Soccer Back Home to Host UC Irvine

WASHINGTON STATE COUGARS (2-2) vs IC IRVINE ANTEATERS (1-4-1) 

KICKOFF NOTES

The Cougars welcome the Anteaters of UC Irvine for a Thursday evening clash in Pullman. Wazzu hosts the Anteaters at Lower Soccer Field for ’90s Night with kickoff scheduled for 7:05 p.m. PT on ESPN+ with Greg Heister on the call.

Wazzu and UCI meet for the sixth time and second time on the Palouse. After dropping the first meeting between the programs in 1991, the Cougs have won the previous four meetings, but just once this century when WSU won 4-0 in 2013.

Head Coach Todd Shulenberger earned his 100th win Sunday, Aug. 25, with a 2-1 win against Idaho. Shulenberger, in his 10th season at the helm of the Cougar soccer program, boasts a 100-56-23 record. Shulenberger became the 140th active head coach to reach 100 career wins and the 44th to hit the century mark at a single school.

Against the Big West, WSU holds a 20-9-1 record with the majority of the matches (16) coming against Cal Poly and Hawaii. The last Wazzu meeting against a Big West team was Sept. 11, 2022 in Pullman, Wash., when WSU defeated Cal Poly, 3-2. Current Cougs Lindsey Turner and Grayson Lynch both scored in that match.

Cougar soccer was named No. 21 on SoccerWire.com’s list of the Top 50 most successful women’s soccer programs in the country over the last five years.

Last time on the pitch the Cougs fell at No. 2 Stanford 0-2, Sept. 1, despite a strong performance outpossessing the Cardinal, with 13 corner kicks, and a penalty save from Nadia Cooper.

Starting at Stanford, Nadia Cooper moved to fourth in career goalkeeping minutes in WSU history with 5,133 minutes spent between the pipes. The senior eclipsed 5,000 minutes played in the previous home match, beating Idaho.

Cooper increased her career total to 174 saves, sixth in Cougar goalkeeping history. Cooper also sits fifth in WSU history with 28 career wins and her cleansheet against Montana, Aug. 22, marked her 15th career shutout.

True freshman Kendall Campbell makes first college start at No. 2 Stanford. The California native has played every match and scored her first collegiate goal against Montana, netting the second goal in a 3-0 win in the home opener.

Nadia…