WASHINGTON STATE (12-5-1, 5-4-1)
vs Washington (10-6-2, 6-4-0)
| Fri., Nov. 8 | 7 p.m. | Husky Soccer Stadium
Watch Live | Pac-12 Network (Ann Schatz)
Live Statistics | Statbroadcast.com
OPENING XI
> Washington State enters the final week of play with a chance at a national seed in the NCAA Tournament having posted back-to-back 4-1 wins last weekend running their record to 5-4-1 in Pac-12 play and 12-5-1 overall.
> WSU has a chance to at the all-time wins record having won 12 contests in 2019. The record sits at 14 done four times in 1990, 2009, 2013, and 2015.
> The Cougs take on Washington in the Boeing Apple Cup series Friday in Seattle. WSU is riding a 15-match unbeaten streak and posted a 3-1 win last season in the series in Pullman.
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Morgan Weaver was named Pac-12 OPOW after a six goal, one assist weekend including a record four-goal performance against Colorado on senior day.
> Weaver is just one goal from tying for No. 2 all-time in scoring entering the finale with 39 goals.
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Ella Dederick has 6 full shutouts on the year and has 26 career shutouts (2nd all-time). She is the program's all-time leader in wins (49) and minutes (7612:52) and 3rd in saves (285).
> The Cougars defense has been solid all year allowing just 1.17 gpg, while producing seven shutouts in 18 games. In the last eight contests the Cougs have earned three shutouts and given up one goal or fewer in six contests
> 11 different Cougars have scored on the year led by
Morgan Weavers' 11. Eight different Cougs have scored game-winners with Weaver, Collins, Gomera-Stevens and Bennett tied at two.
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Brianna Alger is #30 in the nation in assists per game at 0.50 (9 total) and #3 in the Pac-12. WSU is #24 overall in assists per contest at 2.11 (38 total).
> WSU remains ranked #24 in the latest coaches poll and #21 in the TopDrawerSoccer poll.
> WSU's RPI comes in at #20 in the nation, two spots ahead of UW. Last season WSU was #38 heading into the postseason where it hosted a first-round NCAA game.
LAST TIME OUT
In a game for the ages, senior
Morgan Weaver put an exclamation point on her career at Lower Soccer Field as the senior star tied a Cougar record with four goals to lead Washington State to a 4-1 win over Colorado Sunday in the home regular season finale in Pullman. The game prior, Weaver broke a 10-match scoreless drought with a pair of goals and an assist to lead the Cougs past Utah, 4-1.
APPLE CUP
The end of the year also marks the annual Boeing Apple Cup Series between the Cougs and the Huskies as the two teams meet for the 29th time. The Cougs hold a 14-7-7 advantage all-time and have put together a 15-match unbeaten streak (10-0-5) dating back to 2004. Last season,
Morgan Weaver put on a show with a hat-trick against the Huskies in a 3-1 win in Pullman to end the regular season.
WEAVER PAC-12 O-POW
For the first time this season star forward
Morgan Weaver was named the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week announced Nov. 5. In one of the finest weekends in Washington State history, Weaver put on a show in her final two career regular season home games as the senior dominated the offensive end to lead the Cougs to a pair of 4-1 wins over Utah and Colorado. After struggling to find the back of the net coming into the week, Weaver was a nearly a one-woman wrecking crew over the weekend as she accounted for seven of the eight goals scored with six goals and one assist including tying a 27-year old program record with 4 goals against Colorado in just 46 minutes of play.
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