Washington Set for Sunday Matinee at No. 1 UCLA

LOS ANGELES – Washington faces a big test Sunday afternoon in the City of Angels, battling No. 1 UCLA on the road at Wallis Annenberg Stadium at 2 p.m. PT.

The match will be aired live on the Pac-12 Network, while live stats can be found at HuskyStats.com.

SCOUTING UCLA

UCLA is in its first season under the direction of head coach Margueritte Aozasa. Prior to making the move to Westwood, Aozasa spent seven seasons as an assistant coach at Stanford, helping guide the Cardinal to a pair of national championships in 2017 and 2019.

 

Ranked No. 1 in the country, the Bruins have just one blemish on their record at 16-1-0, falling to Stanford on the road. UCLA has outscored its opponents 50-7 this season.

 

The Bruins are led in scoring by a pair of forwards in senior Sunshine Fontes and junior Reilyn Turner with nine goals apiece. Fontes also paces UCLA with six assists, tying for fourth in the Pac-12 with 24 points in 2022.

While four different keepers have seen action this season for UCLA, graduate student Lauren Brzykcy has started all 17 matches. Brzykcy boasts a 0.47 goals against average, registering a .851 save percentage on 40 stops.

SERIES HISTORY

UCLA leads the all-time series with Washington at 22-4-2, winning the last five matchups between the two sides. The Huskies’ last victory over the Bruins came in 2015, a 2-1 win in Seattle. UW will be seeking its first win over UCLA in Los Angeles since 2010.

 

LAST MEETING (10/21/21)

SEATTLE – The Washington women’s soccer team fell 3-1 to No. 8 UCLA on a rainy Thursday night at Husky Soccer Stadium. Olivia Van der Jagt scored the lone goal for the Huskies off an assist from MaKayla Woods in the 75th minute.

 

The Huskies recorded 18 shots on the night, the second most so far this season, and the nine shots on goal were tied for a season high.

 

UCLA opened the scoring early, taking a 2-0 lead into halftime after goals by Reilyn Turner and a penalty conversion from Mia Fishel.

 

The Dawgs began the second half aggressively, getting into the final third of the UCLA defense consistently. The Huskies were rewarded for their hard work when Van der Jagt scored for her second goal in as many games.

 

On a corner kick played in by Summer Yates, the ball rattled around until Woods corralled the loose ball, finding Van der Jagt in the middle of the box, who slotted it home.

 

The Bruins were able to…