By Calley Prezzano
Daily Bruin Contributor
The UCLA women’s lacrosse team (5-3) annihilated the UCSD
Tritons during the team’s last home game of the season on
Saturday.
The Bruins, who were defeated by LMU in overtime on Wednesday,
came together to beat UCSD 13-4.
Leading the team to victory were seniors Alexis Tjian, with
three goals, and Katie Pardee with two, which was only fitting as
it was Senior Day.
“It was nice to have a big win for our seniors’ last
home game,” said junior Victoria Bohannan, the team’s
co-president.
Although UCSD is not one of the strongest teams in the region,
the Bruins still gave their all.
“It’s always good to go hard all the time,”
Bohannan said. “The game was a blowout.”
Along with Tjian and Pardee, the team’s other scorers were
junior Alison Lee and freshman Olivia Patterson, both with 3
goals.
Rounding out the UCLA players who scored were juniors Jenn Evans
and Nicole Evrett with one goal each.
Not only did UCLA play strong offensively, but defense was also
key in Saturday’s win. Freshman goalie Alana Kadden led the
defensive effort with 13 saves.
Sunday UCLA will compete with UCSB in Santa Barbara. But first
the Bruins face league-leader Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, who is
currently undefeated, on Saturday.
For this game the team is planning to change and secure a
strategy to beat Cal Poly, who plays zone defense, in order to wear
down opposing players and get the ball.
“We are working on breaking down their zone
defense,” Bohannan said.
“It’s a technique that very few teams use, and we
need to be ready for it.”