Two First-Half Goals Carry Huskies To Win In Corvallis

Friday, October 18

Corvallis, OR

7:00 PM

University of Washington

9-3-2, 5-1-0

Oregon State

9-3-2, 1-3-2

Washington

Oregon St.

Photo by: Rick Edelman Photography

October 18, 2019 | Women's Soccer

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CORVALLIS, Ore. – Two first half goals on a wet night carried the #25 Washington Huskies to a 2-1 win over the Oregon State Beavers. Washington moves to 5-1-0 in Pac-12 with the win and have now won three in a row and seven of its last eight.

Ameera Hussen and Kennedy Smith both scored in the first half to give the Huskies the cushion they needed, with Olivia van der Jagt, Summer Yates, and Sianna Siemonsma earning assists in the game. In net, Siena Ruelas was her usual reliable self, making five saves total and four in the second half to protect the lead.

The long ball was Washington's friend in the first half. In addition to Hussen's goal coming off a beautiful initial long pass, both Yates and van der Jagt managed dangerous shots that came from passes from the defensive half. The rest of the first half was mostly fought in the midfield as the Huskies allowed almost no scoring chances, with Ruelas cleaning up what few there were.

Washington's offense upped its ball possession early in the second half, only for Oregon State to get a goal back on one of its few forays into the box. The Beavers had the run of play after that goal but Washington weathered the storm with a number of controlling runs down the wings.

Three straight corners in the 82^nd minute came close to netting an insurance goal for the Huskies, only for the ball to be cleared away just in time on each attempt. A free kick a minute later saw Yates get behind the defense but get to the ball barely after the keeper, who was able to handle it.

Just beautiful work from Reischling and Siemonsma before Smith finds the redirect!

UW 2
OSU 0#BeAboutIt x #GoHuskies pic.twitter.com/3WU57XCMGe
— Washington Women's Soccer (@UW_WSoccer) October 19, 2019

		SCORING
23:50 \| Out alone on the wing, van der Jagt found her mark and fired a cross to the far post. Hussen fought down the initial ball as she and a defender went for the header, then quickly kicked it across the mouth of goal and in before anyone could react. 37:08 \| Reischling kept the ball in during an extended attack and threaded a pass to Siemonsma all alone. Siemonsma, who was at too harsh an angle to shoot, crossed into the box to Yates' feet. After a bobble, Yates pushed the ball forward, with Smith redirecting it back across goal. 58:22 \| Taylor Sekyra made a great block on Oregon State's first shot, only for the rebound to go back to the shooter's foot. The next shot trickled just to the far corner, out of reach of all the Huskies.

		NOTES
Hussen has now scored in back-to-back games for the first time in her career. Washington has trailed at the half just once in 14 games. This is Washington's first five-win Pac-12 season since 2015. Van der Jagt has four points in her last five games after tonight's assist. Yates has 17 points now, the most by a Husky since Shannon Simon's 19 in 2015.

		UP NEXT
Washington stays on the road next week, when it heads to Los Angeles to take on UCLA on Thursday, October 24 and USC on Sunday, October 27. Make sure to follow Husky women's soccer on Twitter with the username @UW_WSoccer and on Instagram at uw_wsoccer.