A 78th-minute header by Mia Fishel broke a scoreless tie, and No. 4 UCLA came away with another victory, 1-0 over a solid Long Beach State squad.
UCLA outshot Long Beach by a 16-2 clip, but Long Beach State found ways to keep UCLA off the board. Goalkeeper Morgan Houston-Shepherd made three key saves, including a 34th-minute stop on Jayden Perry after she made a nice run into the box. Perry fired a shot to Houston-Shepherd's left, and the Beach 'keeper dove to make the save.
UCLA improves to 3-0 overall, while Long Beach State suffers its first loss of the campaign and drops to 2-1.
Nia Christopher
A second-half push led to goals from Jasmine Hamid and Nia Christopher to send the Towson University women's soccer team past Temple 2-0.
Towson outshot Temple in the first half, but the sides went into the break at a stalemate. Holding off early Temple pressure in the second half, Hamid's goal in the 63rd minute put Towson ahead. Towson held the rest of the way, capping with an 88th-minute goal from Christopher to seal the game.