Huskies Head to the Bay to Face Familiar Foes

Thursday, October 18

Berkeley, CA

3:00 PM

University of Washington

California

Photo by: Red Box Pictures

October 16, 2018 | Men's Soccer

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SEATTLE --- The Huskies hit the road this week for their final two away matches of the 2018 regular season. The opponents will be quite familiar as Washington faces off against California and Stanford for the second-straight week. The Huskies are in Berkeley to take on the Golden Bears on Thursday at 3:00 p.m. at Edwards Stadium, then head across the Bay for a rematch against Stanford on Sunday at 3:00 p.m. at Cagan Stadium. Both matches are being broadcast on the Pac-12 Network with live stats available from each respective school's website or through the links on GoHuskies.com.

The Huskies played a lot of soccer last week as both matches against the Bay area schools on Montlake were settled in double overtime. On Thursday, Scott Menzies converted a penalty kick early in the second overtime to give Washington a 1-0 victory over Cal. The Huskies earned the kick after Jaret Townsend was fouled after making a nice run into the box to set up the spot kick.

On Sunday, Washington jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead, but No. 10 Stanford fought back and took a 2-1 lead late in the second half. The Huskies were able to level the score with under five minutes remaining as Quentin Pearson was fouled in the box and Corban Anderson stepped up to convert the penalty. However, the Cardinal would find the back of the net with just over three minutes to go in the second overtime to pull out a 3-2 win.

The California Golden Bears At A Glance
The Golden Bears were swept on their trip to the Northwest, losing 1-0 to UW and to Oregon State last week. Cal now has just one win over its last seven matches: a 1-0 victory over San Diego State at home on Sunday, Sept. 30. Cal opened conference play with three-straight home matches, but dropped its first one to UCLA 2-1 and lost 4-2 to Stanford last week. Prior to the Pac-12 slate, the Golden Bears were 4-1-2. Despite being winless on the road this year, Cal does hold a 4-2-0 record in home matches.

Senior midfielder and All-American Shinya Kadono leads the conference in goals (11), points (24) and shots (46). The next closest players in the Pac-12 in goals each have six and the second-best point total is 15. Overall he has 11 of the team's 20 goals, which is tied for the most by a Pac-12 team this year. However, the team ranks last in the conference in goals against average at 1.39, allowing 19 goals through 13 matches.

Series History vs. California
Washington leads the all-time series 31-19-10 and holds a 14-11-3 edge in games at Cal. Including Thursday's win, the Huskies have lost just twice in the last 15 matches between the two schools since Head Coach Jamie Clark took over in 2011. Washington is 10-2-3 in those last 15 matches and has wins in four of the last five games in the series. Last year the teams split the season series with the Huskies winning 3-0 at home but losing 2-1 at Berkeley. In last season's match at Cal, the Golden Bears struck early with a goal by Kadono in the 11th minute, but Luke Hauswirth answered with a tally in the 16th. But Cal would get the match-winner from Jose Carerra-Garcia in the 77th minute to win 2-1.

The Stanford Cardinal At A Glance
The Cardinal are the three-time defending NCAA National Champs, winning each title without allowing a single goal throughout the tournament. Stanford's defense is again among the best in the country again this year, allowing just seven goals through 12 matches this season. The Cardinal got off to a bit of a slow start, playing to three-straight ties. However, Stanford is 7-2-0 since then, outscoring its opponents 19-6 over that stretch.

Senior Amir Bashti leads the team with six goals and is one of 10 Cardinal players to find the back of the net this season with seven different players recording Stanford's seven match-winning goals this year. Freshman goalkeeper Andrew Thomas has one of the lowest goals against averages in the country at 0.55, making 39 saves on the season.

Of note, both Head Coach Jamie Clark and Assistant Coach Chris Gores played their college ball at Stanford.

Series History vs. Stanford
Washington leads the series 35-19-6 and holds a slight 15-9-4 edge in matches at Stanford. The Huskies are undefeated in their last three matches in Palo Alto (1-0-2) and have lost just once at Stanford since 2009 (5-1-3). The only loss over that stretch was a 2-0 defeat in the 2014 season.

Since the start of 2014, the Cardinal hold a slight 4-3-2 edge in the all-time series with the teams playing to a 1-1-2 record at Cagan Field. The last seven matches in the series have been decided by one goal or fewer with three of the last four requiring overtime.

RPI Check-In
The Huskies were ranked at No. 36 in the latest RPI rankings released on Oct. 15, dropping two spots after sitting at No. 34 last week. Washington is the fourth-highest ranked Pac-12 team in the RPI ratings, one spot behind No. 35 Oregon State with Stanford checking in at No. 20 and UCLA sitting at No. 24.

First Goal Fans
The Huskies suffered their first defeat when scoring first in the match against Stanford on Sunday. Prior to that, Washington had won seven-straight matches when netting the opening goal, but now sit at 7-1-0 on the year. Conversely, Washington is 0-5-0 when its opponent nets the first goal. Dating back to last season, the Huskies are 18-3-1 when scoring the first goal of a match.

Dominating Defense
Washington's defense has been impressive this season, allowing just 16 goals and posting five shutouts through 13 matches.

The Huskies haven't just held teams from scoring, but have held teams from taking many shots at all. Washington has allowed just 50 total shots on goal through 13 matches (3.85 per match) and 126 shots overall (9.7 per match). The Huskies held California to just four shots in the match on Thursday with only two requiring a save, earning their fifth shutout of the year.

Freshman center back Ethan Bartlow leads the team in minutes played at 1,209, missing the final three minutes against Stanford on Sunday due to a concussion, helping anchor the Huskies' back line with senior captain Quentin Pearson.

That's Just Offensive, Man
The Washington offense has been impressive through the first part of the season, scoring 20 goals through its first 13 matches. The Huskies are averaging 1.54 goals per match thus far with a total of 12 Huskies having recorded points this season (11 of which have tallied two or more points). Eight different players have found the back of the net for the Huskies with Scott Menzies taking back the team lead by scoring his fifth goal of the season from the penalty spot on Sunday. Kyle Coffee leads the team in points with 12 (4 goals, 4 assists) with three different players recording three assists. Sophomore Blake Bodily became the latest Husky to scored his first goal of the year, opening the scoring at San Diego State on Sunday.

Last year, UW scored 40 goals–the most since tallying 45 during in 2013. It was just the fourth time in the last 18 years the Huskies had scored 40+ goals in a season. Washington finished second in the Pac-12 and 17th in the NCAA with its 2.00 goals per game average, scoring at least three goals in a match seven times last season, going 6-1-0 in those contests.

Twice is Fun
Earlier this season, the Huskies posted a streak of scoring 2+ goals in eight-straight matches, dating back to last season. That matched the longest streak of games with 2+ goals since the 1991-92 season and ended up one shy of the program record of nine set during the 1981 season. Washington is 6-3-0 this season when scoring two or more goals in a match, netting a pair of goals in a tough loss vs. Stanford on Sunday. It was just the second time in the last 37 matches the Cardinal had surrendered two or more goals in a match.

Pac-12 Rankings
A number of Huskies are ranked among the top players in the conference. Saif Kerawala ranks second in the Pac-12 with four shutouts and fourth in saves with 27. Kyle Coffee, Joey Parish and Scott Menzies are tied for second in the Pac-12 with two game-winning goals each. Menzies ranks fourth in goals with five with Coffee ranked eighth with four.

Overtime Blues
The Huskies' played a pair of overtime matches last week including snapping a streak of five-straight overtime contests without a win by recording a 1-0 double-overtime victory vs. Cal on Thursday. Washington had been 0-4-1 in its last five overtime games with its last win coming in a 1-0 victory at Stanford on Oct. 30, 2016.

Stopping the PKs
Washington allowed its first PK goal in 62 matches when Stanford converted from the spot on Sunday. The Huskies hadn't allowed a PK goal by an opponent since UCLA converted two of three from the spot in a wild game in Seattle on Oct. 4, 2015. Saif Kerawala has not allowed a PK in his collegiate career, stopping both attempts against him in three seasons. Washington has converted all three attempts from the spot including one each in its last two matches with Scott Menzies scoring on Thursday and Corban Anderson on Sunday.