WASHINGTON STATE at PURDUE
THURSDAY, AUGUST 15 at 7 PM ET // 4 PM PT
WEST LAFAYETTE, ILL. at FOLK FIELD
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KICKOFF NOTES
The West Coast Conference welcomed WSU as an affiliate member in women’s soccer for the 2024 soccer season, alongside Oregon State University.
In the WCC Preseason Coaches Poll, the Cougars were selected to finish second, behind nationally-ranked No. 22 Santa Clara, with a pair of first-place votes.
Two Cougars earned WCC preseason honors with senior forward Grayson Lynch and sophomore midfielder Reagan Kotschau named to the WCC Preseason Team.
Head Coach Todd Shulenberger enters his 10th season at the helm of the Cougar soccer program with a 98-54-23 record. With the kickoff of the 2024 season, Shulenberger becomes the longest tenured head coach in WSU soccer history.
Wazzu and Purdue have never met previously. The Cougars’ trip to West Lafayette marks the first meeting between the programs and the first WSU contest against a Big Ten opponent since falling 2-1 at No. 17 Michigan, Aug. 18, 2022.
Against the Big Ten Conference, the Cougs hold a 42-62-29 record with the majority of the matches (121) against former Pac-12 members Oregon, Southern California, Washington, and UCLA. Without the Big Ten’s newest members, WSU holds a 4-9-3 record against the previous iteration of the conference.
Returning from injury, super seniors Grayson Lynch and Jenna Studer will see the pitch for the first time since last August. Grayson is the final team member from WSU’s 2019 College Cup semifinal run.
In 35 season openers, the Cougs are 26-6-3 and 10-1-1 in season openers on the road.
The Cougs’ nonconference slate features a tough selection of road matches at Big Ten’s Purdue, SEC’s Georgia, and ACC’s Stanford before a stout WCC schedule.
Six transfers arrived in Pullman to reload the Cougar roster, including three graduate students, one fifth-year senior, one true senior, and one junior.
Five freshmen joined the Cougars, including two forwards, one midfielder, and two defenders from Washington, California, and Colorado.
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