PULLMAN, Wash. - Coming off their biggest win of the season, the Washington State soccer team was rewarded for their efforts as the Cougars picked up a clean sweep of the Pac-12 Player of the Week awards as announced by the conference office Tuesday afternoon. Junior Morgan Weaver picked up the offensive award, sophomore Aaqila McLyn earned the defensive award while redshirt-junior Rachel Thompson was named the conference's top netminder for the week. The awards marked the third week the Cougars have taken home top honors after Maddy Haro (Aug. 21) and Mykiaa Minniss (Aug. 28) each were awarded Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week to start the year.

For all three Cougars, the awards marked the first-career weekly awards for the trio while it was the first time in program history WSU swept the weekly honors. It was the fourth time in as many seasons a school has taken all three weekly awards.

Doing what she does best, Weaver scored the biggest goal of the year for the Cougars' Friday night as she netted the game-winning goal at then No. 8 UCLA in Los Angeles. The lightning strike by Weaver came in the 61' of play on a counter-attack giving the Cougars all the scoring they would need to pull off the upset. The goal was Weavers' second-straight game-winning goal and sixth goal of the season. The goal also marked her second game-winning goal over a top-15 team. In all, Weaver needed just two shots in the game to do her damage.

Defensively, McLyn was the Cougars' best defender in the shutout of the high-powered Bruins' attack. McLyn came up with a defensive save early that preserved the scoreless draw while also coming up with countless tackles to hold off the Bruins attack. It was her second defensive save of the season. On top of all of her defensive efforts, McLyn also came up with the game-winning assist, halting a Bruin attack and turning it into the game-winning counter with a perfect ball over the top to Weaver. It was her first assist of the season.

Making just her third career start in goal, Thompson led the Cougars to their second-straight shutout of the Bruins. Facing a constant Bruin attack, Thompson turned UCLA away all night long as the redshirt-junior produced a career-best nine saves, the most saves for a Cougar keeper since Ella Dederick's 11 at Colorado on Oct. 11, 2015. The shutout was the first of Thompson's career and fourth of the season for WSU.

The No. 9 Cougs return to the pitch Thursday, Sept. 27 to take on Oregon at Lower Soccer Field. The match is scheduled for 7 p.m. on the Pac-12 Networks.