Huskies Hit Berkeley for Sunday Matchup with Cal

BERKELEY, Calif. – Washington women’s soccer wraps up its Bay Area road trip on Sunday, taking on the Cal Bears at 1 p.m. PT at Edwards Stadium.

The match can be watched via Cal Live Stream 5, while live stats can be found at HuskyStats.com.

SCOUTING CAL

Neil McGuire is in his 16th season as the head coach at Cal, sitting as the program’s all-time wins leader with 175 victories during his time in Berkeley. In McGuire’s 15 previous seasons, the Bears have earned an NCAA Tournament bid 12 times.

 

The Bears enter Sunday’s matchup with a 7-3-3 record, tied with the Huskies for fifth in the Pac-12 table with a 2-2-0 league record. Cal is undefeated at Edwards Stadium this season, boasting a 3-0-1 record. The Bears have one their last two league games, topping Arizona and Washington State.

 

Senior Roy Keely paces the Bears with seven goals this season, scoring both of Cal’s goals in the 2-1 victory over Washington State on Thursday. Sophomore defender Ayo Oke leads the team with five assists.

Senior Angelina Anderson has started all 13 games between the posts, registering a 0.91 goals against average with a .718 save percentage on 28 stops.

SERIES HISTORY

Washington owns a slight lead in the all-time series with Cal at 17-13-1. The Huskies have won each of the last four matchups with the Bears to garner that advantage. The Dawgs have won two of the last three meetings at Edwards Stadium, holding a 5-9-0 record all-time in Berkeley.

 

LAST MEETING (10/7/21)

SEATTLE – The Washington women’s soccer team defeated California 1-0 on Thursday night at Husky Soccer Stadium. Summer Yates scored early in the 6th minute to give UW the lead and the Dawgs never looked back, earning their first Pac-12 win of the season.

 

Helena Reischling played a deep ball in the box that Yates was able to get her head on and placed it wonderfully into the left corner of the net. Yates’ goal was her third of the season and the 18th of her Husky career. Jessika Cowart earned the second assist on the play.

 

Olivia Sekany was solid as ever in goal, with three saves on the night. She also earned the shutout, her third of the season.

 

Sekany was rarely challenged in a significant way, thanks to the Husky defensive effort that didn’t allow the Golden Bears many quality opportunities. The back line of Tasia Kravitz, Cowart, Peyton McGee and Reischling were excellent all night,…