<p>Junior Danesha Adams and freshman Lauren Cheney usually get all the attention for UCLA?s offensive fireworks, but to ardent observers of the women?s soccer team, it is perhaps sophomore Christina DiMartino who has been most impressive.
<br/>The midfielder has made a living utilizing her superior dribbling skills and vision to create havoc for defenses, often taking on, and beating, two or three defenders, generating scoring chances for herself and her teammates.
<br/>?I mostly look to combine with my forwards and my outside backs,? DiMartino said of her style of play. ?I love doing that and taking people on and combining with my team.?
<br/>Nobody has benefited more from DiMartino?s passion for helping her teammates than Adams and Cheney.
<br/>While Cheney leads the team with 19 goals and Adams is second with 12 tallies, much of the credit must go to DiMartino. The sophomore from Massapequa, N.Y., leads the Bruins with seven assists ? three each setting up Cheney and Adams. DiMartino also has five scores of her own to rank third on the team.
<br/>DiMartino also set up the game-winning goal in last Friday?s 2-1 win over Portland by drawing a penalty kick against Pilot keeper Cori Alexander ? a win that propelled UCLA into the College Cup.
<br/>Off a through-ball from Cheney, DiMartino was free to the goal but was judged to be taken down by Alexander setting up the winning penalty.
<br/>?At first I didn?t think it would be a PK, and then I heard everyone start cheering so then I looked and was really excited,? DiMartino said. ?I thought (the referee) wouldn?t call it.?
<br/><b>HOME-FIELD ADVANTAGE:</b> Friday?s win over Portland closed out a perfect home season for UCLA. The Bruins finished with an unblemished 16-0 record this year at Drake Stadium.
<br/>The team has won 15 consecutive NCAA Tournament matches at home and is unbeaten in their last 27 overall in Westwood.
<br/>Friday also closed out the home careers for five Bruin seniors including four-year starters Bristyn Davis and Stacy Lindstrom.
<br/>?Before the game I was so nervous, because I wanted to leave Drake with a win,? Davis said. ?(Portland was) a good team and I wasn?t sure how it was going to happen. I?m so happy I got to end my days at UCLA with that kind of win.?
<br/><b>BRUINS EXCEL IN THE CLASSROOM:</b> Injured senior defender Mary Castelanelli and sophomore Catherine Calvert earned second-team Pac-10 All-Academic honors.
<br/>Castelanelli is a civil engineering student with a 3.53 GPA, and Calvert is undeclared with a 3.76 GPA. Castelanelli was previously named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District-VIII team.
<br/>DiMartino and goalkeeper Valerie Henderson earned honorable mention Pac-10 All-Academic honors as well.</p><br><br><a href='http://www.dailybruin.com/news/articles.asp?id=39126&#039; target='_blank'>http://www.dailybruin.com/news/articles.asp?id=39126&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br>