Huskies To Celebrate Seniors During Apple Cup Matchup

Friday, November 3

Seattle, WA

7:00 PM

University of Washington

Washington State

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November 02, 2023 | Women's Soccer

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SEATTLE – Closing out the regular season, Washington will battle in-state rival Washington State on Friday at Husky Soccer Stadium, hosting the Cougars in the annual Boeing Apple Cup matchup.

Washington will be looking to repeat last season's success against the Cougars, in which the Huskies came back not once but twice to upset WSU to capture the first UW victory in Pullman since 1996.

Prior to the match, Washington will celebrate Senior Night at Husky Soccer Stadium, celebrating the careers of Megan Nail, Hayden Crowley, Sophie Dimry and Hailey Still.

Friday's affair will air on Pac-12 Washington. Links to live coverage are available above.

SCOUTING WASHINGTON STATE
Todd Shulenberger is in his ninth season as the head coach at Washington State, guiding the Cougars to six NCAA Tournament bids in that time. Shulenberger is zeroing in on his 100th win at WSU, entering Friday with a 98-54-23 record on The Palouse.

Having drawn three matches in a row and four of their last five, the Cougars sit at 9-5-4, sitting just below the Huskies in the Pac-12 standings at 2-4-4 in league play.

A 2022 All-Pac-12 performer, senior Margie Detrizio leads Washington State in nearly every offensive category, including points, goals, assists, shots and shots on goal. The Arizona native has either scored or assisted half of WSU's 26 goals this season.

In goal, junior Nadia Cooper has manned the frame in 17-of-18 matches, posting a pair of clean sheets to go along with a 1.41 goals against average and a .652 save percentage.

SERIES HISTORY
While the Cougars own a 15-10-8 advantage in the all-time series, Washington has had the better of their cross-state rivals in recent meetings, posting a 3-1-1 record in the last five meetings. In Seattle, it's been a dead heat, tied at 6-6-3.

LAST MEETING (10/14/22)
PULLMAN, Wash. - Twice erasing a one-goal deficit, Washington completed the comeback Saturday afternoon at Washington State, earning a 3-2 win at Lower Field.

It was the first victory in Pullman for UW since 1996, a year in which none of the members of the 2022 Husky squad had even been born yet.

Summer Yates scored her 27th goal in a Husky kit in the victory, moving the fifth-year senior into a tie for third most ever at UW. Kelsey Branson bagged the winner, the fifth goal of her freshman season and fourth in Pac-12 play.

The Cougars got off to a fast start, with Margie Detrizio burying Grayson Lynch's corner kick delivery into the upper 90 in the 9th minute.

Eight minutes later, Shae Holmes sent a long ball over the top and McKenzie Weinert used a relentless effort to get on the end of it, bulging the back of the net in the 17th minute to even the score at a goal apiece.

WSU regained the lead in the 31st minute as Detrizio slipped a ball to a wide open Lily Boyden in the middle of the 18 and Boyden calmly passed the ball into the right side of the net to make it 2-1.

However, UW once again had a response, leveling the score in the 38th minute. Collecting a loose ball at the endline, Branson fed Weinert for a shot. The attempt was blocked but found the feet of Yates, who scored on the vacant goal to bring the score to 2-2 at the half.

Right from the whistle the Dawgs came out of the halftime break on the front foot and after a pair of near misses, Branson put UW on top in the 70th minute.

The goal came as a result of a beautiful combination from the Dawgs. On an attempted clearance, Claudia Longo used the deftest of touches to put the ball into Elena Palacios' path. Palacios sent a curving ball over the top and Branson beat the offside trap, brought the ball down and hit the side netting, pushing Washington ahead 3-2.

The Huskies were then able to salt away the final 20 minutes of the match, capturing a historic victory at Lower Field.

KEEPING UP
Olivia Juarez posted back-to-back clean sheets in last week's trips to Oregon and Oregon State, becoming the first UW keeper with consecutive shutouts on the road since 2017. Juarez has allowed three goals over the Huskies' last five matches.

TIDE TURNERS
Since Jace Holmes and Hailey Still were inserted into the starting XI, the Huskies have gone undefeated in their last six matches. During the stretch, the Dawgs have posted a trio of wins and draws apiece, including two draws with ranked foes.

WHAT'S GOOD, HOLMES?
Jace Holmes has registered an assist on six of the Huskies' last 11 goals. Despite not recording her first helper of the season until Washington's 12th match of the season, the junior defender is tied for second in the Pac-12 with those six assists.

MONUMENTAL ROAD POINT
Washington's 1-1 draw at No. 2 Stanford was no ordinary tie. The result gave the Huskies their first point against the Cardinal since 2004, snapping a 19-match losing streak to Stanford.

While it took a total team effort to get the job done, two Huskies were noted for their performances for the week. Scoring the opening goal just over five minutes into the contest, Kelsey Branson was named the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week for her efforts. Meanwhile, UW keeper Olivia Juarez garnered Pac-12 Goalkeeper of the Week plaudits after registering a career-high 12 saves, tied for seventh in a single match in program history. Juarez was also named to the TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week.

SPREADING THE LOVE
The Huskies have gotten their offensive production from a variety of different places this season, with 12 different players recording at least one goal, including nine players who have scored their first goal in a Husky kit.

WHEN OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS
After playing 29 total minutes as a freshman a year ago, defender Lucy Newlin has been subbed out of just three matches this season, leading UW with 1,582 minutes.

SET IT UP, KNOCK IT DOWN
15 of Washington's 29 goals this season have come off of set pieces, with six goals coming as the result of corner kicks, five being scored off of free kicks and all four penalties being converted.

YOUNG GUNS
Washington has started at least three true freshmen in all but one match this season. 21 of UW's 29 goals in 2023 have been scored by underclassmen.

YOU CAN FIND ME IN DA CLUB
Among Washington's 15 newcomers for the 2023 season is sophomore Avery Nguyen, who was offered a roster spot during preseason training after a trial. A native of the Kansas City metro area and a former standout for Olathe Northwest High School and Sporting Blue Valley, Nguyen led the UW club team in scoring as a college freshman in 2022.

Playing a key role for the Huskies for most of the season, including making a pair of starts, Nguyen has appeared in 10 contests for the Huskies this season.

FRESH FACES
With 10 of 11 primary starters gone from the 2022 roster, Washington is relying on a bevy of newcomers and returners who played in a reserve role a season ago to replace the production lost.

Gone from the 2022 roster are 27-of-37 goals (73.0%), 31-of-38 assists (81.6%), 85-of-112 points (75.9%), 252-of-312 shots (80.8%) and 43-of-46 saves (93.5%).

Of the 28 players on the Huskies' roster, just seven are upperclassmen. U Dub boasts 11 freshmen and 10 sophomores on its squad list. Outside of the 17 matches started by Kalea Eichenberger at Cal State Bakersfield in 2022, those 21 underclassmen have recorded just 27 collegiate starts collectively.

AYE PAPI!
Washington junior Ioanna Papatheodorou has been ranked at No. 92 in TopDrawerSoccer's annual preseason player rankings. It is the first time that the Greek international has been ranked by the service. It is the fourth-straight season that the Huskies have had a player ranked in the top-100 in the preseason rankings.

NEW SCHOOL, WHO DIS?
Washington added three transfers to its roster for the 2023 season in forwards Kalea Eichenberger and Ioanna Papatheodorou and goalkeeper Megan Nail.

Eichenberger spent her freshman season at Cal State Bakersfield, earning All-Big West Freshman Team honors. The California native appeared in 20 matches for the Roadrunners, starting the final 17 of the 2022 season. She bagged a team-high four goals, finishing the season with 10 points to pace the UCSB. She was named Big West Player of the Week after securing a brace against Cal Poly.

Papatheodorou joined Washington in the spring after starring for two seasons at UMass Lowell, earning back-to-back First Team All-America East nods. A Greece international, Papatheodorou was named the 2021 America East Striker of the Year after leading UMass Lowell with 10 goals. She followed up in 2022 with another 10-goal campaign, ranking second on the America East.

Nail is a graduate transfer from San Francisco, where she played for four seasons for the Dons, securing the starting role between the posts in 2022. Making the USF Starting XI 14 times on the year, she garnered a 1.23 goals against average. The veteran shot stopper tallied 64 saves for a .790 save percentage, logging five clean sheets.

COWART MAKES HISTORY
This summer, former Husky Jessika Cowart became the sixth former Dawg to make a World Cup roster, joining Hope Solo, Tina Frimpong, Veronica Perez, Mireya Grey and Dominique Bond-Flasza. Representing her mother's home nation, Cowart suited up for the Philippines National Team after helping the Philippines lift the 2022 AFF Cup. One of the great storylines of the tournament, Cowart started all three matches of the group stage as the Philippines made its first-ever World Cup appearance.

FOR DAWGS AND COUNTRY
This summer, two Huskies represented their home country and donned their nation's badge as part of their respective national teams. Ioanna Papatheodorou was called into the Greece National Team in July for a pair of friendlies against Hungary and Bosnia-Herzegovina in Budapest, Hungary.

Meanwhile, Husky freshman Enora Matté made the squad list for Belgium's Under-19 team for the 2023 UEFA U19 Championship, receiving one cap during the group stage.

Another freshman on the Dawg's roster, Daniella Alali was called into the Nigeria U17 Women's National Team Camp ahead of the 2022 FIFA U17 Women's World Cup, but did not attend the camp due to injury.

PROS MADE HERE
Over the past two seasons, Washington has developed 11 different players who have gone on to play at the professional ranks. Following the 2021 campaign, Olivia Van der Jagt was selected in the 3rd round of the NWSL Draft by OL Reign, while Ameera Hussen signed with Icelandic club IBV. Since finishing her Husky career, Jessika Cowart has gone on to ink deals with Çaykur Rizespor (Turkey), Spartak Subotica (Serbia) and IFK Kalmar (Sweden).

10 former Huskies from the 2022 roster are now playing at the professional level. Shae Holmes was drafted in the second round of the NWSL Draft by OL Reign, followed in the fourth round by Summer Yates, who was selected by the Orlando Pride. Olivia Sekany and McKenzie Weinert also signed NWSL contracts with Racing Louisville and OL Reign, respectively.

Overseas, Vanessa Millsaps signed with Liga MX club Pachuca. Cori Sullivan also signed a Liga MX deal with Cruz Azul and has since signed with Glasgow City in Scotland. Evelina Pettersson returned to her native Sweden to play for Trelleborgs FF, while fellow Swedish product Alice Sondergaard has signed with Serie A club Sampdoria. UW has two former players playing in Portugal in Kala McDaniel (Racing Power FC) and Shaye Seyffart (S.F. Damaiense). Following her stint with OL Reign, Weinert has signed on with Melbourne Victory in Australia.

RAPHA'S RETURN
A former standout player and coach for Washington's men's soccer team, Raphael Cox returned to Montlake ahead of the 2023 as an assistant coach following one season as a men's team assistant at San Diego State.

Cox spent three seasons on Jamie Clark's staff at Washington as volunteer assistant coach from 2019-21. As a player, Cox a two-time All-Pac-12 selection at UW where he played from 2006-2008. After graduating, Cox was selected in the fourth round of the MLS SuperDraft by Real Salt Lake, where he was part of the MLS Cup Champion squad in 2009.

B1G THINGS COMING
The 2023 season will be Washington's last in the Pac-12 Conference, with the university announcing in August that it has accepted an invitation to the Big Ten Conference, beginning play in the conference in Fall 2024.

UW was one of the four founding members of what started in December of 1915 as the Pacific Coast Conference, which eventually grew to become the Pac-12.

2023 PAC-12 PRESEASON COACHES' POLL
Team
1. UCLA (9)
2. Stanford (3)
3. USC
4. Cal
5. Washington State
6. Arizona
T7. Washington
T7. Arizona State
T7. Colorado
10. Utah
11. Oregon
12. Oregon State

FOLLOW THE DAWGS!
Fans can keep up with all the goings on around the Washington women's soccer program by following the Huskies on the team's various social media platforms. You can find the Dawgs on X at @UW_WSoccer, on Instagram at @uw_wsoccer or on Facebook by searching "Washington Women's Soccer". Fans can also follow the Huskies through the women's soccer page at GoHuskies.com.