COLLEGES: CHENEY'S GOAL IS ALL UCLA NEEDS.

Byline: Daily News

Freshman Lauren Cheney continued her domination of college competition, scoring her eighth goal in seven appearances to lift UCLA's fifth-ranked women's soccer team to a 1-0 nonconference victory Sunday over Gonzaga.

Cheney, the 2005 Gatorade National Player of the Year at Ben Davis High in Indianapolis, headed home Lauren Switzer's cross 37 seconds into the second half as the Bruins improved to 9-2-0. Cheney has five game-winning goals, including the past three.

UCLA, which notched its eighth shutout, was without midfielder Danesha Adams, who made her full international debut in the U.S. women's national team's 10-0 rout of Chinese Taipei at Home Depot Center.

In other games, Cal State Northridge's three-game winning streak was halted in a 3-2 Big West Conference loss at Long Beach State, and Pepperdine suffered its third straight shutout defeat, falling 1-0 in overtime at UNLV.

CSUN (7-5-0, 1-1-0) rallied from a 2-0 deficit on goals by Suzie Mischenko and Crystal Phillips, but Hayley Bolt's goal in the 69th minute was the difference for the 49ers. Tanya Roberts' goal in the 107th minute lifted UNLV past Pepperdine (6-4-2).

Men's soccer: Freshman Kyle Nakazawa and former Thousand Oaks High star Jason Leopoldo scored goals as No. 17 UCLA topped Oregon State 2-1, completing a weekend sweep. The Bruins (6-3-2, 2-1-1) edged No. 4 Washington 2-1 in overtime Friday night.