WASHINGTON STATE (4-1-1) at UTAH VALLEY (3-5-0)
6:00 p.m. (PT) | Thursday | Sept. 14, 2017
Orem, UTÂ | Clyde FieldÂ
WASHINGTON STATE (4-1-1) at MONTANA (5-3-0)
1:00 p.m. (PT) | Sunday | Sept. 17, 2017
Missoula, Mont. | South Campus StadiumÂ
ABOUT THE MATCHUPS
The Cougs hit the road for just the second time on the year with a pair of contests to close out non-conference play...WSU heads to Utah Valley in Orem, UT Thursday before finishing up at Montana Sunday afternoon...WSU is looking for its first road win of the year with their lone loss in 2017 coming on the road at Santa Clara...WSU has never faced UVU while posting an 11-6-1 record against Montana including winning the last seven contests.
LAST TIME OUT
In a nearly flawless 90 minutes of play, the Washington State soccer team dominated CSUN, 3-0, Friday evening at Lower Soccer Field in their lone contest of the weekend...in what was as close to perfection as the Cougars (4-1-1) could play, WSU allowed just one shot over the course of the contest to the previously unbeaten Matadors (2-1-4) to grab their fifth shutout of the season in six contests...with the defense locked in, the Cougs' offense had free rein to pepper the over-matched Matador defense with shots...
Morgan Weaver scored the game-winner just six minutes into the contest.
ABOUT THE WOLVERINES
UVU enters the week 3-5-0 on the year but are on a small hot streak having won two of its last three including a 2-1 win over Wyoming at home...The Wolverines hold an all-time 67-33-10 record at home and has lost just four games in Orem over the past three years... Breanna DeWaal leads the offense with three goals, as a team UVU has scored nine goals in eight games...in goal, Brooklyn Nielsen has played the bulk of the minutes and has recorded the team's 3-5 record while coming up with 19 saves...Thursday's matchup is the first all-time between the two team.
ABOUT THE GRIZZLIES
Montana enters the week at 5-3 on the year including going 2-0 in Missoula on the year...the Cougs got a look at the Grizz two weeks ago at the Cougar Classic in Pullman where Montana split beating Georgia Southern, 2-1, before falling to #14 Nebraska, 1-0...In eight games, the Grizz have scored 11 goals for a 1.38 average with a pair of scorers netting two goals...Claire Howard has claimed all five wins in goal for the Grizz while posting a 0.58 GGA to go with two shutouts...The Cougs have dominated the series recently with seven-straight victories including a 2-1 win last season in Pullman and a 1-0 win in Missoula two seasons ago...Montana's last win in the series came on Aug. 29, 2004 in Missoula when the Griz won 2-1 in overtime.
WHAT THEY'RE SAYING
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