Staff report

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For the second-straight year, the UK women’s soccer season comes to an end in the second round of the NCAA Tournament at the hands of the University of California Los Angeles.

The Cats (14-7-1, 7-5-0 SEC) lost 3-0 on Friday night to the No. 2 Bruins (19-1-2, 9-0-2 Pac-12).

Much like last year, UK was scoreless in their second round matchup with UCLA; they fell to the Bruins in a 5-0 shutout loss in the 2012 NCAA Tournament.

UCLA came into this year’s match sporting a .324 goals-against average, the third-best in the nation. The shutout marked the fourth time UK had been held scoreless this season.

The Bruins grabbed an early lead on the Cats with a goal coming in the first five minutes of the match.

UCLA junior defender Caprice Dydasco scored her first goal of the season when she fired a long-range goal past UK senior goalkeeper Kayla King to put the Bruins on the board.

The Cats held UCLA to that one goal for the rest of the first half, remaining within striking distance.

UCLA did not score again until the 71st minute when sophomore forward Courtney Proctor scored her third goal of the season and put her team up 2-0.

The Bruins scored again nearly 10 minutes later when Dydasco added another goal to her total, giving the Bruins a 3-0 lead and putting the match out of reach for the Cats.

UK was at a shots disadvantage in the match, taking just five shots compared to UCLA’s 20.

UK junior forward Arin Gilliland had the only shot on goal for the Cats, while the Bruins had 12 as a team.

King was active in front of the goal during the entire match, making eight saves on the night, her season-high.

With the season over, UK will lose five seniors heading into the 2014 season.

Those five seniors are King, forward Caitlin Landis, midfielder Danielle Krohn, and defenders Kacie Kumar and Ashley VanLandingham.

Combined, the senior class had 51 wins in their four years at UK, marking the second-most victories for a class in the program’s history.

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