It’s been almost three years since the UCLA women’s soccer team was defeated by a Pac-12 team. The last six minutes of Thursday’s match also marked the first conference loss of coach Amanda Cromwell’s UCLA career, as the unranked Bruins fell to the Washington Huskies 2-1, once again failing to win three consecutive games this season. Read more...

Photo: Senior forward Kourtney Konkol-Mroczkowski scored her first goal of the season Thursday in a 2-1 loss to Washington. UCLA dropped to 1-1-0 in Pac-12 play after the ball deflected off a Bruin defender with six minutes left to play. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)

Conference play couldn’t have come soon enough for UCLA women’s soccer, which tumbled all the way from No. 4 in the national preseason rankings to unranked before even beginning its Pac-12 schedule. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore forward Mackenzie Cerda’s early goal lifted UCLA over Oregon 1-0 in the first game of the Bruins’ Pac-12 schedule. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)

An ineffective attack strategy has left the UCLA women’s soccer team with four losses in the early portion of the 2015 season. The Bruins now encounter the start of a grueling schedule of Pac-12 play, and will face some of the toughest defenses in the league. Read more...

Photo: Senior forward Kodi Lavrusky said that she thinks the UCLA women’s soccer team has a good chance to beat Oregon this weekend. The Ducks have not won a road game this season and they’ll be looking for their first in Westwood. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin senior staff)

At the end of the first half against Wake Forest, the UCLA women’s soccer team was facing a familiar storyline – poor transition defense had saddled the Bruins with a 1-0 deficit. Read more...

Photo: Senior forward Taylor Smith scored the tying goal against Wake Forest in the second half. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin senior staff)