WASHINGTON ST. (9-5-3, 2-4-3) at OREGON (0-15-2, 0-9)
Sunday, Oct. 29 // 1 p.m. PT // Eugene, Ore. // Pape Field
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STARTING ELEVEN
    I.    Washington State plays the penultimate game of the regular season, traveling to Eugene to face the Oregon Ducks, Sunday, Oct. 29 at Pape Field with kickoff scheduled for 1 p.m. PT
    II.    Last time out, the Cougars come from behind twice to earn a 2-2 draw at Oregon State, Thursday evening, with goals from both Colorado freshmen, Reagan Kotschau and Naomi Clark
    III.     Margie Detrizio headlines the Cougars' attack, with a team-high seven goals scored, team-high five assists, most recently assisting on the late equalizer at OSU, and a team-high 63 shots (27 SOG)
    IV.    Detrizio has rocketed into the WSU record book with 25 career goals (7th), 16 career assists (t-5th), and 66 total career points (6th)
    V.    WSU holds an all-time 15-4-8 record against Oregon, boasting an 11 match unbeaten streak against the Ducks, and have only lost once in Eugene in school history, the last UO result, in the 2011 season
    VI.    Last season, Oregon traveled to the Palouse and escaped with a 1-1 tie thanks to an early goal from Trinity Morales before WSU drew even in the second half courtesy of then-junior Margie Detrizio
    VII.    Head Coach Todd Shulenberger returned for his ninth season at the helm of the Cougar program, holding the school's all-time wins record (98) and two victories shy of 100 wins with a .626 winning percentage
    VIII.    WSU has rallied for a win or tie fives times this season after conceding the opening goal, most recently at Oregon State
    IX.    The Cougars are currently projected as an at-large bid for the NCAA Tournament with WSU's RPI in the upper 30s
    X.    With her start at Oregon State, Bridget Rieken made her 86th career appearance (t-4th in school history) and 83rd career start (t-5th)
    XI.    Next up, the Cougars conclude the regular season in Seattle, facing the Washington Huskies, Friday, Nov. 3 in the Boeing Apple Cup Series

COUGARS VS DUCKS
Washington State visits Eugene, Oregon to face the Oregon Ducks, Sunday, Oct. 29 at 1 p.m. from Pape Field. The Cougars boast an 11-match unbeaten streak against the Ducks, dating back to Wazzu's lone program loss at Oregon in 2011. Last season the Ducks visited Pullman and escaped with a 1-1 draw thanks to a 10th minute Oregon goal. Then-junior Margie Detrizio netted the second-half equalizer for WSU to earn the draw. In the programs' history, WSU holds an 15-4-8 advantage and current head coach Todd Shulenberger has never lost to Oregon.

DETRIZIO DOMINATION
Margie Detrizio entered her senior season as a Preseason All-Pac-12 selection, the only student-athlete outside of the four California schools to be recognized on the 11-member team, and the Conference's top returning goalscorer. Detrizio has spearheaded the Cougar offense each of the past two seasons, and now sits seventh in WSU history with 25 career goals scored, most recently scoring the game-winning goal in a 1-0 win over Colorado. Detrizio picked up her 15th career assist in WSU's draw at California, Oct. 13, moving her into a seventh-place tie in Cougar history. With last Thursday's goal, Detrizio moved to sixth in WSU's career point total all-time list.

SUPER SENIOR BRIDGET RIEKEN
Fifth-year senior Bridget Rieken has been the heart of the WSU backline since her freshman season in 2019, leading the Cougs all the way to the College Cup semifinals. In her time on the pitch, Bridget has made 86 career appearances and started 83 matches, both top-5 in school history. With Rieken in the backline, WSU has limited opponents to fewer than one goal per match, including 13 shutouts during her junior season (2nd WSU history)...off the pitch Rieken is a 3-time Pac-12 All-Academic selection and member of the Murrow College of Communication Honor Roll. Rieken was named the Aug. 28 Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week, the first weekly Conference award of her career.

SHULENBERGER APPROACHES 100 CAREER WINS
WSU Head Coach Todd Shulenberger earned his 98th career victory in last Thursday's win over Colorado. Shulenberger holds a .626 winning percentage. Last season, Shulenberger broke the program's win record with his 89th career victory, defeating Utah, Oct. 2, 2022, surpassing Matt Potter with 88 career wins in Pullman.

COOPER RE-WRITING WSU RECORD BOOK
Junior goalkeeper Nadia Cooper is no stranger to re-writing the WSU record book, this season setting her sights on the career goalkeeping lists. In WSU's 1-0 win over Colorado, the Houstonian picked up her 26th career win, fifth place in school history. Cooper made a season-high nine saves in WSU's program-first win over Portland, one shy of her single-game career high. The junior netminder eclipsed 4,500 career minutes, moving to fifth-most minutes between the pipes in program history. She has also made 153 career saves and vaulted up to seventh on the top-10 career saves list. Cooper made her 50th career start in Thursday's draw at OSU.

COLORADO FRESHMEN PHENOMS
The freshmen duo of Reagan Kotschau and Naomi Clark has a long history, dating back to the youth soccer scene in Colorado. Kotschau and Clark joined sides at WSU and each scored their first career goal in the season-opener against Eastern Washington. It marked the second time under Coach Shulenberger when two true freshmen scored in the season-opener and the fourth time in program history. Kotschau, from Thornton, Colorado, and Clark, from Parker, Colorado, became the 18th and 19th freshmen, respectively, in program history to score in the season-opening match. The duo repeated the feat in WSU's draw at Oregon State with Kotschau scoring a first-half golazo, and Clark finding the late equalizer with a worldie of her own.

BRYANA'S BIG RETURN
Senior transfer Bryana Pizarro made her first-career start in Crimson and Gray in WSU's Sept. 22 match versus Stanford, after making her debut as a sub in the win over Seattle U, Sept. 14. The Oregon State transfer returned to the pitch after a spring injury sidelined her for the majority of the nonconference schedule. On Senior Day last Sunday, Pizarro delivered the hockey assist on the late-equalizing Cougar goal, her first career assist and point at Wazzu.

FIFTY MATCHES MILESTONE
Several Cougars are reaching milestones in their collegiate careers involving the number '50'. Junior Reese Tappan started her 50th career in last Thursday's win over Colorado. Junior Nadia Cooper made her 50th start in Corvallis this Thursday. Junior Lindsey Turner also played her 50th college match against Colorado. Senior Jenna Studer, out for the season, made her 50th career appearance in WSU's win at Texas A&M.

IT JUST MEANS MORE
With the Cougars' win over Texas A&M at College Station, Aug. 20, they became one of only three Pac-12 schools to win against an SEC opponent this year, and one of two to do it on the road. Washington State and Southern Cal are the only Conference schools to travel to a Power 5 opponent and win (2-7-1). Against all Power 5 schools, the Pac-12 posted a 10-10-4 record.

COUGS NAMED TOP-20 PROGRAM OVER LAST FIVE YEARS
The Cougars were tabbed as the 20th best team in the country over the last five seasons, SoccerWire.com announced in preseason. The organization generates the standings based on each program's average position in the end-of-season rankings. Rankings are based on a combination of final United Soccer Coaches Polls and Rating Percentage Index (RPI) from each season, with bonuses awarded for NCAA Tournament qualification and College Cup victories. Stanford was the only Pac-12 ranked higher than WSU, named fifth on the list.

RANKED CLASHES HEADLINE START TO CONFERENCE
The Cougars started Pac-12 Conference play with three straight top-25 match at Lower Soccer Field. Previously, Washington State had never hosted three ranked teams in back-to-back weekends in the program's history. The last time the Cougars hosted three-straight ranked opponents, separated by a road series, came in 2017, which featured a 1-0 win over No. 2 UCLA.

BROOKS CALLED UP FOR OLYMPIC QUALIFIERS
Freshman goalkeeper Liya Brooks earned a call up to the Jamaican Women's National Team for a pair of Olympic qualifiers. The Jamaican Football Federation most recently called up Brooks for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, where the Reggae Girlz earned a historic first win in the global tournament. Jamaica faced Canada in a two-leg series that began Friday, Sept. 22 in Kingston and finished Tuesday, Sept. 26 in Toronto. Canada won the series and clinched a spot in the 2024 Paris Olympics alongside the United States.

UNDEFEATED IN AUGUST
The Cougars completed August with an unblemished record, the 11th time in program history with nothing but wins in the calendar month. Coach Shulenberger has led Wazzu to a perfect August schedule four times. WSU's five wins last month are the most wins in August in program history.

CLARK CLICKING IN THE ATTACK
True freshman Naomi Clark emerged as an offensive threat for the Cougs. The Colorado native has scored four times, most recently in the Oct. 26 tie at Oregon State. The goal was Clark's first of Conference play. Her curling, left-footed golazo from outside the area against Weber State in August earned SportsCenter's No. 7 play on the daily SC Top 10 segment. Clark began the season with goals in the first two games, becoming the first WSU freshman since Kailiana Johnson in 2013 to score goals in the first two games of the season.

SEASON-OPENER DRAWS THREE THOUSAND
When the Cougars took the field against Eastern Wash., Thursday, they did so in front of 3,013 fans, the second-largest crowd in program history and the 6th-largest crowd in the country over opening weekend. Lower Soccer Field has become something of a fan-fortress for the Cougs. In 2021, the team drew an average of 1,238 fans per match, the highest season average in program history. Last season, Wazzu averaged 1,057 fans per game, good for 21st in the country.

BROOKS BACK FROM WORLD CUP EXPERIENCE
Incoming freshman goalkeeper Liya Brooks had a short preseason with the Cougs. The Jamaican-American recently returned from a call-up with the Jamaican Senior Women's National Team to the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. While Brooks didn't see action on the field, the opportunity provided an experience to work with the veterans of the Reggae Girlz' roster and be with the team as they advanced to their first every Round of 16 match.

PICKING THEMSELVES BACK UP
The Cougars completed the 2022 season with only a single victory after conceding the opening goal and never won when trailing at halftime. This season, Washington State has won three matches and tied twice after conceding the opening goal and picked up two wins and tie after trailing at halftime.

COUGS TABBED FIFTH BY PAC-12 COACHES
Washington State was selected in the top half of the conference for the fifth-straight season, falling behind the four California schools in the preseason ranking at No. 5.

PRO COUGS
Establishing themselves among the elite teams, the Cougs have pushed their best into the pro ranks of the NWSL. Since the 2020 NWSL Draft, Washington State has had more draft selections than every school in the country, except UCLA. Eight Cougars have been called in the last four drafts. In the 2020 Draft, Morgan Weaver went No. 2 overall to the Portland Thorns. The following year Trinity Rodman went No. 2 overall to the Washington Spirit.