BAKERSFIELD, Calif-No. 16 UCLA scored three goals in a span of 3:03 in the first half as the Bruins defeated CSU Bakersfield 4-1 in a women's soccer exhibition Saturday night at CSUB's Main Soccer Field.

The Roadrunners opened the scoring at the 7:01 mark when Sam Pena (Jr., Bakersfield, Calif. (Bakersfield HS) took a cross from the outside box on the right side from freshman Emily Noethe (Fr., Dallas, Ga., East Paulding HS).

Sydney Leroux tied the match for UCLA at 35:24. A little over a minute later, Leroux scored again for a 2-1 Bruins' advantage. Kylie McCarthy capped off the spurt with a goal at 38:27.  Courtney Proctor added a goal in the 61st minute for the final tally of the match.

"I think the first 30 minutes we had the run of play and CSUB was the better team on the field," said CSUB Head Coach Melissa Phillips. "But there was a 10 minute period in the first half when we had a few lapses. When you lapse on a team like this, in 10 minutes, they are going to score goals on you."

A crowd of 684, the largest to see a women's soccer match at CSUB since the transition for the Roadrunners to Division I , were in attendance.

"I saw a lot of good things attacking wise," Phillips said.  "Now its about fine tuning our runs and start to attack the ball and win some games."

The Roadrunners open the 2011 regular season next Sunday at New Mexico. The kickoff is set for 12 p.m. (PDT).

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