Annual Husky Invitational Next For Dawgs

SEATTLE - With two games in the books, the Washington Huskies are set to host the annual Husky Invitational this week. Washington will take on #2 North Carolina and New Mexico during the tournament, which begins Thursday, August 29. Portland will also play North Carolina and New Mexico at Husky Soccer Stadium this weekend.

This will be the second week in a row at home to start the 2019 campaign for the Huskies. Last week, Washington played to a pair of scoreless ties, 0-0 against both Portland and Seattle U. This week, Washington will host a top-ten opponent in North Carolina as well as New Mexico, which began 2019 with a win over #22 Texas Tech. This will be the third time in the last three years that Washington has hosted the nation's number-two team: the Huskies defeated #2 Florida in 2017, then fell to #2 UCLA later that year at Husky Soccer Stadium.

		HUSKY INVITATIONAL
Washington will host the 24th annual Husky Invitational this week. The Huskies have hosted the tournament every year since 1994, with the exception of 2000 and 2013. In that time, Washington is 30-11-5, outscoring the opposition 93-42. Washington has only lost one game over the last four Husky Invitationals.

		NO GOALS ALLOWED
Dani Hansen has recorded shutouts in each of her first two career starts and now holds a 241-minute shutout streak to start her career. Hansen is the first keeper since Sarah Shimer against Cal in 2015 with a shutout in her first career start. No Husky keeper has started their career with as long of a shutout streak as Hansen since Kelsey Rasmussen's school-record 406-minute shutout streak in 2003.

		DEFENSE FIRST
Washington has started the year with two shutouts in a row. This is the tenth time since the start of 2017 that Washington has shutout back-to-back opponents. The Huskies have 18 total shutouts in that time. That includes 11 shutouts at Husky Soccer Stadium.

		UP NEXT: NORTH CAROLINA
Finished second in the country last year 5-2-1 against Pac-12 over last five seasons 5-0-0 against Washington all-time Last played UW in 2006 (won 4-0)

		UP NEXT: NEW MEXICO
Started year with 1-0 upset win over #22 Texas Tech 0-3-0 all-time against Washington Last met at 2017 Husky Invitational (1-0 UW win) 1-1-0 all-time at Husky Invitational

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