The Bruins will travel this week – but not every player will board the same flight. When No. 7 UCLA women’s soccer (6-2-1, 0-1 Pac-12) heads to the Grand Canyon State for a pair of games against Arizona and Arizona State, the team will play without three Bruins who have been called up to their respective national squads. Read more...

Photo: Senior goalkeeper Teagan Micah has averaged 87 minutes per game this season with No. 7 UCLA women’s soccer. Micah will be joined by freshman midfielder Rachel Lowe at national team camp for Australia this week. (Joy Hong/Daily Bruin senior staff)

This post was updated Sept. 29 at 11:20 p.m.  The Bruins have lost their second match of the season to another unranked team. No. 7 UCLA women’s soccer (6-2-1, 0-1 Pac-12) was upset by California (9-1, 1-0) on Friday night in its conference opener. Read more...

Photo: Junior defender Karina Rodriguez logged three shots in No. 7 UCLA women’s soccer’s conference opener. The Bruins fell 2-1 to California at Wallis Annenberg Stadium on Friday when the Bears scored a goal in the 88th minute. (Joy Hong/Daily Bruin senior staff)

The Bruins have won six of their first eight games, but they will have the same record as everyone else when conference play begins: 0-0. No. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt senior forward Chloe Castaneda has played in all eight games for No. 7 UCLA women’s soccer in its nonconference slate. Castaneda has logged four shots this season as the Bruins head into their Pac-12 slate. (Joy Hong/Daily Bruin senior staff)

The Bruins’ dynamic duo is back. Junior forward Ashley Sanchez had notched a goal or an assist in each of UCLA’s 15 games between Sept. 30, 2018 and Aug. Read more...

Photo: Freshman forward Mia Fishel and junior forward Ashley Sanchez are tied for most points – 10 – following No. 5 UCLA women’s soccer’s weekend in Honolulu. After not scoring a point three games in a row, Fishel notched two goals and an assist in two games. (Joy Hong/Daily Bruin senior staff)

For the first time this season, the Bruins will play outside California – and the continental United States. No. 5 UCLA women’s soccer (5-1-0) will travel to Honolulu to compete in the Rainbow Wahine Shootout this week, squaring off against Pepperdine (3-3-1) on Thursday and the host Hawai’i (2-4-1) on Sunday. Read more...

Photo: Junior forward Kennedy Faulknor scored her first goal of the season for No. 5 UCLA women’s soccer in its match against then-No. 22 Wisconsin on Saturday, which the Bruins won 1-0. (Isa Saalabi/Daily Bruin)