Men’s Soccer Hosts Washington and Oregon State
The opponents will be the same but the venue will be different for the UCLA men’s soccer team this weekend. After traveling to the Pacific Northwest and defeating both Oregon State and Washington last weekend, the Bruins will host the two Pac-10 schools this weekend at Drake Stadium.
On Friday at 2 p.m. No. 2 UCLA (10-1-2 overall, 5-0 Pac-10) will try to hand the Washington Huskies (4-7-3, 1-4 Pac-10) their seventh loss to a ranked opponent this year. Washington comes into this game defeated in six of their last seven matches. On Sunday, UCLA defeated the Huskies 1-0 with a 38th minute goal by freshman midfielder Luke Mehring and stellar goal keeping by junior Zach Wells.
Wells is coming off of a superb weekend during which he shut out both Washington and OSU, and tied a school record with 11 saves against the Beavers. He has allowed just one goal in his last four games, enabling UCLA a 4-0 record during that time.
The Beavers (11-4-0, 1-3-0) will battle the Bruins on Sunday at 11 a.m. OSU comes into this match needing just one win to tie their school record for wins in a season. They managed to get off 25 shots while playing UCLA last weekend, but Well’s goal keeping gave them a goose egg on the scoreboard for the day. Senior forward Tim Pierce scored twice in UCLA’s 3-0 triumph in Corvalis last week.
UCLA is currently in first place in the Pac-10 with four more conference matches to play.
By Brian Kiley, Daily Bruin Contributor