WSU Soccer Faces Georgia Sunday Morning

KICKOFF NOTES
WSU faces hosting University of Georgia Sunday afternoon, Sept. 15, for a 1 p.m. kickoff at Turner Soccer Complex. The match will stream live on SEC Network+ with commentary from Jeff Dantzler and Weldon Kolker.

Wazzu and Georgia have never met in women’s soccer. Against the Southeastern Conference, WSU holds a record of 7-8-3, most recently defeating Texas A&M, 3-2, in College Station, Aug. 20, 2023 with current senior Grayson Lynch scoring a brace in the road win. Under Coach Shulenberger the Cougars are 2-2-1 against current SEC opponents.

Cougar soccer was named No. 21 on SoccerWire’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 vs Georgia Southern, the Cougars got back to winning way with 1-0 victory over the Eagles in Athens, Thursday afternoon. Lindsey Turner scored her first goal of the season, a 50th minute header on a cross from Alena Watts for her first-career assist in a return to Georgia.

Grayson Lynch made her 85th career match appearance in Thursday’s win over Georgia Southern, moving her into a seventh-place tie in school history with Morgan Weaver and Aaqila McLyn. If Lynch plays in all remaining regular season matches, she will finish second in all-time WSU matches played with 97 behind Sydney Pulver at 98 career games played as a Coug.

Nadia Cooper earned career shutout No. 16 and picked up her 29th career win with Thursday’s cleansheet. Cooper moved into a tie with Lindsey Jorgensen for fourth in WSU history career GK wins.

Lindsey Turner scored her first goal of the season, delivering the game-winning header in the 51st minute. The goal from the fifth-year senior marked her second career Cougar goal and third all-time collegiate goal after netting one at UC Riverside.

Head Coach Todd Shulenberger earned his 100th win Sunday, Aug. 25, with a 2-1 win against Idaho. Shulenberger became the 140th active head coach to reach 100 career wins and the 44th to hit the century mark at a single school.

Sophomore Alena Watts tallied her first career assist and first career point in Thursday’s win over Georgia Southern. Watts, a Georgia native, served an aerial through ball into the Eagles’ defensive area for Lindsey Turner to head home for the game-winner, giving Watts a homecoming memory and the game-winning assist in front of friends and…