Team’s Arizona trip could yield new record

Friday, October 31, 1997

Team’s Arizona trip could yield new record

W. SOCCER: If they win both games, the Bruins will be

the best ever – officially

By Chris Umpierre

Daily Bruin Contributor

Records figure to be broken when the No. 15 Bruins (13-2-0, 5-0)
line up against the Arizona schools this weekend.

Arguably the best women’s soccer team in school history, they
will not only attempt to beat the Arizona Wildcats at 2 p.m. today
at Spaulding Field and the Arizona State Sun Devils at 4 p.m.
Sunday at Spaulding Field, but to put their names into the school
record books.

Among the many records the Bruins are on the brink of breaking
this weekend is the most victories in a season.

If the Bruins beat Arizona (8-7-1,2-3) and Arizona State
(10-5-0, 4-1) this weekend, it will make this 1997 team the best in
school history.

Another record the Bruins are about to topple is the consecutive
game-winning record of six. The team has already tied the record,
with consecutive wins over the University of San Francisco, UC
Berkeley, Stanford, Oregon, Oregon State and, recently, No. 19
USC.

Senior and co-captain Traci Arkenberg is also on the verge of
breaking some of her prior set records.

Arkenberg, unquestionably the best player in school history,
saved her best season for her senior campaign. She currently has 43
points total (18 goals and 7 assists), which ties the school record
for most points in a season that she set in 1995. Her 18 goals is
also tied with the school record for most goals scored in a
season.

There is a good chance that both records will fall over the
weekend because Arkenberg has been torrid of late, scoring a goal
in each of the last five games (which includes four game-winning
goals).

But the most important record to Arkenberg and the rest of the
squad will probably not be broken this weekend. The Bruins, who are
currently perfect in the Pac-10 at 5-0, will capture their first
Pac-10 title in school history if the team is able to beat the
Arizona schools this weekend and the Washington schools next
weekend.

The Trojans weren’t the only people who had trouble in UCLA’s
3-1 victory over them last Sunday in Spaulding Field.

The ushers for the game also faced some difficulty during the
game.

Due to the record 2,373 spectators that came to the match, the
ushers had to work overtime to find places for them to sit in
Spaulding Field, which wasn’t designed for so many people. They had
to make room in front of the press table and on the sidelines to
accommodate the biggest crowd to watch a women soccer game in
school history.