UCLA Women’s Soccer Gets Out to Big Lead, Recovers vs. Colorado

The Bruins did greater than return to their successful methods, blowing out the Buffaloes in Boulder on Thursday

No. 1 UCLA ladies’s soccer (14-1-0, 6-1-0 Pac-12) beat Colorado (8-5-3, 2-4-1 Pac-12) by a rating of 6-0, taking an early lead and by no means wanting again. It marked the fourth clear sheet in 5 video games for the Bruins, whereas the assault tied its season excessive for objectives.

Colorado began the season 5-0-1, scoring 4.3 objectives per recreation whereas permitting simply 0.5. The crew had fallen off since then, nevertheless, coming into Thursday 3-4-2 over the previous six weeks.

The Buffaloes have been nonetheless 8-1-0 at dwelling this fall, however that file was additionally knocked down a peg by the street warrior Bruins.

UCLA was 6-0 away from Westwood previous to its loss at Stanford on Oct. 14. Two of these wins got here in a single weekend in opposition to Duke and North Carolina, who have been the highest two groups within the nation on the time.

It didn’t take lengthy for the Bruins to get their street legs again below them, particularly junior ahead Reilyn Turner.

Turner scored a aim within the second minute, giving her squad a lead they wouldn’t come shut tonrelinquishing over the following 88 minutes. Her shot from the highest of the field narrowly squeezed previous the diving goalkeeper within the backside proper nook of the body.

Junior midfielder/ahead MacKenzee Vance transformed on a a lot completely different shot simply 14 minutes later, firing a floating rocket to the left facet of the aim.

Then it was Turner’s flip to get again in on the motion within the twenty eighth, deflecting a go straight up within the air for her to volley on the way in which again down for one more aim.

Freshman ahead Bridgette Marin-Valencia made it a 4-0 hole within the thirty third minute, and UCLA went into halftime with greater than sufficient insurance coverage. Colorado, however, had each of its photographs on aim saved by graduate goalkeeper Lauren Brzykcy.

Brzykcy didn’t must make any saves within the second half to wrap up the shutout, because the protection didn’t even enable the Buffaloes to get certainly one of their three tries heading in the right direction.

UCLA’s assault saved its foot on the fuel, scoring two extra objectives within the second half, however Colorado held up just a little stronger after goalkeeper Bella Grust obtained subbed in. Grust saved 4 photographs in her 45 minutes of motion, narrowly stopping the Bruins from setting a brand new season-high in objectives.

Turner despatched a again heel deflection to freshman midfielder Sofia Prepare dinner within the 63rd minute, and the Huntington Seaside, California, native transformed with a aim. Sophomore ahead Lexi Wright made it 6-0 within the seventieth, volleying in a cross from graduate defender Madelyn Desiano.

UCLA totaled 20 photographs in comparison with Colorado’s six, and so they had three nook kicks to their opponent’s one.

The Bruins will wrap up their mountainous street journey Sunday in opposition to Utah, with that match set to kick off at 11 a.m. on Pac-12 Networks.

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