-3, 0-0-1)
Date: Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025 โ 8:00 p.m. ET / 5:00 p.m. PT
Location: East Lansing, Mich. (DeMartin Stadium)
Broadcast: Big Ten Network
Talent: Kylen Mills, Jackie Manny
Live Stats: statbroadcast.com
No. 4 UCLA (5-2-0, 1-0-0) at Michigan (3-4-1, 0-0-1)
Date: Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025 โ 1:00 p.m. ET / 10:00 a.m. PT
Location: Ann Arbor, Mich. (U-M Soccer Stadium)
Broadcast: B1G+ (www.bigtenplus.com)
Live Stats: statbroadcast.com
BRUINS TRAVEL TO MICHIGANย
No. 4 UCLA (5-2-0, 1-0-0) begins its first Big Ten road trip of the season, traveling North to face Michigan State (3-2-3, 0-0-1) on Thursday, Sept. 18 at 8pm ET/5pm PT and Michigan (3-4-1, 0-0-1) on Sunday, Sept. 21 at 1pm ET/10am PT. Thursday's match will be the Bruins' Big Ten Network season debut. Sunday's match will air on Big Ten Plus. ย ย ย ย ย ย
SCOUTING THE SPARTANS
Michigan State ranks second in the Big Ten in goals (18) and third in goals per game (2.25). Of the Spartans' 18 goals, 12 have come in the second half. The Spartans started the year 3-0-2 but have gone 0-2-1 since. In their most recent contest, they came back to tie Rutgers on the road, 1-1, on a goal by Bella Najera in the 67th minute. Najera leads the team with 10 points and is tied with Kennedy Bell for the team lead in goals scored with four. Kennedy Zorn and Noelle Henning have split time in goal. Zorn is unbeaten on the year with a 2-0-2 record and has two shutouts and a 0.44 goals against average in five games. Michigan State is led by fourth-year head coach Jeff Hosler. ย ย ย
SCOUTING THE WOLVERINES
Michigan enters the week with a 3-4-1 record and is coming off a 0-0 tie on the road against No. 22 Ohio State. Goalkeeper Sophie Homan was named this week's Big Ten Co-Goalkeeper of the Week after matching her career-high with six saves in the shutout win over the Buckeyes. Homan has two solo and one shared shutout this season. Offensively, Elle Ervin leads Michigan with 10 points and is tied with Gabrielle Prych for the team lead in goals scored with four. ย ย ย ย ย
LAST TIME OUT
No. 4 UCLA opened Big Ten Conference play with a 2-0 shutout win over Oregon, the Bruins' fourth consecutive 2-0 victory. The Bruins scored both goals on penalty kicks in the second half. Redshirt senior Emma Egizii put UCLA ahead in the 58th minute, firing the penalty kick past Oregon goalkeeper Caeley Goldstein for her second goal of the season. Freshman Leena Powell earned the penalty after being fouled in the box after Jennie Immethun hit her with a long pass down the right side. Senior Lily Boyden earned the Bruins' second penalty kick in the 75th minute after being fouled in the box during a shot attempt. Sophomore Bella Winn stepped up to take the penalty kick and converted for her team-leading third goal of the season. UCLA's defense shut down Oregon, allowing just three shots and one shot on goal. Daphne Nakfoor and Mariangela Medina each played one half of scoreless soccer to combine for the shutout. ย
IN THE RANKINGS
UCLA remained ranked No. 4 in the United Soccer Coaches poll and moved up one spot to No. 4 in the Top Drawer Soccer poll. Four of the seven teams the Bruins have played this year are ranked in the Top 25 of the coaches' poll - No. 2 Stanford, No. 5 Tennessee, No. 10 BYU, and No. 21 Georgia. ย ย
DEFENSE HOLDING STRONG
In seven games, UCLA's defense has recorded five shutouts and allowed just two goals, for a team goals against average of 0.29, which ranks seventh nationally. UCLA also ranks seventh in the nation in save percentage (0.913).The Bruins have allowed just one goal in the run of play this season, as their other goal allowed was scored on a penalty kick. Led by central defenders Jennie Immethun and Meila Brewer, UCLA has held opponents to single-digit shots in four games, including a single-shot game against Tennessee and three-shot games at Portland and against Oregon. Freshman goalkeeper Daphne Nakfoor has allowed just two goals and holds a 0.33 goals against average with three solo and two shared shutouts. Mariangela Medina also has two shared shutouts and has not allowed a goal in 90 minutes against Long Beach State and Oregon. 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 12th nationally and second in the Big Ten with a goals against average of 0.33, allowing just two goals this season. She has three solo and two shared shutouts. Last week, 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. 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 three goals, six points and two game-winning goals. Egizii is right behind with two goals and five points, and Wright has one goal.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 each of the Bruins' last three games. She scored her first goal of the year against Portland on Sept. 4, assisted on the game-winner against Stanford on Sept. 7 and then scored the game-winner against Oregon on Sept. 13. Winn has scored a goal in two consecutive games, knocking in the game-winning goal against Stanford and scoring a goal against Oregon. 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 nine career games, she has four goals and nine 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. ย 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
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
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
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. Oruha 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. Oruha, 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. Hayashi has played in every game and has five 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. ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
WELCOME FRESHMENย
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 and Powell have started in each of UCLA's first seven games. Cooper, the Big Ten Freshman of the Week, is tied for third on the team in scoring with three points. Powell and Shank each have an assist, and Nakfoor holds a 0.33 goals against average with three solo and two shared shutouts. Brewer started in the first two games before being called up to the U.S. Under-17 National Team for a pair of games in Spain on Aug. 28 and 31 but has returned to start for the Bruins in the last two games, both shutout wins. In the four games Brewer has played for UCLA, the Bruins have allowed just one goal. ย ย ย ย ย ย
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Date: Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025 โ 8:00 p.m. ET / 5:00 p.m. PT
Location: East Lansing, Mich. (DeMartin Stadium)
Broadcast: Big Ten Network
Talent: Kylen Mills, Jackie Manny
Live Stats: statbroadcast.com
No. 4 UCLA (5-2-0, 1-0-0) at Michigan (3-4-1, 0-0-1)
Date: Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025 โ 1:00 p.m. ET / 10:00 a.m. PT
Location: Ann Arbor, Mich. (U-M Soccer Stadium)
Broadcast: B1G+ (www.bigtenplus.com)
Live Stats: statbroadcast.com
BRUINS TRAVEL TO MICHIGANย
No. 4 UCLA (5-2-0, 1-0-0) begins its first Big Ten road trip of the season, traveling North to face Michigan State (3-2-3, 0-0-1) on Thursday, Sept. 18 at 8pm ET/5pm PT and Michigan (3-4-1, 0-0-1) on Sunday, Sept. 21 at 1pm ET/10am PT. Thursday's match will be the Bruins' Big Ten Network season debut. Sunday's match will air on Big Ten Plus. ย ย ย ย ย ย
SCOUTING THE SPARTANS
Michigan State ranks second in the Big Ten in goals (18) and third in goals per game (2.25). Of the Spartans' 18 goals, 12 have come in the second half. The Spartans started the year 3-0-2 but have gone 0-2-1 since. In their most recent contest, they came back to tie Rutgers on the road, 1-1, on a goal by Bella Najera in the 67th minute. Najera leads the team with 10 points and is tied with Kennedy Bell for the team lead in goals scored with four. Kennedy Zorn and Noelle Henning have split time in goal. Zorn is unbeaten on the year with a 2-0-2 record and has two shutouts and a 0.44 goals against average in five games. Michigan State is led by fourth-year head coach Jeff Hosler. ย ย ย
SCOUTING THE WOLVERINES
Michigan enters the week with a 3-4-1 record and is coming off a 0-0 tie on the road against No. 22 Ohio State. Goalkeeper Sophie Homan was named this week's Big Ten Co-Goalkeeper of the Week after matching her career-high with six saves in the shutout win over the Buckeyes. Homan has two solo and one shared shutout this season. Offensively, Elle Ervin leads Michigan with 10 points and is tied with Gabrielle Prych for the team lead in goals scored with four. ย ย ย ย ย
LAST TIME OUT
No. 4 UCLA opened Big Ten Conference play with a 2-0 shutout win over Oregon, the Bruins' fourth consecutive 2-0 victory. The Bruins scored both goals on penalty kicks in the second half. Redshirt senior Emma Egizii put UCLA ahead in the 58th minute, firing the penalty kick past Oregon goalkeeper Caeley Goldstein for her second goal of the season. Freshman Leena Powell earned the penalty after being fouled in the box after Jennie Immethun hit her with a long pass down the right side. Senior Lily Boyden earned the Bruins' second penalty kick in the 75th minute after being fouled in the box during a shot attempt. Sophomore Bella Winn stepped up to take the penalty kick and converted for her team-leading third goal of the season. UCLA's defense shut down Oregon, allowing just three shots and one shot on goal. Daphne Nakfoor and Mariangela Medina each played one half of scoreless soccer to combine for the shutout. ย
IN THE RANKINGS
UCLA remained ranked No. 4 in the United Soccer Coaches poll and moved up one spot to No. 4 in the Top Drawer Soccer poll. Four of the seven teams the Bruins have played this year are ranked in the Top 25 of the coaches' poll - No. 2 Stanford, No. 5 Tennessee, No. 10 BYU, and No. 21 Georgia. ย ย
DEFENSE HOLDING STRONG
In seven games, UCLA's defense has recorded five shutouts and allowed just two goals, for a team goals against average of 0.29, which ranks seventh nationally. UCLA also ranks seventh in the nation in save percentage (0.913).The Bruins have allowed just one goal in the run of play this season, as their other goal allowed was scored on a penalty kick. Led by central defenders Jennie Immethun and Meila Brewer, UCLA has held opponents to single-digit shots in four games, including a single-shot game against Tennessee and three-shot games at Portland and against Oregon. Freshman goalkeeper Daphne Nakfoor has allowed just two goals and holds a 0.33 goals against average with three solo and two shared shutouts. Mariangela Medina also has two shared shutouts and has not allowed a goal in 90 minutes against Long Beach State and Oregon. 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 12th nationally and second in the Big Ten with a goals against average of 0.33, allowing just two goals this season. She has three solo and two shared shutouts. Last week, 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. 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 three goals, six points and two game-winning goals. Egizii is right behind with two goals and five points, and Wright has one goal.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 each of the Bruins' last three games. She scored her first goal of the year against Portland on Sept. 4, assisted on the game-winner against Stanford on Sept. 7 and then scored the game-winner against Oregon on Sept. 13. Winn has scored a goal in two consecutive games, knocking in the game-winning goal against Stanford and scoring a goal against Oregon. 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 nine career games, she has four goals and nine 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. ย 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
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
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
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. Oruha 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. Oruha, 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. Hayashi has played in every game and has five 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. ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
WELCOME FRESHMENย
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 and Powell have started in each of UCLA's first seven games. Cooper, the Big Ten Freshman of the Week, is tied for third on the team in scoring with three points. Powell and Shank each have an assist, and Nakfoor holds a 0.33 goals against average with three solo and two shared shutouts. Brewer started in the first two games before being called up to the U.S. Under-17 National Team for a pair of games in Spain on Aug. 28 and 31 but has returned to start for the Bruins in the last two games, both shutout wins. In the four games Brewer has played for UCLA, the Bruins have allowed just one goal. ย ย ย ย ย ย
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