No. 9 Cougars Set to Host Oregon Thursday

Thursday, September 27

Pullman, WA

7:00 PM

Washington State University

Oregon

Photo by: Dean Hare/WSU Photo Services

September 25, 2018 | Soccer

Game Notes (PDF)HC Shulenberger Presser

Soccer kicks off homecoming Thursday night at Lower Soccer Field.

By: Athletic Communications

#9 WASHINGTON STATE (8-0-0, 1-0-0 Pac-12)
vs Oregon (7-1-1, 1-0-0 Pac-12) | Thur., Sept. 27 | 7 p.m.
Watch Live | Pac-12 Networks (Elise Woodward [Commentator])
Live Statistics | WSUCougars.com

OPENING XI
> Washington State enters the weekend unbeaten on the year having won a record 8-straight, setting the program record for consecutive wins in a season and to start a season.
> WSU is one of just 2 teams in DI, and the only Pac-12 team, still unbeaten and untied in 2018. There are 7 teams without a loss in Division I soccer.
> WSU enters the week ranked #9 in the coaches poll, the first time the Cougs have ever been ranked in the top-10. The team is #8 in TopDrawerSoccer and #5 in SoccerAmerica.
> The Cougars are unbeaten in the last six games against Oregon.
> WSU swept the Pac-12 weekly awards after shutting out UCLA - Morgan Weaver (Offense), Aaqila McLyn (Defense), Rachel Thompson (Goalkeeper).
> Cougs RPI sits at 27 entering the week.
> Maddy Haro leads the nation in assists/game (1.00).
> Morgan Weaver enters the weekend tied for No. 6 all-time in career goals scored with 21. She is tied for fourth in the Pac-12 in scoring.
> Nine different Cougars have scored the team's 19 goals on the year with six different game-winning scorers.
> WSU is 4th in the Pac-12 and 29th in the nation in scoring (2.38 gpg) entering the game
> Defensively, WSU is 3rd in the Pac-12 and 19th in the nation in goals against average at 0.50.

WSU RANKED #9
For the first time in program history the Cougars cracked the top-10 of the United Soccer Coaches poll as WSU enters the week ranked #9 in the country. WSU's previous best ranking was in 1993 when the team checked in at #11 in their first time ranked. The seven week stretch ranked in the coaches poll is the longest run by the Cougars in program history, the previous best was five-straight weeks.
In the two other polls the Cougs have garnered even more recognition as they sit at #8 in TopDrawerSoccer and #5 in SoccerAmerica.

RECORD START FOR WSU
For the first time in program history the Cougars have started a season 8-0-0 breaking their record from 2015. 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.
In addition to the record start, the Cougars' eight-straight wins set the record for the program's longest single-season win-streak, breaking the record of seven-straight done twice prior.
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

Congrats @WSUCougarSoccer @TShulenberger. More and more accolades keep accumulating for this extraordinary team! #GoCougs https://t.co/yd22fmWn0m
— Pat Chun (@pat_chun) September 25, 2018

Congrats to the #Pac12Soccer Players of the Week! No. 9 @WSUCougarSoccer sweeps this week's awards for the first time after notching its best start in program history. WSU is now one of only two women's soccer teams in the country with a perfect record. https://t.co/fxa6s1umVl pic.twitter.com/PR8PXAsTNj
— Pac-12 Conference (@pac12) September 25, 2018

We're a women's soccer school and I'm all about it. https://t.co/pxsAAt1Uhp
— Jeremy (@JStav30) September 24, 2018

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