After a scoreless first half, Mia Fishel and her No. 5th ranked UCLA Women’s Soccer teammates scored three goals in the first 15 minutes of the second half and powered past No. 21 Washington State, 4-0.
Freshman Reilyn Turner recorded her second career double, with Fishel and Sunshine Fontes each added a goal and an assist.
The first half of play was a defensive affair, with Karina Rodriguez's block of an Elyse Bennett shot in the 17th minute providing the biggest highlight.
But UCLA didn't take long to get going in the second half. Just one minute in, Fishel scored the go-ahead goal, heading in a cross by Delanie Sheehan for her fifth goal of the season. The dust had barely settled before UCLA struck again. A cross by Kaila Novak in front of the goal was sent to Turner on the far post, and Turner one-timed it into the back of the net to make it a quick 2-0 in the 50th minute.
Turner scored her second goal in the 60th minute, taking a Fontes pass just outside the box and sliding in a shot past a Cougar defender and beyond the reach of goalkeeper Marissa Zucchetto. The goal was Turner's team-leading seventh of the year. Fontes finished the scoring in the 80th minute, banging a shot far post from the edge of the box for her fifth goal.
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