Huskies Win Territorial Match In Front Of Record Breaking Crowd

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Huskies Win Territorial Match In Front Of Record Breaking Crowd

September 25, 2016 | Men's Soccer

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SEATTLE, WASH. – It was a night for the record books on Montlake. The Washington Huskies defeated Seattle University (2-1) for the inaugural Seattle Cup title, presented by the Washington Athletics Club, in front of the largest crowd in Husky Soccer Stadium history (3,419).

"It was a great city rivalry game," said Washington head coach Jamie Clark. "The Seattle University team pushed us to the very brink. I thought we were very comfortable until we got the man sent off, then that made it absolute mayhem. But we battled until the very last minute, I give a lot of credit to the guys. It was a fantastic atmosphere, the fans were brilliant; it was a great night for soccer in Seattle."

The match was a fight between the two Seattle teams from start to finish, as the final seconds included several shots by the Redhawks but the Husky defense fought them off to take the victory.

Beau Blanchard attempted to take an early lead as he took a shot in the 31^st second, but the shot went wide. Three shots later, the team found themselves up 1-0, after a goal by Handwalla Bwana, his third of the season.

GOOOOOAAAAALLLLLLLLL @UW_MSoccer!

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— Pac-12 Network (@Pac12Network) September 26, 2016

Late in the first half, SeattleU's Sam Langston received a yellow card, the first caution of the match.

The first half ended with six shots from the Huskies, one save for goalkeeper Auden Schilder and one goal. The Redhawks were unable to equalize the score, allowing the Huskies to go into the half up 1-0.

Five minutes into the second half, Steven Wright was issued a yellow card; but that did not deflate the Huskies as just three minutes later, Elijah Rice scored his first goal of his career off an assist from Luke Hauswirth, making the score 2-0.

Elijah Rice's first goal of the season! #WOOF https://t.co/QlU2zAmAHu
— UW Men's Soccer (@UW_MSoccer) September 26, 2016

In the 75^th minute Henry Wingo was issued a red card which sent the teams into a frenzy. The teams both picked up the offense for a combined total of seven shots in the final 15 minutes of the match.

Schilder made a huge one-handed grab to keep the Redhawks off the board but in the 88^th minute, a shot from Tyler John snuck past Schilder to make the score 2-1.

Great save by Auden Schilder to keep Seattle off the board https://t.co/5cAneuLHQJ
— UW Men's Soccer (@UW_MSoccer) September 26, 2016

The Gold and Purple fought off a flurry of shots in their box and came out on top, ending the night at 2-1 and improving their record to 6-2.

Schilder recorded three saves of the night, allowing only one goal.

Washington shots:

Handwalla Bwana- 2 (one goal)
Henry Wingo- 2
Kyle Coffee- 2
Quentin Pearson- 1
Beau Blanchard- 1
Joey Parish- 1
Elijah Rice- 1 (goal)
Scott Menzies- 1

The team opens up Pac-12 play this week as they travel to California to face UCLA on Sept. 29 at 7 p.m. PT and SDSU on Oct. 2 at 12 p.m. PT. The Huskies will return home for a matchup against Stanford on Thursday, Oct. 6. Tickets for the home match can be purchased here.

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