Pac-12 Play Opens For No. 14 Soccer

Friday, September 21

Los Angeles, CA

8:00 PM

Washington State University

UCLA

Photo by: Dean Hare/WSU Photo Services

September 19, 2018 | Soccer

Game Notes (PDF)HC Shulenberger Presser

The Cougars head to No. 8 UCLA Friday night.

By: Athletic Communications

#16 WASHINGTON STATE (7-0-0, 0-0-0 Pac-12)
at #8 UCLA (5-1-1, 0-0-0 Pac-12) | Fri., Sept. 21 | 8 p.m.
Watch Live | Pac-12 Networks (JB Long (play-by-play), Tammy Blackburn (Analyst))
Live Statistics | WSUCougars.com

OPENING XI
> Washington State enters the weekend unbeaten on the year having won 7-straight, tying the program record for consecutive wins in a season and to start a season.
> WSU is one of just 6 teams in DI, and the only Pac-12 team, still unbeaten and untied in 2018.
> WSU enters the week ranked #14 in the coaches poll, its highest ranking in the coaches poll since 1993.
> The Cougars' remain ranked #12 in TopDrawerSoccer and SoccerAmerica, the second-highest ranking for WSU only behind a #11 ranking (twice) last in 2007.
> Last season, the Cougs upset #2 UCLA, 1-0, at Lower Soccer Field, the biggest upset in WSU program history.
> Maddy Haro leads the nation in assists (8) and assists/game (1.14).
> Morgan Weaver enters the weekend tied for No. 8 all-time in career goals scored with 20. She is tied for third in the Pac-12 in scoring.
> Nine different Cougars have scored the team's 18 goals on the year with six different game-winning scorers.
> The Cougs have scored two of the fastest goals in recent history over the weekend netting at 1:57 vs Montana and 2:33 vs Cal Poly.
> WSU is 4th in the Pac-12 and 22nd in the nation in scoring entering conference play at 2:57 goals/game.
> Defensively, WSU is 4th in the Pac-12 and 30th in the nation in goals against average at 0.57.

LAST SEASON AGAINST UCLA - AN UPSET FOR THE RECORD BOOKS
In conference play, the Cougs posted a win for the ages as WSU upset #2 UCLA, 1-0, at home at Lower Soccer Field. The win tied for the biggest upset in program history after beating #2 Washington, 1-0 (2OT) on Nov. 3, 2000. The win marked the Cougs ninth win against a top-10 opponent all-time. Maegan O'Neill netted the winner in the 4' of play while the defense shutout the high-powered Bruins' attack.

RECORD START FOR WSU
For the second time in program history the Cougars have started a season 7-0-0 matching their record from 2015 which is also the Cougars' longest win streak in a single season. The 2015 season was a record-breaking season for WSU as the Cougars won an all-time high 14 games and finished third in the Pac-12 in head coach Todd Shulenberger's first year in Pullman.
WSU's longest win streak spanning multiple seasons is 10 games from Oct.14, 1990 to Sept. 11, 1991.

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IN THE TWITTERVERSE

5 #Pac12Soccer teams are ranked heading into league play with No. 1 @StanfordWSoccer and No. 3 @USC_WSoccer in the top-5. Conference play kicks off on Friday with a marquee matchup between No. 14 @WSUCougarSoccer and No. 8 @UCLAWSoccer on @Pac12Network. https://t.co/ensKeT58cO pic.twitter.com/Ifeyz3RECJ
— Pac-12 Conference (@pac12) September 18, 2018

Huge start for former @DHSAthletics star Mykiaa Minniss at @WSUCougarSoccer https://t.co/YXtOYQv1nb #cppreps
— Gazette Preps (@gazettepreps) September 18, 2018

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