With the minutes ticking by, the referee's whistle blew in increasingly quick succession as the No. 11 UCLA women's soccer team and No. 10 Santa Clara aggressively fought for ball possession. Read more...

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Forward Iman Bearde (right) celebrates after scoring the only goal on Sunday.

If the Bruins fell on hard times during the waning portion of their weekend stay in Boulder, Colo., they can at least breathe a sigh of relief at a much more familiar altitude this time around. Coming off a tough 1-0 road loss to Colorado in double overtime on Sunday, the No. Read more...

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Junior midfielder Charney Burk looks to attack against San Diego on Sept. 24.

As if there weren't enough challenges already, the UCLA women's soccer team will have to make do with one more hurdle for the interim. Read more...

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Junior forward Sydney Leroux plays Switzerland at the U-20 FIFA Women’s World Cup. She has temporarily left UCLA to join the full U.S. Women’s National Team. (Photo courtesy Thomas Eisenhuth/isiphotos.com)

Freshman phenom. Gatorade Player of the Year. No. 1 recruit in the country. Any of these labels is aptly telling of the talent that UCLA freshman midfielder Jenna Richmond is endowed with. But among her teammates, Richmond is known in quite another manner. Read more...

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Freshman midfielder Jenna Richmond entered her first college soccer season as the consensus No. 1 recruit in the country. A native of Centreville, Va., Richmond has already made a splash with the Bruins, scoring two goals in UCLA’s 2-1 upset victory over Notre Dame on Sept. 10.

The forecast for the 2010 season so far has been somewhat difficult to pinpoint for the young UCLA women's soccer team.
At times, the product displayed on the field has been simply radiant, a 2-1 victory over then-No.3 Notre Dame attesting to just that. On other occasions, the No. Read more...