Rigamat to play on National Team
Stephanie Rigamat of the UCLA women’s soccer team has been
called up to the U.S. national team to play in two games this
coming week in China
The Bruins’ leading scorer last season with 13 goals and
11 assists for a total of 37 points, Rigamat helped lead UCLA to
its first-ever Final Four appearance. She scored the game-winning
goal in the Bruins’ 1-0 semifinal win over Portland that
vaulted the them into the final, where they lost to North Carolina
2-1.
Rigamat, who is one of five players on the squad who still has a
year or more of college eligibility left, will join national team
veterans like Tiffeny Milbrett, Kate Sobrero, and Lorrie Fair. The
team left Sunday and is scheduled to play its first match on Jan.
11 in Pangyu and another three days later in Hangzhou before
returning to the U.S. on Jan. 15.
An Irvine, Calif. native, Rigamat has had no previous national
team experience at any level prior to last year, where she sat the
bench on Dec. 17 when the U.S. hosted Japan in Phoenix.
Brief compiled by Amanda Fletcher, Daily Bruin Senior Staff.