Abby Dahlkemper and Caprice Dydasco have been playing soccer together since they were children. In 2011, they both committed to UCLA to play for the women’s soccer team as a part of a top recruiting class. Read more...
Podcasts, Sports, Women's Soccer
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November 26, 2:07 am
From best friends to teammates
Sports, Women's Soccer
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November 26, 12:47 am
Juniors aim for women’s soccer’s first NCAA title, UCLA’s 110th championship
Two years ago, 11 women made history together. UCLA’s women’s soccer’s 2011 recruiting class is widely considered the most talented and deepest in school history, as well as one of the best in the nation in its year. Read more...
Photo: This season, the UCLA women’s soccer team is looking to bring home the program’s first NCAA title. The Bruins are led by their junior class, which was widely considered the No. 1-ranked recruiting class in 2011. Clockwise from top left: Katelyn Rowland, Kylie McCarthy, Caprice Dydasco, Abby Dahlkemper, Rosie White, Courtney Proctor, Ally Courtnall, Sam Mewis, Megan Oyster and Sarah Killion.
Football, Sports
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November 26, 12:44 am
Momentum shift in LA football rivalry began with 38-28 win over USC
Following a UCLA football practice in April, a young boy walked up to Anthony Barr, hoping the linebacker would autograph a picture. Receiving the enlarged photograph and a Sharpie, the senior outside linebacker proceeded to sign a still image of himself clobbering then-USC quarterback Matt Barkley for a sack in the fourth quarter of last year’s rivalry game. Read more...
Photo: Senior outside linebacker Anthony Barr’s hit on then-USC quarterback Matt Barkley last season represented UCLA’s improvement from its recent struggles against USC.
Sports, Women's Soccer
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November 26, 12:32 am
Ally Courtnall returns to shoot for national championship with women’s soccer
Ally Courtnall gave the UCLA women’s soccer team a pleasant surprise when she walked into the team’s locker room two days before the team left for its third game of the season in South Bend, Ind. Read more...
Photo: First year UCLA women’s soccer coach Amanda Cromwell called Ally Courtnall her first recruit.
Sports, Women's Soccer
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November 26, 12:32 am
Soccer bonds UCLA’s Abby Dahlkemper, Caprice Dydasco through the years
Women’s soccer teammates Abby Dahlkemper and Caprice Dydasco have been friends since they were 13 years old. Their friendship grew from their similarities, but one big difference separated them while they were growing up – and that separation happened to be approximately 2,400 miles. Read more...
Photo: Junior defenders Abby Dahlkemper and Caprice Dydasco’s friendship factored into their recruitment.
Football, Sports
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November 25, 4:32 am
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Read stories from our special UCLA-USC game preview insert, including features recounting the history of the rivalry and predictions from our sports columnists about the Nov. 30 game. Read more...
Photo: Given to the winner of the annual UCLA-USC football game, the Victory Bell carries with it a long history and is a symbol of the crosstown rivalry between the two schools.
Football, Sports
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November 25, 3:00 am
Nguyening: UCLA-USC matchup now just a matter of pride
The fact that this upcoming game against USC doesn’t matter at all could make it actually mean something. The feeling of disappointment, wasted opportunity and squandered potential Saturday as the Bruins lined up on 1st-and-30 on their own 35 with the chance to play in the Pac-12 championship game on the line was undeniable. Read more...
Photo: With painful memories such as UCLA’s 50-0 loss to USC two years ago, the UCLA-USC game remains meaningful because of the pride involved, even if a Pac-12 title isn’t on the line.