No. 1 UCLA (17-1-0, 9-1-0) at No. 14 USC (11-2-3, 7-1-2)
Date: Friday, Nov. 4, 2022 – 2pm PT
Location: Los Angeles, Calif. (McAlister Field)
TV: Pac-12 Network (Jim Watson, Tracey Bailey)
Live Stats: usctrojans.com
CROSSTOWN SHOWDOWN TO CLOSE THE REGULAR SEASON
No. 1-ranked UCLA (17-1-0, 9-1-0 in the Pac-12) will wrap up the 2022 regular season on Friday, Nov. 4 with the Crosstown Showdown at No. 14-ranked USC (11-2-3, 7-1-2). The sold-out match will take place at 2pm at McAlister Field and will be televised live on Pac-12 Network. A UCLA win would clinch at least a share of the Pac-12 title.
PLAYING FOR THE PAC
The Bruins enter the season finale tied for first in the Pac-12 standings with Stanford with 27 points. If the two teams remain tied after Friday’s games (UCLA at USC at 2pm and Stanford at California at 3pm), they will finish as co-champions. In the tie scenario, however, the Cardinal, will earn the Pac-12’s automatic NCAA bid by virtue of head-to-head competition, a 1-0 Stanford victory on Oct. 14. UCLA is looking to win its third consecutive Pac-12 title, having won the championship outright in both 2021 and 2020.
LAST TIME OUT
UCLA scored three goals in the second half en route to a 3-0 Senior Day victory over Washington on Oct. 30. Senior Jackie Gilday provided the perfect ending to the game, scoring her first career goal in the 88th minute. Ally Cook scored the game-winner in the 49th minute, and Quincy McMahon added a goal in the 56th minute. The Bruins outshot the Huskies 21-2, allowing just one shot in each half. Lauren Brzykcy picked up her seventh shutout of the season and UCLA’s fourth consecutive.
REALE WINS UCLA’s FOURTH PAC-12 DEFENSIVE AWARD
Sophomore Lilly Reale earned her second career Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week award after leading the Bruins to a pair of shutout victories over Washington State (1-0) and Washington (3-0). Reale and the Bruins have shut out four consecutive and 12 total opponents this season and allowed only eight total shots on the weekend – six by Washington State and just two by Washington. Additionally, Reale, who played the full 90 in both games, scored the only goal in the 62nd minute to beat the Cougars. It was her first goal of the year and second of her career. Reale is the fourth Bruin to win the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the…
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