#17 WASHINGTON STATE (4-0-0, 0-0-0 Pac-12)
vs Idaho (2-3-0, 0-0-0 Big Sky)
| Thur., Sept. 6 | 7 p.m. PT
Television | WSU Live Stream
Live Statistics | WSUCougars.com
OPENING XI
> Washington State enters the weekend unbeaten on the year having won four-straight. The longest winning streak to start a season for WSU is 7 done in 2015.
> WSU enters the third week ranked #17 in the coaches poll, its highest ranking since 2015.
> The Cougars' #12 ranking in SoccerAmerica marks the second-highest ranking for WSU only behind a #11 ranking (twice) last in 2007.
> WSU is one of 33 teams in DI still unbeaten and untied in 2018.
> After taking two years off, the Cougars and Vandals renew their rivalry. WSU has won 11-straight after losing the very first meeting between the two sides in 1999.
> Six different Cougars have scored the team's eight goals on the year.
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Maddy Haro ranks No. 5 in the nation with a 1.33 assist per game average. She needs two more assists to tie for No. 10 all-time in career assists with 13.
> GK
Ella Dederick has 20 career shutouts, one shy of tying Katie Hultin (2002-05) for 2nd all-time in WSU history.
> WSU is 24th in the nation in goals against after relinquishing just two goals in four games.
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Morgan Weaver enters the weekend tied for No. 10 all-time in career goals scored with 17.
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Alysha Overland scored her first goal last week, scoring for the first time since 2016 after missing 2017 due to injury.
WSU RANKED NO. 17
Entering the week the Cougars are ranked #17 in the United Soccer Coaches poll, the highest ranking since Oct. of 2015 when WSU checked in at #16.
In the two other major polls, the Cougs have turned more heads checking in at #14 in TopDrawerSoccer and #12 in SoccerAmerica. The #12 ranking in SoccerAmerica is the second-highest ranking all-time for the Cougars who were ranked #11 in the same poll in 2007 and in the ISAA poll (the original coaches poll) in 1993.
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