Washington Wraps The Regular Season At Oregon State
November 07, 2017 | Men's Soccer
The Huskies close out the 2017 regular season on Thursday, traveling to Corvallis to take on Oregon State University at Lorenz Field at 2:00 p.m. Washington heads into the match, riding a three-match winning streak--all of which came via shutout. The Huskies defeated the Beavers 2-1 when the two met earlier this season in Seattle as Joey Parish scored both goals in the match.
Washington picked up six points on the Southern California road trip for the first time since San Diego State joined the Pac-12 in 2005, beating UCLA and SDSU by 1-0 scores. Those points proved huge as the Huskies are within two points of second-place California, which must play at conference champ Stanford in its final match. A win coupled with a loss by the Golden Bears would clinch second place for the Huskies. Despite its two huge road wins, the Huskies fell three spots to No. 20 in the latest NCAA/United Soccer Coaches Poll.
Oregon State Beavers At A Glance
Oregon State comes into its final match of the year with just two wins in its last six games including a 4-2 win at San Diego State in its last match. While the Beavers have won just once on the road, they are 4-4 at home including 2-2 in conference matches.
Series History
Washington leads the all-time series 39-13-4 including the 2-1 win this year and a split in the series last year. The Huskies beat the Beavers 2-1 in Corvallis, but lost 1-0 on Montlake. Washington is 4-1-1 in six matches at Oregon State under Coach Jamie Clark and are undefeated in their last five in Oregon.
Kerawala Named Pac-12 Player of the Week
Saif Kerawala earned conference player of the week honors with a stellar week in goal at San Diego State and UCLA. Kerawala posted a pair of cleansheets on the week including stoning a penalty kick at SDSU. The sophomore has not allowed a goal in the last 239:03 in net, his longest shutout stretch of the year and second time he has gone at least 220 minutes without allowing a goal in 2017. He posted a streak of 228:36 scoreless minutes between Sept. 17 and Oct. 1. The sophomore ranks second in the conference in goals against average at 0.88 and is second in shutouts with seven.
It Takes Two To Make A Thing Go Right
Washington recorded its two victories of the year when scoring less than two goals on its Southern California road trip, winning a pair of 1-0 matches. Prior to the week, the Huskies were 0-5-1 when tallying one or no goals but were a perfect 10-0-0 when scoring two or more. Through Sunday, Washington ranks second in the Pac-12 with 35 goals and ranks 22nd in the NCAA in scoring average with 1.94 goals per game average.
Menzies Back On Top
Scott Menzies took back the scoring lead for the Huskies with his seventh goal of the season in the win at San Diego State. Menzies scored one of his easiest goals of the year, sending a shot past an SDSU defender just in front of the goal off a great run and cross by Elijah Rice for Washington's lone goal of the match. The goal was also the third match-winner for the redshirt junior, who is now second on the team with 15 points.
Caution! Hot Coffee!
Kyle Coffee recorded a brace at Cal, giving him a career-high four goals on the season. Coffee, who missed significant time due to injury this season, scored three of UW's four goals that week and recorded his first goal of the season against San Diego State on October 5, seeing his first significant action this season.
You've Got To Hand It To Him
Sophomore Handwalla Bwana continues to lead the Washington offense, recording a point in nine of the 17 games he has played this season including picking up an assist on the lone goal at UCLA. Bwana, the 2016 Pac-12 Freshman of the Year, ranks second in the Pac-12 in points (18), third in assists (6), fifth in goals (6) and leads the conference in shots with 47. During Washington's six-match win streak earlier this season, Bwana had a hand in nine of the 19 goals scored, recording five goals and four assists.
Stable Starters
Three Washington players have started all 18 matches this season: Quentin Pearson, Luke Hauswirth and Justin Fiddes. Justin Fiddes leads the Huskies with 1,576 minutes played, sitting just 69 minutes this year. Five players have recorded over 1,400 minutes (Fiddes, Saif Kerawala, Hauswirth, Garret Jackson, and Pearson) while 14 players have seen action in at least 17 matches.
Ranked Opponents
Washington is 4-2-1 in its six matches against ranked opponents this season after a big win over No. 17 Cal on Sunday. The Huskies have also recorded wins over No. 20 New Mexico (2-1), No. 22 Gonzaga (3-0), No. 24 Seattle U (2-0) and also played to a draw with No. 8 Stanford (1-1). Washington has lost to No. 6 Stanford (2-1) and to No. 24 Akron (2-0).
Help Me Out Here Blake
Blake Bodily recorded assists on two of Washington's three goals against Cal on Sunday, giving him seven for the season. The freshman now leads the team and ranks second in the conference with those seven helpers and leads all Pac-12 freshmen with 13 points (3g, 7a). The pair of points were his first since putting together an impressive run with two goals and four assists over three matches including scoring a goal and adding an assist in back-to-back games against Drexel and Santa Clara.
Running Out Of Hats
Washington has tallied two hat tricks already on the season after not recording a hat trick since 2013 (Taylor Peay vs. Santa Clara). There have been 25 hat tricks in all of NCAA Division I this season with the Dawgs recording two of them. Bwana netted the first hat trick of the season with three goals against Santa Clara. Menzies then followed with a hat trick in the very next match, tallying three times against Utah Valley.
RPI Check-In
The Huskies currently sit at No. 28 in the latest RPI, a key metric in the NCAA selection committee's arsenal, moving up four spots since last week's ranking. UW is the second-highest Pac-12 team in the rankings behind Stanford (#13) and sits ahead of California (#33) and UCLA (#37) as the other Pac-12 teams in the Top 50.
Spreading It Around
Eleven different Huskies have scored a goal this year while 16 of the 21 players to see at least 25 minutes on the pitch have recorded a point. Scott Menzies leads the team with seven goals with Handwalla Bwana close behind with six. Jaret Townsend added his name to the list, scoring his first collegiate goal at UCLA.
Washington picked up six points on the Southern California road trip for the first time since San Diego State joined the Pac-12 in 2005, beating UCLA and SDSU by 1-0 scores. Those points proved huge as the Huskies are within two points of second-place California, which must play at conference champ Stanford in its final match. A win coupled with a loss by the Golden Bears would clinch second place for the Huskies. Despite its two huge road wins, the Huskies fell three spots to No. 20 in the latest NCAA/United Soccer Coaches Poll.
Oregon State Beavers At A Glance
Oregon State comes into its final match of the year with just two wins in its last six games including a 4-2 win at San Diego State in its last match. While the Beavers have won just once on the road, they are 4-4 at home including 2-2 in conference matches.
Series History
Washington leads the all-time series 39-13-4 including the 2-1 win this year and a split in the series last year. The Huskies beat the Beavers 2-1 in Corvallis, but lost 1-0 on Montlake. Washington is 4-1-1 in six matches at Oregon State under Coach Jamie Clark and are undefeated in their last five in Oregon.
Kerawala Named Pac-12 Player of the Week
Saif Kerawala earned conference player of the week honors with a stellar week in goal at San Diego State and UCLA. Kerawala posted a pair of cleansheets on the week including stoning a penalty kick at SDSU. The sophomore has not allowed a goal in the last 239:03 in net, his longest shutout stretch of the year and second time he has gone at least 220 minutes without allowing a goal in 2017. He posted a streak of 228:36 scoreless minutes between Sept. 17 and Oct. 1. The sophomore ranks second in the conference in goals against average at 0.88 and is second in shutouts with seven.
It Takes Two To Make A Thing Go Right
Washington recorded its two victories of the year when scoring less than two goals on its Southern California road trip, winning a pair of 1-0 matches. Prior to the week, the Huskies were 0-5-1 when tallying one or no goals but were a perfect 10-0-0 when scoring two or more. Through Sunday, Washington ranks second in the Pac-12 with 35 goals and ranks 22nd in the NCAA in scoring average with 1.94 goals per game average.
Menzies Back On Top
Scott Menzies took back the scoring lead for the Huskies with his seventh goal of the season in the win at San Diego State. Menzies scored one of his easiest goals of the year, sending a shot past an SDSU defender just in front of the goal off a great run and cross by Elijah Rice for Washington's lone goal of the match. The goal was also the third match-winner for the redshirt junior, who is now second on the team with 15 points.
Caution! Hot Coffee!
Kyle Coffee recorded a brace at Cal, giving him a career-high four goals on the season. Coffee, who missed significant time due to injury this season, scored three of UW's four goals that week and recorded his first goal of the season against San Diego State on October 5, seeing his first significant action this season.
You've Got To Hand It To Him
Sophomore Handwalla Bwana continues to lead the Washington offense, recording a point in nine of the 17 games he has played this season including picking up an assist on the lone goal at UCLA. Bwana, the 2016 Pac-12 Freshman of the Year, ranks second in the Pac-12 in points (18), third in assists (6), fifth in goals (6) and leads the conference in shots with 47. During Washington's six-match win streak earlier this season, Bwana had a hand in nine of the 19 goals scored, recording five goals and four assists.
Stable Starters
Three Washington players have started all 18 matches this season: Quentin Pearson, Luke Hauswirth and Justin Fiddes. Justin Fiddes leads the Huskies with 1,576 minutes played, sitting just 69 minutes this year. Five players have recorded over 1,400 minutes (Fiddes, Saif Kerawala, Hauswirth, Garret Jackson, and Pearson) while 14 players have seen action in at least 17 matches.
Ranked Opponents
Washington is 4-2-1 in its six matches against ranked opponents this season after a big win over No. 17 Cal on Sunday. The Huskies have also recorded wins over No. 20 New Mexico (2-1), No. 22 Gonzaga (3-0), No. 24 Seattle U (2-0) and also played to a draw with No. 8 Stanford (1-1). Washington has lost to No. 6 Stanford (2-1) and to No. 24 Akron (2-0).
Help Me Out Here Blake
Blake Bodily recorded assists on two of Washington's three goals against Cal on Sunday, giving him seven for the season. The freshman now leads the team and ranks second in the conference with those seven helpers and leads all Pac-12 freshmen with 13 points (3g, 7a). The pair of points were his first since putting together an impressive run with two goals and four assists over three matches including scoring a goal and adding an assist in back-to-back games against Drexel and Santa Clara.
Running Out Of Hats
Washington has tallied two hat tricks already on the season after not recording a hat trick since 2013 (Taylor Peay vs. Santa Clara). There have been 25 hat tricks in all of NCAA Division I this season with the Dawgs recording two of them. Bwana netted the first hat trick of the season with three goals against Santa Clara. Menzies then followed with a hat trick in the very next match, tallying three times against Utah Valley.
RPI Check-In
The Huskies currently sit at No. 28 in the latest RPI, a key metric in the NCAA selection committee's arsenal, moving up four spots since last week's ranking. UW is the second-highest Pac-12 team in the rankings behind Stanford (#13) and sits ahead of California (#33) and UCLA (#37) as the other Pac-12 teams in the Top 50.
Spreading It Around
Eleven different Huskies have scored a goal this year while 16 of the 21 players to see at least 25 minutes on the pitch have recorded a point. Scott Menzies leads the team with seven goals with Handwalla Bwana close behind with six. Jaret Townsend added his name to the list, scoring his first collegiate goal at UCLA.
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