Huskies Head South, Battle Oregon Thursday In Eugene

EUGENE, Ore.  – Kicking off its final road trip of the regular season, Washington brings its four-match unbeaten streak to Papé Field Thursday, taking on Oregon at 7 p.m. PT.
 
The match will be air on Pac-12 Washington. Links to live coverage can be found above.
 
SCOUTING OREGON
A former staffer for the United States Women’s National Team, Graeme Abel is in his fourth season leading the Oregon program. During his first two campaigns with the Ducks, Abel led the Ducks to back-to-back winning seasons for the first time in 40 years.
 
The Ducks enter Thursday’s match winless on the season at 0-14-2, dropping all eight of their Pac-12 matches thus far. Oregon has lost all six matches in Eugene this season.
 
The Ducks have scored just seven goals in 2023, with seven different players credited with a goal. Oregon has also registered seven assists from seven different players on the season.
 
Replacing the Pac-12 Goalkeeper of the Year, Leah Freeman, redshirt-sophomore Maddy Goldberg has established herself as the Ducks’ primary keeper. Goldberg has posted a 2.09 goals against average with a .758 save percentage, making 75 saves on the year. Goldberg has earned both of Oregon’s clean sheets in 2023.

SERIES HISTORY

Washington will look to avenge last season’s 2-0 defeat in Eugene last season, which snapped a six-match winning streak for the Huskies. UW leads the all-time series with Oregon at 20-5-2, including 9-4-2 in Eugene.

LAST MEETING (9/23/22)

EUGENE, Ore. – No. 15 Washington dominated the stat sheet but was hit twice against the run of play, falling 2-0 to Oregon at Papé Field. 

 

While Washington controlled the pace of play in the opening minutes, the Ducks got on the board in the early going. Following a failed clearance, Kaitlyn Paculba found Ajanee Respass, who tucked a shot inside the far post to put Oregon up 1-0 in the 11th minute.

 

Down an early goal, Washington stepped on the front foot in search of an equalizer and nearly found it in the 38th minute as Hailey Still found herself in front of goal for a shot. Still struck it well but was denied by an outstretched hand by Oregon keeper Leah Freeman.

 

Despite holding an 11-3 advantage in shots and spending the majority of the first half in the attacking third, the Huskies found themselves down 1-0 heading into the break.

 

After surviving an early scare early in the second half,…