NCAA WOMEN'S SOCCER: BRUINS RIDE WAVE OF THEIR OWN GOALS 44 SECONDS APART ELIMINATE PEPPERDINE UCLA 2, PEPPERDINE 0.Byline: Ramona Shelburne Ramona Shelburne is an American sports journalist currently writing for the Los Angeles Daily News. Shelburne was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She attended El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills, California where she was a class valedictorian. Staff Writer It had all the makings of an upset: a dangerous young team, a goalie who seemed to grow more confident with each save, and missed opportunities that only increased UCLA's frustration. The second-ranked UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX women's soccer team had been upset by Texas A&M in the NCAA tournament NCAA Tournament can mean: Men's Sports
And then, in less than a minute, everything changed. Perhaps the host Bruins did, too. In the 62nd minute, Iris Mora MORA, In civil law. This term, in mora, is used to denote that a party to a contract, who is obliged to do anything, has neglected to perform it, and is in default. Story on Bailm. Sec. 123, 259; Jones on Bailm. 70; Poth. Pret a Usage, c. 2, Sec. 2, art. 2, n. headed in her team-leading 12th goal of the season, and 44 seconds later Lindsay Greco scored off an assist from former Harvard-Westlake of Studio City standout Jill Oakes. Bang, bang. UCLA 2, Pepperdine 0. ``We were still calm. You have to be. A soccer game doesn't end for 90 minutes, and that's what you have to believe and fight for,'' said Mora, a sophomore from Cancun, Mexico. Bruins sweeper Nandi Pryce, the Pacific-10 Conference The Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) is a college athletic conference which operates in the western United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I. Membership Full members co-Player of the Year, explained the change in UCLA from last season. ``We've had games like this before, like last year against Texas A&M,'' she said. ``But this year we've got forwards like (Mora), who are going to keep pounding until eventually we get (a goal). We're a lot more poised.'' UCLA (18-1-3) will host 13th-seeded Kansas at 7 p.m. Friday in the third round of the 64-team tournament. Pepperdine (14-6-1) ends a season in which it was ranked as high as No. 6 in the country. It was the second time in Pepperdine's three NCAA tournament appearances the Waves have been eliminated by UCLA. ``I think we've proven this year that we're the No. 2 team in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, because we've beaten everybody else. That's good and all, but we're not content with that,'' Pepperdine coach Tim Ward said. ``We know that if we're not a seeded team, we're going to be sent (to UCLA), that the road to the final four will go through UCLA.'' The Waves' loss wasted a standout performance by goalie Anna Picarelli, who made 11 saves. UCLA outshot Pepperdine 24-1, but Bruins coach Jillian Ellis and Mora both complimented the Waves for their sophisticated style of play. ``They play with a lot of sophistication so·phis·ti·cate v. so·phis·ti·cat·ed, so·phis·ti·cat·ing, so·phis·ti·cates v.tr. 1. To cause to become less natural, especially to make less naive and more worldly. 2. and technique,'' Ellis said. ``They're a difficult team to play.'' Ramona Shelburne, (818) 713-3617 ramona.shelburne(at)dailynews.com |
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