2018 WSU Soccer

Regular Season Closes Friday With the Boeing Apple Cup Series

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WSU looks to finish strong against UW with the postseason nearing.

WASHINGTON STATE (11-5-1, 4-5-1 Pac-12)
vs Washington (8-9-1, 3-7-0 Pac-12) | Fri., Nov. 2 | 7 p.m.
  Watch Live | Pac-12 Networks (Commentator: Elise Woodward & Temyrss Lane)
  Live Statistics | WSUCougars.com

OPENING XI
> Washington State won it's 11th game of the year against Cal while drawing with #1 Stanford Sunday.
> The Cougars picked up their first point all-time in nine attempts against a #1 ranked team last week with the draw against Stanford.
> In the Boeing Apple Cup Series, the Cougs have dominated the last decade and a half against Washington posting a 14-match unbeaten streak. 
> Morgan Weaver (Offensive) and Rachel Thompson (Goalkeeper) took home Pac-12 POW honors. The awards were the second of the season for the duo.
> Cougs RPI sits at 35 in NCAA RPI.
> Maddy Haro set the WSU's single-season record for assists with 12. She is 3rd nationally in total assists and 1st in assists per game (0.75)
> Morgan Weaver posted her career-best ninth goal of the year last week. She is No. 5 all-time in career goals scored with 24 goals. She is tied for sixth in the Pac-12 in scoring with 8 goals.
> 11 different Cougars have scored the team's 33 goals on the year with seven different game-winning scorers.
> WSU is 5th in the Pac-12 in scoring (1.94 gpg) entering the game.
> Defensively, WSU is 9th in the Pac-12 in goals against average at 1.22.
> WSU has dealt with a rash of bumps, bruises, and injuries, playing the Stanford match without four starters including Ella Dederick, Elyse Bennett, Aaqila McLyn, and Maegan O'Neill. 

WEAVER, THOMPSON EARN TOP PAC-12 WEEKLY HONORS
On the backs of big time goals and clutch saves, juniors Morgan Weaver and Rachel Thompson earned their second Pac-12 weekly player of the week awards as announced by the conference office Tuesday afternoon. Weaver was named the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week while Thompson took home the distinction of the Pac-12 Goalkeeper of the Week, both for the second time this season.
Weaver scored two goals and two assists including the game-tying goal against Stanford.
Thompson posted a career-best nine saves against the Cardinal.

BOEING APPLE CUP SERIES
The Cougs and the Huskies meet for the 28th time in program history with WSU holding the 13-7-7 all-time lead in the series. Additionally, WSU enters the matchup with a 14-match unbeaten streak. In the last three meetings the Cougars are 2-0-1. Last season the two sides met in frigid temperatures in Seattle with the game ending in a 0-0, double-overtime, draw. Friday night's game is shaping up to have similar conditions with the weather forecast calling for rain and possible thunderstorms with gusts of wind as high as 40 mph.

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