No. 18 Soccer Road Trips to Nebraska Friday

Friday, August 31

Lincoln, NE

4:00 PM

Washington State University

Nebraska

August 29, 2018 | Soccer

Game Notes (PDF)HC Shulenberger Press Conference

The Cougars head to the Midwest for the second-straight weekend.

By: Athletic Communications

#18 WASHINGTON STATE (3-0-0, 0-0-0 Pac-12)
at Nebraska (3-0-1, 0-0-0 Big 10) | Fri., Aug. 31 | 5 p.m. PT
Television | BTN2GO
Live Statistics | WSUCougars.com

OPENING XI
> Washington State enters the weekend unbeaten on the year having won three-straight. The longest winning streak to start a season for WSU is 7 done in 2015.
> WSU enters the third week ranked #18, its highest ranking since 2015.
> WSU is one of 36 teams in DI still unbeaten and untied in 2018.
> Nebraska is the highest ranked team the Cougars have faced so far in 2018 coming in what would be #26 in the USC poll.
> Last season, WSU upset #14 Nebraska, 1-0, in Pullman, one of five top-25 shutouts for the Cougars in 2017.
> Freshman Mykiaa Minniss earned the Cougars' second-straight Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week award on Aug. 28.
> Five different Cougars have scored the team's six goals on the year.
> Maddy Haro ranks No. 5 in the nation with four assists in three games. She needs two more assists to tie for No. 10 all-time in career assists with 13.
> GK Ella Dederick enters the week with a shutout streak of 259:25 minutes.
> GK Ella Dederick has 20 career shutouts, one shy of tying Katie Hultin (2002-05) for 2nd all-time in WSU history.
> Morgan Weaver enters the weekend tied for No. 10 all-time in career goals scored with 17.

MINNIS NABS PAC-12 DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Two weeks into the 2018 season the defense of the Washington State soccer team has made a name for itself as freshman center-back Mykiaa Minniss nabbed the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week award. She became the first freshman of the season to earn a weekly award in the Pac-12 Conference. For the week she led the defense to another shutout while scoring her first collegiate goal as well.

~ Complete Release (PDF) ~

IN THE TWITTERVERSE

Awesome to see @WSUCougarTF ranked #13! Along with @WSUCougarSoccer we have 2 nationally ranked teams this fall (so far)! #GoCougs https://t.co/CK6gjVlT0h
— Kirk H Schulz (@WSU_Cougar_Pres) August 29, 2018

Congrats @Mykiaa_523. Awesome start to your @WSUCougarSoccer career! #GoCougs https://t.co/iYXeoJCBpC
— Pat Chun (@pat_chun) August 28, 2018

Score your first career goal to help @WSUCougarSoccer earn the W. 💪🏾

Mykiaa Minniss earns #Pac12Soccer Defensive Player of the Week: https://t.co/bSLz6aB9l3 pic.twitter.com/IStMhSjfZJ
— Pac-12 Network (@Pac12Network) August 28, 2018

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