Wazzu Wraps Weekend with UC San Diego

KICKOFF NOTES
The Cougars concluded the weekend hosting UC San Diego Sunday afternoon at Lower Soccer Field. Kickoff is scheduled for 1:05 p.m. with coverage on ESPN+ from Trevor Williams.

Wazzu and UCSD have never played in the sport of women’s soccer, marking the first all-time meeting between the Cougs and Tritons.

Against the Big West, WSU holds a 20-9-2 record with the majority of the matches (16) coming against Cal Poly and Hawaii. The Cougars tied the Big West’s UC Irvine Thursday night in the most recent meeting with the Conference.

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 drew UC Irvine, 1-1, Thursday evening in Pullman. Jenna Studer headed home a corner kick in the 64th minute before the Anteaters tied it in the 71st minute.

Grayson Lynch made her 83rd career match appearance in Thursday night’s draw to Irvine, moving her to ninth in Cougar history for career matches played by a non-goalkeeper. If Lynch plays in all remaining regular season matches, she will finish second in all-time WSU matches played with 97 behind Sydney Pulver’s 98.

Starting at Stanford, Nadia Cooper moved to fourth in career goalkeeping minutes in WSU history and eclipsed 5,200 minutes played in the previous home match against UCI. With her next appearance, Cooper will reach 60 matches played.

Cooper increased her career total to 176 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, fifth in WSU records.

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.

True freshman Kendall Campbell made her first college start at No. 2 Stanford. The California native held the starting spot in Thursday’s match with UC Irvine and has played every match. Campbell scored her first collegiate goal against Montana, netting the second goal in a 3-0 win in the home opener.

Nadia Cooper was named the WCC Defensive Player of the Week on Aug. 26 for her performance in the wins over Montana and…