Halftime was the calm before the storm.
The UCLA women’s soccer team trailed by one goal going into the second half of Thursday’s match, but matters were about to get significantly worse for the Bruins.

The Utah crossbar had taken a beating in the first half, with UCLA firing shot after shot, but it was still 0-0 when Kodi Lavrusky had her chance.

The UCLA women’s soccer team has been challenged on and off the field this season.
Last weekend, the Bruins dominated then-No. 15 Arizona 5-1 Friday night and managed a tie with unranked Arizona State Sunday.

The women’s soccer team will not be sporting its usual uniform Friday night. This week, the Bruins will have more on their minds than just a win.

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.

The UCLA women’s soccer team has yet to win more than two consecutive games thus far, nor have they managed more than two goals in a single match, but it now has the opportunity to change course.

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.

Their trip to the NCAA Tournament, their 68 goals and 21 wins, and their 44-match unbeaten streak – these were all behind the UCLA women’s soccer team players.

Two men stood choking back tears as they struggled to find the right words to describe a long-awaited victory on Tuesday afternoon. Filled with joy from the event that had just transpired, embracing, they were unable to hold their composure much longer.

This week, 550 elite American athletes traveled to Gwangju, South Korea, to compete on the world stage at the World University Games.
While some of the athletes play bigger sports like basketball or water polo, many will make their mark in the lesser-known competitions.