Box Score Sept. 15, 2017 Final Stats | Photo Gallery 
Box Score 
LOS ANGELES -- The Pepperdine women's soccer team handed top-ranked UCLA its first draw of the season on the road Friday night, playing to a 1-1 tie with the Bruins.
Pepperdine fell behind 37 seconds into the second half, but Jamie Van Horn found the equalizer in the 77th minute. From there the Waves' stout defense and Brielle Preece held firm, with Preece notching a career-high nine saves in the game. Pepperdine is now 4-2-2 on the year and UCLA moves to 7-0-1.
Preece came up biggest in the overtime period, making three huge saves to keep the Bruins out of the net. The Pepperdine keeper has allowed just four goals in eight games this year.
 | GOALS |
46' -- UCLA, Hailie Mace (6th of the season), assisted by Viviana Villacorta -- Mace put the Bruins on top just 37 seconds into the second half, finishing a cross on a breakaway from Villacorta.
77' -- Pepperdine, Jamie Van Horn (1st of the season), assisted by Bri Visalli -- The Waves got the ball deep in the box and Visalli fired a shot that was blocked by a UCLA defender, but bounced right to Van Horn who fired a low ball into the net.
| STATS |
• Shots -- UCLA 20, Pepperdine 9
• Shots on Goal -- UCLA 10, Pepperdine 2
• Saves --
Brielle Preece (PEPP) 9, Teagan Micah 1
• Fouls -- UCLA 12, Pepperdine 9
• Corners -- UCLA 8, Pepperdine 4
| UP NEXT |
The Waves stay on the road, facing UC Irvine on Sunday at 2 p.m. Pepperdine then wraps up non-conference play next week, with a home matchup against UC Santa Barbara on Friday.
| QUOTABLE |
"The first 15 minutes of the game were tough for us," said Head Coach Tim Ward. "But we weathered the storm and played them pretty even from there. They got a goal early in that second half, but we were able to respond on a great goal from Jamie Van Horn. I thought Brielle Preece was the player of the match for us. She came up huge several different times and saved us in overtime. I also thought we had a couple of chances that could have easily gone in in overtime as well. It was just a great, hard-fought match all the way around."
