Soccer Travels South to Face #1 Bruins

WASHINGTON STATE (8-4-4, 2-3-3)
at No. 1 UCLA (15-1-0, 7-1-0)
Thursday, Oct. 27 at 7 p.m.
Los Angeles | Wallis Annenberg Stadium
Live Video | Pac-12 Network (PxP: Tammy Blackburn)
Live Stats | StatBroadcast

OPENING XI

    I.    WSU travels to UCLA to face the Bruins Thursday, Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. at Wallis Annenberg Stadium with coverage on the Pac-12 Network

    II.    In their last meeting, the Cougs and Bruins tied, 1-1 after 2OT, as Sydney Studer scored the equalizer in the 55th minute with an assist from Grayson Lynch

    III.    Last time out, the Cougs battled to a scoreless draw against Arizona for the sixth cleansheet of the season and Nadia Cooper’s 12th career shutout

    IV.    Mykiaa Minniss started her 89th career game, second all-time at WSU, Sunday against Arizona, and sits two starts back from WSU’s all time leader at 91

    V.    Margie Detrizio leads the Pac-12 Conference in shots (74) and shots on frame (2.0), which is tied for 4th and 15th nationally, respectively

    VI.    Detrizio leads the team with 21 points (tied 6th in Pac-12), 8 goals (T-8), and 5 assists (T-7)

    VII.    The Cougs rank 3rd nationally with 21.9 shots per game and are outshooting opponents 350-133, just behind Stanford atop the Pac-12

    VIII.    Goalkeeper Nadia Cooper picked up her 5th shutout of the season and 12th career cleansheet Sunday vs Arizona, moving her into 6th all-time in WSU shutouts

    IX.    Minniss and Sydney Studer were named to TopDrawerSoccer.com’s Midseason Top 100 Players to Watch, alongside Lily Boyden on the Freshmen Top 100 list

    X.    WSU’s average home attendance of 1,118 fans per game ranks 19th nationally

    XI.    Coach Todd Shulenberger earned his 89th career win, Oct. 2 versus Utah to become WSU’s all-time wins leader, passing former coach Matt Potter at 88 wins

COUGARS VS BRUINS

Washington State hits the road for its final away matches of the regular season, beginning Thursday, Oct. 27 at No. 1 UCLA in Los Angeles. The Cougars and Bruins are scheduled to kick off at 7 p.m. on the Pac-12 Network. Last season, the sides met for a 1-1 double-overtime draw in Pullman.