Cougars and Trojans Collide Saturday at Lower Soccer Field

Saturday, October 13

Pullman, WA

7:00 PM

Washington State University

USC

Photo by: Dean Hare/WSU Photo Services

October 11, 2018 | Soccer

Game Notes (PDF)HC Shulenberger Presser

The No. 19 Cougars host No. 2 USC in the lone matchup of the weekend.

By: Athletic Communications

#19 WASHINGTON STATE (10-2-0, 3-2-0 Pac-12)
vs #2 USC (11-1-1, 4-1-0 Pac-12) | Sat., Oct. 13 | 7 p.m.
Watch Live | WSU Live Stream
Live Statistics | WSUCougars.com

OPENING XI
> Washington State sits tied for fourth in the Pac-12 with nine points through five games. WSU was picked to finish 7th in the preseason poll.
> WSU won a program record 10-straight to start the season before dropping a pair of games at the Mountain Schools.
> The 10 wins matches last season's win total and are four off of WSU's program record of 14 set in 2015.
> WSU enters the week ranked #19 in the coaches poll, falling 12 spots from their all-time high of #7 last week.
> The Cougars have dropped the last four games against USC, three of which were one-goal games.
> Cougs RPI sits at 34 in NCAA RPI.
> Maddy Haro is second the nation in assists (10) and first in assists/game (0.83). Her 10 assists on the year is the second most in WSU single-season history.
> Morgan Weaver enters the weekend No. 6 all-time in career goals scored with 22 goals. She is tied for second in the Pac-12 in scoring with 7 goals.
> 10 different Cougars have scored the team's 24 goals on the year with six different game-winning scorers.
> WSU is 4th in the Pac-12 and 49th in the nation in scoring (2.00 gpg) entering the game.
> Defensively, WSU is 4th in the Pac-12 and 56th in the nation in goals against average at 0.81.

COUGS IN THE RPI
With all the Cougs success in the 2018 season WSU enters the week #34 in the NCAA RPI. The Cougs are the 6th highest ranked PAC-12 team in the RPI trailing Stanford (#1), USC (#10), UCLA (#21), Arizona (#22) and Oregon (#30).

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IN THE TWITTERVERSE

If you live in Pullman, you could have a killer WSU wardrobe with soccer giveaways alone. https://t.co/9FIQ8HWmR6
— Deviled Craig Powers 👹🥚👻 (@TheCraigPowers) October 11, 2018

Five #Pac12Soccer teams made the national rankings this week, with No. 1 @StanfordWSoccer and No. 2 @USC_WSoccer taking the top-two spots for a third-straight week. The Trojans face a tough top-20 road battle this Saturday against No. 19 @WSUCougarSoccer. https://t.co/rbmXKX6syg pic.twitter.com/5ocVPNwvQv
— Pac-12 Conference (@pac12) October 9, 2018

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