Soccer falls to UCLA in regular season finale
<p>The Arizona State women's soccer team was defeated by UCLA 3-0 on Sunday in the regular-season finale for both teams before a Senior Day crowd of 705 at Sun Devil Soccer Stadium.</p><separator></separator><p>After exploding for three goals in a shutout win over USC on Friday night, the Sun Devils (9-7-3, 3-4-1 Pac-10) were unable to produce any scoring strikes against the Bruins (12-7-1, 5-4-0 Pac-10) on Sunday.</p><separator></separator><p>ASU found itself playing from behind for nearly the entire game as the Bruins got on the scoreboard in the third minute when junior forward Sydney Leroux got under a free kick from teammate Lauren Barnes and connected on a header in front of the Sun Devil goal.</p><separator></separator><p>The Sun Devils nearly tied the game early in the second half on a header by <a href="/sports/w-soccer/mtt/marshall_devin00.html"><span style="color: #444444;">Devin Marshall</span></a>, but the freshman forward's falling attempt was high. It was the first of two headers by Marshall that nearly produced goals for the Sun Devils on Sunday.</p><separator></separator><p>Leroux would extend UCLA's lead to 2-0 in the 58th minute when her shot through a small window of closing Sun Devil defenders found the back of the net.</p><separator></separator><p>The Bruins would add a final goal in the 67th minute to make the final count 3-0.</p><separator></separator><p>For the game the Sun Devils had advantages in shots (11-7) and corner kicks (8-5), however outside of Marshall's headers, were unable to create dangerous opportunities similar to the ones that jumpstarted their offense on Friday night.</p><separator></separator><p>Sunday's game was the final home game for seniors <a href="/sports/w-soccer/mtt/elston_alexandra00.html"><span style="color: #444444;">Alexandra Elston</span></a>, <a href="/sports/w-soccer/mtt/johns_lindsey00.html"><span style="color: #444444;">Lindsey Johns</span></a>, <a href="/sports/w-soccer/mtt/richardson_jessie00.html"><span style="color: #444444;">Jessie Richardson</span></a>, <a href="/sports/w-soccer/mtt/shoquist_jill00.html"><span style="color: #444444;">Jill Shoquist</span></a> and <a href="/sports/w-soccer/mtt/volpe_karin00.html"><span style="color: #444444;">Karin Volpe</span></a>, who were honored in a ceremony prior to the game.</p><separator></separator><p><!-- STORY AD BEGINS HERE -->ASU will now await word on its postseason destiny when the NCAA announces its 64-team field on Monday at 2:30 p.m. MT on ESPNU.</p>