Jan. 25, 2014 – that was the day the challenge was issued. “One in nine” was the phrase former Bruin goalkeeper Alana Munger used in her farewell speech at the UCLA women’s soccer team banquet to describe the team now that it was in the company of eight other programs that have won a national championship since women’s soccer became a Division I sport in 1982. Read more...

Photo: UCLA women’s soccer is looking to make history this season by becoming the second program to win back-to-back championships in all 32 years of NCAA division I women’s soccer history. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)

The women’s soccer team still has three weeks before they begin the defense of their NCAA championship, but three players say they already know what it takes to win back to back a title. Read more...

Photo: (From left to right) Senior midfielder Sarah Killion, junior forward Taylor Smith and senior defenders Caprice Dydasco and Abby Dahlkemper each won a W-League championship on July 27 while playing with the LA Blues. For the three seniors, it was the second straight year in which they helped lead the Blues to the W-League title. (Courtesy of Abby Dahlkemper)