No. 7 Washington Heads to the Bay For Huge Pac-12 Weekend

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No. 7 Washington Heads to the Bay For Huge Pac-12 Weekend

October 02, 2019 | Men's Soccer

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No. 7 Washington (8-1-0, 2-0-0 Pac-12) heads back on the road this week, looking to extend its four-match winning streak, traveling to the Bay area to face No. 2 Stanford (7-0-1, 1-0-0 Pac-12) on Thursday (5:00 p.m.) and California (4-2-1, 0-1-0 Pac-12) on Sunday (3:00 p.m.). Both matches are on the Pac-12 Network with links to live stats available on gohuskies.com.

Quick Strikes

Through nine matches, UW has seven shutouts and has allowed just four goals (0.44 GAA)–tied for the second fewest through nine games in program history (1973 - 3).
Offensively, UW ranks second in the Pac-12 and are 19th in the NCAA in goals scored (19).
Washington has just one loss in its last 13 matches (11-1-1) dating back to last season.
UW is now 5-0 at home this season, outscoring opponents 14-1. The lone goal allowed came 27 seconds into the season-opener against Denver. The Huskies haven't allowed a goal at home over the last 449 minutes, and just one over its last 919 minutes (10 matches) at home.
Sophomore Lucas Meek leads the team with five goals and is tied with four other players for the NCAA lead with four match-winning goals, despite playing 142 minutes in seven matches.
Head Coach Jamie Clark moved into second on Washington's list of all-time winningest coaches with a 5-0 win over UCLA. Clark, who earned his 100th UW win earlier this year, is 107-43-20 (.688 winning percentage) in nine season with the Huskies and is the third coach in program history to win 100+ games (Dean Wurzberger 220, Mike Ryan 105).
Ten different Huskies have scored goals while 14 different players have recorded a point.

The Stanford Cardinal At A Glance
The Cardinal have been one of the best–if not the best–team in the NCAA over the last five seasons and are off to a 7-0-1 this year. Stanford rose to No. 1 in the NCAA/United Soccer Coaches poll two weeks ago, but after a 3-3 draw at UC Santa Barbara a last week, the Cardinal dropped down to No. 2 this week. The three goals allowed in that match eclipsed the total allowed by Stanford in its previous seven matches combined as the Cardinal have allowed just five goals this season. Meanwhile the offense has netted 21 goals with freshman Gabe Segal tallying four including three in the last four matches.

Series History vs. Stanford
Washington holds a 35-20-6 record against Stanford in the all-time series including a 15-10-4 mark in Palo Alto. The Huskies had won 10-straight in the series from 2010-2014, but are just 2-5-2 over the last nine matchups. Three of the last five meeting between the two have gone into overtime, including the matchup in Seattle with Stanford winning 3-2 in double overtime before winning 3-1 later in the season in Palo Alto. While Stanford won three-straight NCAA titles from 2015-17, the Huskies have matched up well, posting a 2-2-2 record vs the eventual champs in those matches.

The California Golden Bears At A Glance
The Golden Bears opened the 2019 season with a 3-0-1 record, but have lost twice before pulling out a 2-0 win over San Francisco on Saturday. That match marked the 200th career win for Head Coach Kevin Grimes, who has been at Cal for 20 seasons. The Bears have scored 10 goals in seven matches, but have allowed just four along that stretch. Two came two weeks ago in a 2-1 loss to rival Stanford. All four wins have come via shutout for Cal, which boasts an impressive 0.57 team GAA.

Series History vs. California
Washington leads the all-time series 32-19-10, though hold a slight 15-11-3 advantage in Berkeley. The Huskies are riding a three-game winning streak against Cal and are 11-2-3 against the Bears since 2011. Washington pulled out a 1-0, double OT win at home last year thanks to a late PK, then held off a late charge to win 2-1 at Cal. Of note, nine of the last 17 matches between the two schools have been tied after regulation, though just three have ended in a draw. UW is 5-1-3 in those OT contests.

Meek's STILL A Goal-Scoring Machine!
Redshirt sophomore Lucas Meek continues his impressive offensive run, leading the Huskies with five goals on the season despite playing in just 139 minutes. In fact, one of the biggest shocks of Sunday's win over Portland was the Meek didn't score, ending his run of consecutive matches with a goal at five. Meek's four match-winning goals remain tied for the best in the NCAA and the sophomore ranks second in the Pac-12 with five goals on the year. All of that while playing in just 139 minutes–a little over 20 minutes per game.

Meek redshirted his first year, played three minutes in one match last year as a freshman, and was down on the depth chart to start the year this season. His first action in 2019 came in mop-up time in a 4-0 win over San Francisco in the second match of the year. He came on in the 41st minute at No. 16 Michigan State, then scored two minutes later and didn't play again in the second half. He did not play at Michigan, but then came in late in the match at CSUN and scored UW's only goal in the 80th minute.

Gotta Get That First One
Washington continues to find success when scoring the first goal of the match. Going back to last season, the Huskies are 19-1-0 when scoring the match's first goal with the lone loss coming in a double OT defeat vs Stanford last year. This season, UW is 7-0-0 when scoring first.

Spread The Wealth
The Huskies have scored 20 goals in nine matches thus far with 10 different players finding the back of the net. Lucas Meek leads the team with Ethan Bartlow and Blake Bodily each adding three. Meanwhile, 14 different players have tallied a point so far with Dylan Teves leading the way with eight (1g, 6a). Two weeks ago, freshman Imanol Rosales and sophomore Freddy Kleemann recorded their first collegiate goals in the UCLA match to add to the tally. All told, five different Huskies have scored their first collegiate goals this season.

That Offense!
Washington's offense has been clicking on all cylinders through much of the season, scoring 20 goals in nine matches to rank second in the Pac-12 and rank T-13th in the NCAA in total goals. The Huskies also rank 13th nationally in total assists (20), total points (58), 11th in total points (60) and 17th in scoring offense (2.22 goals per game).

Bartlow on Fire
Sophomore center back Ethan Bartlow picked up his third goal of the season vs Portland Sunday, scoring off a free kick in the 81st minute. That goal along with his strong work along the UW backline helped him earn Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week honors for the week ending Sept. 29. Bartlow has scored a goal in each of the last two matches and has four in his career.

French Records His First Goal
At Michigan, the Huskies' lone goal came from redshirt junior Kasey French, who joined the rush from his right back position, finishing with a great shot to the far post. French has been a mainstay on defense, amassing 1100 minutes over the last two years, but got his first goal in 31 collegiate matches.

Bodily Bringing In The Honors
Bodily was named to the MAC Hermann Trophy watch list to start the year (awarded to the top college soccer player), becoming the first Husky since Cristian Roldan to earn that honor. In addition, Bodily was a preseason All-Pac-12 selection and earned preseason All-America honors from Top Drawer Soccer (3rd Team) and College Soccer News (2nd Team).

Bodily, a two-time first-team All-Pac-12 pick, scored two goals with four assists in an injury-plagued 2018 season after tallying three goals and a team-best eight assists en route to earning Pac-12 Freshman of the Year honors in 2017. In 2019, he has three goals and three assists in four matches.

Fowler in Goal
Freshman netminder Sam Fowler extended his streak of cleansheets to four to open his career, blanking SDSU and UCLA last week. On the year, he is a 4-0-0 with four-straight shutouts, recording seven saves while facing 27 shots. Fowler earned his first college start in UW's 4-0 victory over San Francisco, becoming just the second freshman to make a start in goal for the Huskies since 2002. The only other was Spencer Richey (2010), who is currently the starting GK for FC Cincinnati (MLS).

Early Road Trip Success
Washington wrapped up its first road trip of the year with an impressive 3-1-0 record with a pair of wins in Michigan and a commanding 3-0 win over crosstown rival Seattle U. The four-game trip is the longest since 2012 when UW played five-straight away from home.

Preseason All-Pac-12 Coaches Picks
The Huskies saw three players named to the Preseason All-Pac-12 team: junior Blake Bodily and sophomores Ethan Bartlow and Dylan Teves. In addition, UW was picked to finish second by the Pac-12 coaches, just six points behind Stanford and two points ahead of Oregon State.

In the Rankings ...
UW jump up to No. 7 in the latest NCAA/United Soccer Coaches poll released this week. The Huskies were also ranked No. 5 in the College Soccer News and Soccer America polls with Top Drawer Soccer ranking them at No. 13 in its poll.

Clark Wins #100 at UW; Moving Up the Ranks
Jamie Clark picked up his 100th win at UW as the Huskies beat No. 18 Denver 2-1 in the season-opener on Aug. 30. With the victory he becomes the third coach in program history with at least 100 wins (Dean Wurzberger 220, Mike Ryan 105).

In UW's win over UCLA, Clark moved into second on the all-time wins list at Washington, picking up his 106th "W" through nine seasons. With the Huskies, Clark is 107-43-20 (.688 winning percentage), with UW having won at least 12 matches in seven of his eight years. Entering the season, Clark's .686 career winning percentage was tied for the eighth-best among active NCAA Division I coaches and 40th among DI coaches all-time. He has since bumped it up to .692 with a 145-58-23 record in 12 seasons.