BATON ROUGE, La. – The UCLA soccer group misplaced at No. 16 LSU, 34-17, earlier than a crowd of 100,315 at Tiger Stadium in a nationally-televised non-conference showdown.
Within the second all-time matchup between UCLA (1-2) and LSU, the host Tigers (3-1) outscored the Bruins by a 17-0 margin within the second half. UCLA was enjoying its first-ever recreation within the state of Louisiana and bounced again from a 17-10 second quarter deficit to go into halftime tied, 17-17.
“The scoreboard remains to be the underside line, however the truth that we’re in a position to execute like I’ve seen us do in observe, it simply feels good,” stated UCLA head coach DeShaun Foster. “It is a two-half recreation and it is 4 quarters, and we confirmed up for 2 of them. If you end up enjoying in opposition to group like that, you must present up for all 4.”
Bruins’ quarterback Ethan Garbers completed Saturday’s contest having accomplished 22 of 36 passes for 281 yards, together with two touchdowns and one interception.
UCLA’s Logan Loya and Rico Flores Jr. every totaled 4 receptions, as Loya completed with a team-leading 46 reception yards (and one landing).
LSU quarterback Garrett Nussmeier accomplished 32 of 43 passes for 352 yards and three touchdowns. LSU’s Mason Taylor caught a team-leading eight passes for 77 yards.
The Tigers pushed forward within the second half, snapping a 17-17 halftime impasse with a 2-yard landing rush from Josh Williams on the 6:11 mark within the third quarter. LSU added to its second-half cushion early within the fourth quarter, as an 11-play and 92-yard drive ended with a 35-yard strike from Nussmeier to Caden Durham with 11:15 remaining within the recreation.
LSU added to its margin with Damian Ramos’ second area aim of the day, knocking by means of a 32-yard try with 5:48 to play within the ultimate quarter.
With UCLA trailing LSU, 17-10, by means of the ultimate 4 minutes of the primary half, Garbers related with Loya for an 11-yard game-tying landing with two seconds to play earlier than halftime. Garbers’ second passing landing of the day tied the sport, 17-17.
The primary 17 minutes of Saturday’s recreation featured a number of lead modifications. LSU took a 7-0 cushion on its first offensive possession earlier than UCLA secured a 10-7 benefit late within the opening quarter. LSU regained the lead, at 14-10, lower than 90 seconds into the second quarter.
Trailing 7-0 lower than three minutes into the competition, UCLA drove downfield with an eight-play, 75-yard landing drive. Dealing with a 4th-and-2 scenario on LSU’s 33-yard line, Garbers accomplished a 13-yard reception to T.J. Harden earlier than firing a 20-yard landing strike to tight finish Jack Pedersen (his first collegiate landing reception).
The Bruins pushed forward, 10-7, on a 47-yard area aim by Mateen Bhaghani with 17 seconds left within the first quarter. Bhaghani’s area aim capped a seven-play dive that coated 27 yards.
LSU responded with a 45-yard landing go down the sideline from Nussmeier to Kyle Parker on the Tigers’ subsequent offensive sequence, serving to LSU take a 14-10 lead with 13:57 left within the second quarter. The four-play drive by LSU coated 75 yards in 1:20.
LSU pushed its margin to 17-10 with a 22-yard area aim from Damian Ramos on the 3:45 mark within the second quarter.
The Bruins will return to motion in opposition to Oregon in a Large Ten Convention matchup on Saturday, Sept. 28, on the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. UCLA’s recreation time in opposition to Oregon has not been finalized.