#13 WASHINGTON STATE (4-0-0)
vs Michigan (4-2-0)
 | Fri., Sept. 13 | 7 p.m. | Lower Soccer Field
vs LMU (0-3-2)
 | Sun., Sept. 15 | 1 p.m. | Lower Soccer Field
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OPENING XI
> Washington State enters the game 4-0-0 on the year with three shutouts.
> In 2019 the Cougars are 2-0-0 and hold a 12-3 scoring advantage at home. Last season, WSU won a record 10 matches at home. All-time, WSU is 153-77-24 at home.
> With the win at Gonzaga the Cougs are 15-0-1 since their last non-conference loss on Aug. 27, 2017. WSU has won a nation's best 11-straight non-conference contests dating back to the start of the 2018 season.
> The meeting with Michigan marks the first contest between the two teams and marks the Cougs first matchup of the year against a Power-5 opponent.
> The Cougars enter the week ranked #13 United Soccer Coaches Poll. In the two other major polls WSU sits at #10 by TopDrawerSoccer.com and #16 by SoccerAmerica.
> WSU enters the week the #3 ranked scoring offense in the country at 4.25 goals per game. The 17 goals in four games is the second most all-time to start a season (WSU scored 18 in four games to start the 1991 season).
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Averie Collins was named Pac-12 OPOW after scoring her second-straight game-winner, a golden goal at Gonzaga.
> Nine different Cougars have scored on the year with
Averie Collins leading the way with four goals.
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Morgan Weaver, named to the MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List to start the year, is fourth all-time in program history in scoring with 31 goals and fifth in points with 70.
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Brianna Alger is 4th in the nation in assists per game at 1.00 (4 total). WSU is #3 overall in assists per contest at 4.25 (17 total).
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Ella Dederick earned her 41st career victory Thursday, three shy of tying the all-time record of 44 held by Gurveen Clair (2011-14). Dederick has recorded 2.5 shutouts on the year with just 1 goal against.
LAST TIME OUT
In the blink of an eye the thriller at Luger Field was over as
Averie Collins lifted the Cougars to a golden, 1-0, finish in overtime over Gonzaga in Spokane. For 90 minutes Washington State peppered the Zags' defense only to be denied time and time again by the play of Isabel Jones in goal for the Bulldogs forcing the Cougars to play in extra time for the first time in 2019. Despite the frustration of regulation the Cougars would not be denied thanks to the individual brilliance of Collins. Stealing the first pass from center, Collins raced up the field initially looking to play the ball wide to setup the offense. When no defender stepped to challenge her run, Collins ripped a left-footed laser from 22-yards out, past Jones and into the back of the net for the golden goal.
The goal by Collins came officially just :09 seconds into the extra period ending a night that saw the top-ranked Cougar offense held scoreless through regulation despite firing off 24 shots to the Zags' nine.Â
COLLINS TAKES TOP PAC-12 HONORS
For the first time at Washington State and the second time in her career, grad-transfer
Averie Collins was named the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week as announced by the conference office Tuesday afternoon. Collins becomes the second Cougar to earn a weekly award in the first three weeks of the year following
Brianna Alger earning defensive honors to start the year (Aug. 27). Collins previously earned the award in 2016 while at Stanford.
Collins scored a golden goal for the Cougs at Gonzaga, needing just :09 seconds to end the game with a left-footed screamer from 22-yards out.
KEEPING IT CLEAN ON THE SCORE SHEET
In 2019, the Cougars have picked up where they left off last season dominating non-conference play with three shutouts in four contests.
In the last two years prior, the Cougs produced 16 shutouts including 11 in 2017, tied for 2nd most in WSU history.
On the year, the Cougs have outscored their opposition 17-3 with James Madison the only team to have breached the defense thus far.
Ella Dederick in goal has been credited with two full shutouts while sharing the third with
Rachel Johnson.
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