Huskies to Round Out Regular Season with Apple Cup Matchup at Washington State

SEATTLE – Washington will hit the road for its final match of the 2022 regular season, making way for Pullman, Washington, to take on rival Washington State in the Boeing Apple Cup Series at Lower Soccer Field Friday night.

The match, scheduled for a 7 p.m. PT kickoff, will be available on Pac-12 Washington, while live stats can be found at HuskyStats.com.

SCOUTING WASHINGTON STATE

The Cougars are in their eighth season under head coach Todd Shulenberger. With Shulenberger at the helm, Washington State has made five trips to the NCAA Tournament, including the 2019 College Cup, winning a program-record 16 games.

 

Washington State enters Friday’s regular season finale with an 8-6-4 overall record, sitting eighth in the Pac-12 table with a 2-5-3 league record.

 

Wazzu is led offensively by junior forward Margie Detrizio with 10 goals on the season, ranking as the fifth most in the Pac-12. Detrizio also paces the Cougars with five assists, posting the third most points in the league at 25. Senior forward Grayson Lynch is another attacking threat with four goals and two assists.

Sophomore Nadia Cooper has started all 18 matches and seen nearly all the action in goal for Wazzu. The Houston native owns a 1.12 goals against average and a .701 save percentage on 47 stops.

SERIES HISTORY

Washington State leads the all-time series with Washington 15-9-8. Since the Boeing Apple Cup Series was enacted in 2018, the two sides have split the five meetings at 2-2-1. The Huskies will be seeking their first win in Pullman since 1996.

 

LAST MEETING (10/21/21)

SEATTLE – In a physical, high-intensity match at Husky Soccer Stadium, Washington came away with a 4-2 loss to No. 18 Washington State in the Boeing Apple Cup Series. The Huskies came from a goal down in the first half to equalize but couldn’t match the Cougars four goals on a cold Friday night on Montlake.

 

The Cougars opened the scoring in the 31st minute on a goal by Grayson Lynch. In a common occurrence for the Huskies as of late, they quickly bounced back, equalizing within the next three minutes.

 

Ruby Hellstrom delivered a ball in off a corner and after bouncing around in the box, the ball trickled into goal off a WSU defender for an own goal. It was the first goal the Huskies have scored on the year via an own goal.

 

WSU however would bounce back, scoring three goals within the first twenty…