The sun is rising.
The page is turning.
And UCLA women’s soccer is entering the upcoming season with a new, yet familiar, pioneer.
Last December, UCLA announced that former assistant coach Gof Boyoko, who helped coach the Bruins to an NCAA championship in 2022, would be replacing Margueritte Aozasa as the new women’s soccer head coach.
As the 2025-26 academic year comes to a close, so does another UCLA Athletics chapter. The past year was filled with standout plays, broken records and national championships.
There are values you can only coach.
There are experiences you can never predict.
There are customs you can’t break.
And there are competitors who challenge those beliefs, like senior sprinter/hurdler Tamaal Myers.
When UCLA gymnastics’ season ended with a third-place finish at the national semifinal, it marked more than just the close of the Bruins’ 2026 campaign – it also brought an end to senior Jordan Chiles’ collegiate career.
Many argue that history repeats itself.
And that trend may not favor the Bruins this weekend.
UCLA track and field will travel to Lincoln to compete in the 2026 Outdoor Big Ten Championships on Friday through Sunday as the squad nears the end of its season.
A baker refines a recipe.
An engineer designs hundreds of models.
A collegiate gymnast practices on beam over and over again.
All of them in pursuit of one thing: perfection.
The runway is empty.
The engines have withdrawn.
The wheels have dropped.
And the Bruins finally made a stop at home.
After 15 trips around the nation, the team competed at the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational at Drake Stadium on Saturday for the last home meet this season.
This post was updated April 6 at 8:05 p.m.
Divide and conquer.
A strategy, a mindset and a common approach well-expressed by the Bruins.
UCLA track and field split its team between the Battle on the Bayou in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and the Stanford Invite in Stanford, California, where the squad faced familiar competitors from programs that include USC, Arizona and UC Santa Barbara on Friday and Saturday.
No. 4 seed UCLA gymnastics is postseason bound and will open regional competition Friday in Corvallis, Oregon. The Bruins must advance through quad meets – with the top two teams reaching Sunday’s regional final – and the top two there earning a trip to Fort Worth, Texas for the championships.
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