Men’s Soccer Hosts Washington and Oregon
State
The opponents will be the same but the venue will be different
for the UCLA men’s soccer team this weekend. After traveling
to the Pacific Northwest and defeating both Oregon State and
Washington last weekend, the Bruins will host the two Pac-10
schools this weekend at Drake Stadium.
On Friday at 2 p.m. No. 2 UCLA (10-1-2 overall, 5-0 Pac-10) will
try to hand the Washington Huskies (4-7-3, 1-4 Pac-10) their
seventh loss to a ranked opponent this year. Washington comes into
this game defeated in six of their last seven matches. On Sunday,
UCLA defeated the Huskies 1-0 with a 38th minute goal by freshman
midfielder Luke Mehring and stellar goal keeping by junior Zach
Wells.
Wells is coming off of a superb weekend during which he shut out
both Washington and OSU, and tied a school record with 11 saves
against the Beavers. He has allowed just one goal in his last four
games, enabling UCLA a 4-0 record during that time.
The Beavers (11-4-0, 1-3-0) will battle the Bruins on Sunday at
11 a.m. OSU comes into this match needing just one win to tie their
school record for wins in a season. They managed to get off 25
shots while playing UCLA last weekend, but Well’s goal
keeping gave them a goose egg on the scoreboard for the day. Senior
forward Tim Pierce scored twice in UCLA’s 3-0 triumph in
Corvalis last week.
UCLA is currently in first place in the Pac-10 with four more
conference matches to play.
By Brian Kiley, Daily Bruin Contributor