#9 WASHINGTON STATE (9-0-0, 2-0-0 Pac-12)
vs Oregon State (1-9-0, 0-2-0 Pac-12)
| Sun., Sept. 30 | Noon
Watch Live | Pac-12 Networks (Elise Woodward [Play by Play] & Temyress Lane [Commentator])
Live Statistics | WSUCougars.com
OPENING XI
> Washington State enters the match unbeaten on the year having won a record 9-straight, setting the program record for consecutive wins in a single season and to start a season.
> WSU is the only team in DI still unbeaten and untied in 2018.
> 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 have won three of the last four against the Beavers.
> WSU swept the Pac-12 weekly awards after shutting out UCLA -
Morgan Weaver (Offense),
Aaqila McLyn (Defense),
Rachel Thompson (Goalkeeper).
> Cougs RPI sits at 20 in the realtime RPI and 27 in NCAA RPI.
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Maddy Haro leads the nation in assists/game (1.00). Her nine on the year is the second most in WSU single-season history.
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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 21 goals on the year with six different game-winning scorers.
> WSU is 4th in the Pac-12 and 30th in the nation in scoring (2.33 gpg) entering the game
> Defensively, WSU is 3rd in the Pac-12 and 23rd in the nation in goals against average at 0.56.
RECORD RUN FOR WSU
For the first time in program history the Cougars have started a season 9-0-0 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' nine-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.
LATE GAME SUCCESS
A trend line for the 2018 Cougars is their resilience late in games as WSU has come up with late game-winners in six of 10 games on the year, including their exhibition win in San Diego. Against USD, WSU scored twice in the final seven minutes of the contest to win 2-1. To open the regular season it was two second-half strikes that proved the difference and three goals after falling behind 1-0 early in the game. Versus GCU, despite a massive shot differential, the Cougars lone tally of the game came in overtime. At Nebraska, the Cougars scored two second half goals to comeback from an early one goal deficit to take the victory. The team added to its lore at #8 UCLA with a game-winner in the 61'. The 70' game-winner against Oregon was the second latest winner of the season. In all, WSU has scored 11 goals after halftime.
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