Men’s soccer briefs

Thursday, November 12, 1998

Men’s soccer briefs

The top-ranked UCLA men’s soccer team went undefeated last
weekend. The Bruins defeated the UC-Santa Barbara Gauchos 3-2 last
Friday night. On Sunday, UCLA defeated Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
2-0. With those victories, the Bruins improve to 15-2 overall (6-0
in conference).

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UCLA hopes to extend their current 27-game home winning-streak
this weekend, the second longest streak in NCAA history.

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Missouri Athletic Club Player of the Year candidate, Seth
George, has been on hot streak of his own as of late. George leads
UCLA with 14 goals, seven game-winning goals, eight assists ­
for 36 total points. A second-team All-American in 1997, George has
become the only player in the league to win the MPSF Player of the
Week honors twice this year. He ranks fifth all-time in career
goals (48), sixth in career points (123) and first in career
game-winning goals (18).

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Junior midfielder Pete Vagenas has been as hot as George lately.
Vagenas, a pre-season All-American, has scored a goal or an assist
in each of the last six games.

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Sophomore forward McKinley Tennyson, Jr. is coming back from a
leg injury. Tennyson, a member of the 1997 Final Four
All-Tournament team, was instrumental in the Bruins’ victory over
Indiana. Tennyson scored the first goal and assisted Seth George on
the game-winning goal.

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Redshirt freshman Brandon Kay’s first start helped UCLA to a 2-1
victory over the previous top-ranked Indiana Hoosiers. Kay, a
transfer from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, has started the last three
matches for the Bruins.

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The Bruin midfield continues to dominate the opposition. Junior
Sasha Victorine ranks second on the team in assists with seven. Led
by Victorine, UCLA has scored 46 goals and allowed only nine this
season. Junior Shea Travis has surpassed all expectations this
season. His five goals rank fifth on the team and are a
career-high.

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Sophomore goalkeeper, Nick Rimando, and junior Steve Shak are
currently leading UCLA’s defense. Rimando is one of the top keepers
in the nation, sporting a goals-against-average (GAA) of 0.49. Shak
is a former walk-on who has led the Bruins in shutting out 11 of
their 17 opponents this year.

Notes compiled by Moin Salahuddin and Scott Street, Daily Bruin
Contributors.

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