Women's Soccer Captures 2013 NCAA Championship
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TABLE OF CONTENTS UCLA Football Caps 10-3 Season With Bowl Victory The Bruins went 10-3 during the 2013 football season, posting a 5-1 record at the Rose Bowl (above). The Bruins averaged 70,285 fans per game in six home contests, the team’s highest per-game attendance average since the 2007 season. UCLA earned its 10th win of the season by cruising past Virginia Tech, 42-12, in the Hyundai Sun Bowl. 2013-14 ANNUAL REPORT From the AD’s Desk 2 Financial Summary 14 Year in Review 3 Wooden Athletic Fund 15 Single Sport Summaries 6 Bruin Varsity Club 27 Bruins in the Community 8 Corporate Sponsors 28 Academics and Life Skills 10 Wooden Athletic Fund 29 Capital Projects 13 About the Annual Report Writing, editing and design by Alex Timiraos (Associate Director, Sports Information). Primary photography by Don Liebig (ASUCLA Campus Studio) and Scott Chandler. Photos also have been provided by the NCAA. Special thanks to Neema Barbod, Ric Coy, Leslie Dalziel, Emily UCLA Mourns Loss of Football Player Nick Pasquale Lerner, Taylor Swearingen and Ken Weiner for their editorial assistance. UCLA football player Nick Pasquale passed away the morning of Sept. 8, 2013, after being struck by a car in his hometown of San Clemente. Pasquale was a redshirt freshman wide receiver who had graduated from San Clemente High DID YOU KNOW? UCLA closed the 2013-14 school year with a nation-leading 111 School and was a valued member of the Bruins’ scout team. He had played in NCAA team championships. The women’s soccer team won its first-ever NCAA title in UCLA’s season-opening win against Nevada on Aug. 31. Pasquale was an all- Dec. 2013, securing UCLA team title No. 110. UCLA became the first intercollegiate county defensive back and wide receiver for the San Clemente Tritons in 2011. athletics department to have won 100 NCAA team titles in May 2007 when the UCLA’s football program has since continued to honor Pasquale by wearing his women’s water polo team won its third consecutive NCAA Championship. “36” jersey number as a commorative patch and logo on team apparel. 2 2013-14 UCLA Intercollegiate Athletics Annual Report FROM THE A.D.’S DESK Dear Bruins, The 2013-14 school year provided some wonderful memories and featured numerous incredible accomplishments by our hard-working student-athletes. With our past athletic and academic year complete, I wanted to thank the Bruin Family for its support not only in this year, but also in years past. Without the generosity displayed by each of you, from sacrificing your time to attend sporting events or donating to the Wooden Athletic Fund, or both, our athletic program would not be able to enjoy such success while continuing to compete for and win national We also had several teams finish just shy of a national These accomplishments were extremely rewarding for championships. I know I speak for each of our coaches, title, including a second-place NCAA Tournament finish our student-athletes and coaches, but we will not rest student-athletes and staff members when I say your for the women’s water polo team and third-place on our laurels next year, striving to push for the top efforts are greatly appreciated. finishes for the women’s golf and men’s tennis teams. spot in every sport. During the 2013-14 season, we captured two NCAA Our men’s golf team placed fifth overall, the gymnastics team finished eighth at the NCAA Championships and There were also several individual performances that championships. The women’s soccer team stormed stood out throughout the year. In fact, nearly 50 of our through the NCAA Tournament, winning UCLA’s 110th the softball team came one victory shy of advancing to the Women’s College World Series. The women’s student-athletes earned All-America honors in their NCAA Championship. It was certainly an inspiring respective sports. As we strive for our student-athletes performance from our team under the leadership of rowing program returned to the NCAA Championships, placing 12th out of 22 teams. to balance their academic and athletic responsibilities, Amanda Cromwell, who had a remarkable first season it was refreshing to see that numerous Bruins were as our program’s head coach. Our women’s teams finished second in the Capital One honored with Academic All-America accolades. Over Less than five months later, the women’s tennis Cup. All told, UCLA finished seventh in the 2013-14 250 of them secured Director’s Honor Roll acclaim team secured UCLA’s 111th NCAA Championship, Learfield Sports Directors Cup standings. UCLA is one of each quarter. the program’s second national title in the last seven just two schools to have placed among the top six in the final standings at least 18 times in the 21-year history Our football team reached the 10-win mark for the first seasons. In her 19th season as women’s tennis head time since 2005, posting a 10-3 overall record and coach, Stella Sampras Webster not only helped guide of the Directors Cup. We have finished second seven times, most recently in 2007-08, and third seven times. a 6-3 mark in the Pac-12. In just his second season UCLA to its second NCAA title, but the Bruins also as our head coach, Jim Mora capped another strong locked up their 12th top-five finish under her direction. year with the Bruins cruising past Virginia Tech, 42-12, in the Hyundai Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas. The men’s basketball team returned to the NCAA Tournament after having won the Pac-12 Tournament title for the first time since 2008. In his first year as the team’s head coach, Steve Alford directed the Bruins to a 28-9 overall record and the program’s first Sweet 16 appearance since 2008. Away from our campus, construction crews continued to put the finishing touches on the more than $150 million renovation project at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. The pavilion area (formerly the press box) was rebuilt and redesigned in 2012, and work continued to be done with additional pavilion enhancements, tunnel widening and concourse reconfiguration. In closing, thank you again for your continued support of UCLA Athletics. I sincerely hope to see you at all of our venues in the year ahead, supporting student-athletes all across our great programs. We are here to make sure that each of the young men and women who put on the uniform with the four letters U-C-L-A enjoy themselves and are proud of what they are doing. Your continued support is invaluable in that regard. Thank you and Go Bruins! 2013-14 UCLA Intercollegiate Athletics Annual Report 3 2013-14 NEWS Women’s Soccer Captures 2013 NCAA Championship Bruins secure the school’s first-ever NCAA women’s soccer title with 1-0 overtime win against Florida State Their goal, their motivator, their mantra all season was 110. The number of NCAA Championships UCLA would have if they won their first. The women’s soccer team was one of the few teams on campus that had yet win to win the national title. That changed in 2013 when the Bruins overcame a difficult playoff path that saw them face three No. 1 seeds the previous two NCAA champions before earning a 1-0 overtime win against Florida State in the championship game. “If you look back, it may be one of the best runs ever,” UCLA’s first-year head coach Amanda Cromwell said after the victory. “This team is phenomenal. The amount of talent we have and what we brought forth throughout that run: the mentality and the resolve. I think the toughness of those games brought us to this point, and I knew these girls were destined to win it.” UCLA breezed through the regular season with a 17- 1-2 record, winning the Pac-12 title and taking a No. 2 national ranking and a 15-game unbeaten streak into the postseason. The Bruins, however, were denied a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament and had to face Pac-12 rival Stanford, the 2011 NCAA champion, in the Round of 16 before traveling to Chapel Hill for a quarterfinal matchup with North Carolina, the 2012 NCAA champion. UCLA posted its third-straight NCAA shutout by beating Stanford, 2-0, turning the tables on a Cardinal team that had eliminated the Bruins in three of the last four tournaments. With one of the last two NCAA champions taken out, the Bruins set their sights on the most recent one, the No. 1-seed Tar Heels. Taylor Smith broke a scoreless Facing yet another No. 1 seed in the title match (Florida Cromwell became just the second women’s soccer tie early in the second overtime off a rebound on her State), UCLA snapped a scoreless tie in overtime to coach ever to win the NCAA title in her first season own saved shot. The golden goal gave UCLA its first- capture the title. In the first overtime, Sarah Killion with a team, as well as only the second female coach ever win over North Carolina. had a chance to end the game for the Bruins in the to win the title. Making their ninth College Cup appearance, the 96th minute when she controlled a corner and took a Courtnall, who scored the game-tying goal in the Bruins faced No. 1-seed Virginia. The Cavaliers took shot towards an open net after Florida State keeper semifinal, was named the College Cup’s Most a 1-0 lead in the 73rd minute after a rare defensive Kelsey Wys came out.