Washington Wins First Pac-12 Game 2-1

Friday, September 27

Seattle, WA

7:00 PM

University of Washington

5-2-2, 1-0-0

Oregon

4-2-3, 0-1-0

Oregon

Washington

Photo by: Red Box Pictures

September 27, 2019 | Women's Soccer

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SEATTLE – In the first game of Pac-12 play, the Washington Huskies kept their winning streak alive, downing the Oregon Ducks 2-1. Another first-half goal put the Dawgs on top, with an insurance goal in the second half proving the difference maker in a fast, furious game.

Vanessa Millsaps and Kennedy Smith had the goals for the Huskies, with Summer Yates earning assists on each. Millsaps had a particularly impressive goal, firing from well outside the box while falling over, sending an arcing shot high into the far corner of goal.

Siena Ruelas earned the win for the Huskies, who has allowed just one goal in the last two games. She would two saves, putting a stop to Oregon's best chance to tie with a diving, punching save across her body late in the second half.

"It feels good to start conference play out with three points and a win at home," said head coach Lesle Gallimore. "There are a lot of people who have come off the bench and played really really well lately."

35' | I mean... wow.

UW 1
UO 0#BeAboutIt x #GoHuskies pic.twitter.com/OMjpjfbTKH
— Washington Women's Soccer (@UW_WSoccer) September 28, 2019

		SCORING
34:36 \| Millsaps scored an absolute golazo to take the lead. While falling away from goal well outside the far right corner of the box, Millsaps curved a shot high, over the keeper, and into the back of the net with ease. 47:48 \| Yates intercepted a bad pass to start a chance. Yates managed to dribble past a diving defender and drew the keeper out before centering to Smith, who chipped it up off the bottom of the crossbar. 53:27 \| Oregon scored on a header off a long ball into the box.

		NOTES
Yates has three goals and three assists in the last three games, with multiple points in every game. Smith has scored a goal in three consecutive games, the first Husky to do so since Shannon Simon in 2015. Millsaps has a goal, an assist, and five shots in the last three games. She had zero shots in her first three games of the year. In the last three games, Washington has scored ten goals, allowing only two, including no goals allowed in the first half.

		UP NEXT
It's the first Pac-12 road trip of 2019 for the Huskies next weekend. Washington will head to the bay to take on Cal and Stanford. Make sure to follow Husky women's soccer on Twitter with the username @UW_WSoccer and on Instagram at uw_wsoccer.