Washington State at No. 1 Stanford // No. 17 California
Thur., Sept. 29 at No. 1 Stanford (7 p.m.) & Â Â
Sun. Oct. 2 at No. 17 California (11 a.m.)
Watch // Pac-12 Network (Both Games)
Live Stats // www.wsu.statbroadcast.com
The Washington State Cougar soccer team (5-3-1, 0-1-0) heads south to face a pair of nationally-ranked team this week when it faces No. 1 Stanford (8-0-1, 1-0-0) Thursday at 7 p.m. and then at No. 17 California (8-2-0, 1-0-0) Sunday at 11 a.m. Both games will be televised on the Pac-12 Network.
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ALL-TIME RECORD VS STANFORD
3-21-1
HOME // 2-9-1 Â Â AWAY // 1-12-0 Â Â NEUTRAL // 0-0-0
GOALS FOR // 9 Â Â GOALS AGAINST // 47
WSU STREAK // L2
ALL-TIME RECORD VS CALIFORNIA
9-14-3
HOME // 7-5-1 Â Â AWAY // 2-8-2 Â Â NEUTRAL // 0-1-0
GOALS FOR // 27 Â Â GOALS AGAINST // 40
WSU STREAK // L1
WASHINGTON STATE HEAD COACH TODD SHULENBERGER
Cougar Head Coach
Todd Shulenberger is in his second year at Washington State…in 2015 Shulenberger became the seventh head coach in program history after spending the previous two seasons as the associate head coach at Texas Tech…last season the Cougars reached the NCAA Championship for the fifth-straight season and finished with a 14-6 record.
WASHINGTON STATE: LAST TIME OUT
Washington State dropped a heartbreaking, last-minute 1-0 contest against Colorado in Pullman...WSU controlled play for much fo the match, holding a commanding 23-8 edge on shots, including 7-1 on frame, along with an 8-1 edge in corner kicks...Colorado broke through in the 89th minute on a long pass that was collected in the box and sent inside the far post.
WASHINGTON STATE-STANFORD: THE SERIES
Washington State is 3-21-1 all-time against Stanford...when playing in Stanford, the Cougars are 1-12-0, with the lone victory coming during the 2003 season, a 1-0 victory...each of the last five meetings have been decided by one goal.
WASHINGTON STATE-CALIFORNIA: THE SERIES
Washington State is 9-14-3 all-time against California...when playing in Berkeley, WSU is 2-8-2 all-time...WSU captured the last meeting in Berkeley, 1-0, in 2014...the Cougars have captured two of the last three meetings, three of the last five, and five of the last seven.
NEXT UP
After this weekend's contests, the Cougars return to Pullman to host Arizona, Oct. 6 at 7 p.m. and Arizona State, Oct. 9 at 11 a.m...the ASU match will be televised by the Pac-12 Network.
WSU SETS ATTENDANCE RECORD AGAINST BYU
During the Cougars' season-opener against No. 16 BYU, WSU drew a Lower Soccer Field record 2,623 fans for the match, eclipsing the previous mark of 2,251 set last season against Arizona (which was already nearly 600 fans more than 3rd on the all-time list)...in four home matches this season, WSU is averaging 1,690 fans per contest.
OVERLAND ENJOYING BREAKOUT SEASON:
Sophomore
Alysha Overland is enjoying her first season in a Cougar uniform, currently second on the team with four goals, icnlduing three game-winners...Overland has scored on four of her 15 shots, seven of which were on frame...along with freshman
Morgan Weaver the two comprise one of the top young scoring duos in the conference.
WEAVER RECORDS HAT TRICK
Freshman
Morgan Weaver has led WSU in shots following each game this season, but through the first four she had yet to convert a goal...that changed in the second minute against North Dakota State as the freshman finally broke through with a shot inside the box...Weaver wasn't done as she added two more in the contest for the first hat trick by a Cougar player since Eileen Maes had three goals in a win at Hawaii, Aug. 19, 2011.
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KATO IN A GIVING MOOD, SETS SCHOOL RECORD
Senior
Kaitlyn Johnson felt especially giving Sunday night in WSU's 5-0 win over North Dakota State...the senior from Torrance, Calif. dished out assists on four of the five Cougar goals in her 62 minutes of action...it was the first time in school history a player had assisted on more than three goals, which had happened five previous times, but her fourth in the 61st minute put her on top of the single-game record.