“Life isn’t fair.”
Texas A&M head coach G. Guerrieri owed that consolation to
UCLA head coach Jillian Ellis after his Aggies stunned the Bruins
in the third round of the NCAA playoffs, defeating UCLA 0-0 (3-1 in
penalty kicks).
The UCLA women’s soccer team beat USC in the second round
of the 2000 NCAA tournament, then defeated Texas A&M in the
third round. After that, the Bruins took a trip to the eastern
seaboard, where they defeated a favored Clemson University.
The UCLA women’s soccer team lost nine players and seven
starters to graduation last year. Those players were replaced with
eight freshmen, four of whom are already starters with one coming
off the bench.
The No. 3 UCLA women’s soccer team’s quest for an
NCAA championship begins tonight at Drake Stadium when they take on
Loyola Marymount.
UCLA (16-3, 8-1 Pac-10) has never lost to LMU, beating them all
seven times they have played, including a 3-2 come-from-behind
victory earlier this year.
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