The Cougars travel to the Peach State for a pair of matches at the University of Georgia campus. WSU will face Georgia Southern, Thursday, Sept. 12 at noon PT (3 p.m. ET) from Turner Soccer Complex.

Wazzu and Georgia Southern have met once, historically, when the Eagles made the trip to Pullman, Washington in 2017. The Cougs won 5-0, Sept. 3, with goals from five different individuals.

Against the Sun Belt, WSU holds a 2-1-2 record with the majority of the matches (3) coming against James Madison. The Cougars most-recent contest against an SBC opponent was the season-opener, Aug. 19, 2021, hosting Arkansas State in front of a record crowd 3,147 to a 1-1 draw.

Cougar soccer was named No. 21 on SoccerWire's list of the Top 50 most successful women's soccer programs in the country over the last five years.

Last time on the pitch the Cougs drew UC San Diego, 1-1, Sunday afternoon in Pullman. Rajanah Reed scored her first goal of the season to equalize in the 37th minute. WSU outshot the Tritons 25-7, but could not find a second-half winner.

Grayson Lynch made her 84th career appearance in Sunday's draw to UCSD, moving her within one match of seventh in career matches played (by a field player) in Coug history. If Lynch plays in all remaining regular season matches, she will finish second in all-time WSU matches played with 97 behind Sydney Pulver at 98 career games played.

Shevaun Judon and Ashly Berge made their first WSU starts in Sunday's draw with UCSD. Judon made her first start in 1,060 days, last starting for Liberty at North Florida, Oct. 14, 2021. Berge made her first start in 689 days, last starting for Boise State vs New Mexico, Oct. 10, 2022.

Nadia Cooper moved to fourth in career GK minutes in WSU history and has eclipsed 5,300 minutes played. In the previous match against the Tritons, Cooper reached 60 matches played.

Nadia Cooper increased her career total to 180 saves, sixth in Cougar goalkeeping history. Cooper also sits fifth in WSU history with 28 career wins and her cleansheet against Montana, Aug. 22, marked her 15th career shutout, fifth in WSU records.

Head Coach Todd Shulenberger earned his 100th win Sunday, Aug. 25, with a 2-1 win against Idaho. Shulenberger became the 140th active head coach to reach 100 career wins and the 44th to hit the century mark at a single school.

True freshman Kendall Campbell made her first college start at No. 2 Stanford. The California native has held the starting spot up front since and has played every match. Campbell scored her first collegiate goal against Montana, netting the second goal in a 3-0 win in the home opener.

Nadia Cooper was named the WCC Defensive Player of the Week on Aug. 26 for her performances in home wins over Montana and Idaho. Cooper eclipsed 5,300 career minutes played, moved to sixth in school history with 180 career saves, and fifth with 28 career wins and 15 career shutouts. The honor was Cooper's third career weekly conference honor, having been named Pac-12 Goalkeeper of the Week twice as a freshman in 2021.

The West Coast Conference welcomed Washington State as an affiliate member in women's soccer for the 2024 and 2025 soccer seasons, alongside Oregon State. The Cougars will be eligible for the WCC's automatic NCAA Tournament bid and compete in the Conference alongside top-25 teams in Santa Clara and Pepperdine.

In the WCC Preseason Coaches Poll, the Cougars were selected to finish second, behind nationally-ranked Santa Clara and ahead of nationally-ranked Pepperdine.

Two Cougars earned WCC preseason honors with redshirt-fifth-year senior forward Grayson Lynch and sophomore midfielder Reagan Kotschau named to the WCC Preseason Team.

Six Cougs have debuted this season, with four debuts in the season opener at Purdue, August 15. Transfers Julianna Duckett and Maggie Mace made their Wazzu debuts in the starting lineup. Ashly Berge made her Cougar debut as a substitute in the 31st minute and true freshman Kendall Campbell entered as a first-half sub. Fifth year transfers Sophie Beadle and Raniyah Burton both made WSU debuts in the home-opening win against Montana.

Match Milestones: In last Sunday's match, Nadia Cooper and Lindsey Turner both reached 60 matches played; Reese Tappan started her 60th career match; Grayson Lynch made her 84th career appearance; Julianna Duckett played in her 75th career match; and Maggie Mace eclipsed 40 games played. With her next start, Duckett will make her 60th collegiate start. In their next match played: Ashly Berge will reach 40 match appearances and Grayson Lynch will tie Morgan Weaver and Aaqila McLyn with 85 games played, for seventh in WSU history.

Jenna Studer and Grayson Lynch returned from injury after 12 months away from the pitch. Studer returned for a full 90 shift in West Lafayette, 361 days removed from a season-ending injury at Texas A&M, Aug. 20, 2023. Lynch started up front for the first time in 357 days, having suffered an ACL injury in the win at Portland last August.

Six transfers arrived in Pullman to reload the Cougar roster, including three graduate students, one fifth-year senior, one true senior, and one junior. All five field players have seen the pitch for the Cougs with just transfer goalkeeper Keara Fitzgerald sidelined due to injury.

The last two Cougar shutouts have both involved Reese Tappan delivering an assist for the win. Last October, Tappan assisted on the game-winning goal over Colorado. Against Montana Thursday night, Tappan assisted on the game-winner in the first half for her fifth-career assist.

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