Washington Faces Rutgers On Senior Night

Friday, October 25

Seattle, Wash.

7:00 PM

University of Washington

Rutgers

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October 24, 2024 | Men's Soccer

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SEATTLE – Washington men's soccer closes out the regular season home schedule hosting Rutgers on Friday night. Kickoff from Husky Soccer Stadium is set for 7 p.m. and streaming on B1G+.

The Huskies enter with an overall record of 6-4-5 and 2-3-3 in Big Ten action.

LAST TIME OUT
UW picked up its second consecutive win on Monday night versus Loyola Marymount, outlasting the Lions 2-0. Charlie Kosakoff and Alex Hall recorded contributed to the scoring with Richie Aman notching an assist. Kosakoff tied Peter Kingston for the team lead with five goals on the year.

HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE
Since 1997, the Huskies have posted a 187-67-21 overall record at Husky Soccer Stadium, winning at least eight matches in 13 seasons including a 10-1-2 mark in 2013. In 2022, the Huskies set a new program record for single-match attendance when 3,876 people came to see Washington take on Seattle U in the Fewing Cup (formerly WAC/101 Club Cup). This season, UW is 5-1-2 at home.

ROAD DAWGS
Dating back to the 2019 season, the Huskies are 27-9-11 in road contests. UW went undefeated in road matches twice during that span in 2022 (5-0-2) and 2021 (8-0-1). The Huskies also won eight road matches in 2019.

CELEBRATING OUR SENIORS
The Huskies will honor 10 seniors in a pregame ceremony in Jadon Bowton, Caden Buckley, Jack Maguire, Peter Kingston, Chris Meyers, Cooper Brunell, Chris Peretti, Sean Sent, Rhys Gourdie and Conner Leber.

2024 BIG TEN TOURNAMENT
The Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament will have a new home for the 2024 season, with the quarterfinals and semifinals Nov. 7 and 10 at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview, Ill. Both semifinals (Nov. 10 at 3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. ET) will be televised live on Big Ten Network and the FOX Sports app, with all three quarterfinal matches (Nov. 7 at 1 p.m., 3:30 p.m., and 6 p.m. ET) broadcast on B1G+. The tournament championship, scheduled for Sunday, Nov. 17, will be played on the home field of the highest remaining seed and broadcast live on Big Ten Network. Kickoff is slated for 3 p.m. ET.

The Huskies are currently sixth in the Big Ten standings. The top seven in the standings at the conclusion of the regular season advance to the tournament.

RANKED MATCHUPS
Since the 2019 season, the Huskies are 15-5-7 against ranked opponents in the regular season (at the time the game was played). Last season, Washington went 3-1-2 against ranked teams. UW went undefeated against ranked opponents in 2022 (2-0-1). In the last s nine home matches against Top-5 teams, the Huskies hold a record of 6-2-1. This season, UW is 3-3-4 against the Top 25 (at the time the game was played) with victories over then No. 4 Oregon State, No. 11 Seattle U and then No. 20 Northwestern - all at home.

THE RETURNERS
Plenty of experience returns for Washington with 24 returners from the 2023 team, including all-conference honorees Chris Meyers and Richie Aman. The Huskies return 61% of their goal production led by with Peter Kingston, Nick O'Brien, Mani Diop and Sean Sent who all had two goals apiece. UW also has 50% of their assists returning led by Kingston (5), Aman (4) and Cooper Brunell (3). O'Brien, Harrison Bertos and Joe Dale all had one assist. Kingston, Aman and Sent were all named to the Big Ten preseason players to watch list.

HOMEGROWN TALENT
The 2024 rosters see 17 of its 32 players (53%) from the state of Washington, with 13 from King County.

NEW DAWGS ON THE BLOCK
The Huskies brought in some new talent with six freshman and two transfers - Caden Buckley (Santa Clara) and Rhys Gourdie (San Diego). The WCC transfer duo were named to the all-conference team a season ago and have earned a conference championship at least once in their career. Incoming freshman, Zach Ramsey was named the 2023-24 Washington Boy's Soccer Gatorade Player of the Year after a stellar season at Mount Si. Ramsey is the first UW commit from the state of Washington to be named Gatorade player of the year since Michael Rojas in 2019. He is the second state Gatorade player of the year on the current roster joining Nani Deperro who won it for Oregon in 2022.

SETTING UP FOR SUCCESS
Of Washington's 21 goals on the season, eight have come off of set pieces. Both goals against No. 9 Denver were on corners taken by Peter Kingston to Harrison Bertos and Egor Akulov. In the upset win over No. 4 Oregon State, Chris Meyers sent into the box for Joe Dale. Charlie Kosakoff's goal against Air Force was off a corner by Meyers. In the ninth minute against No. 11 Seattle U, Meyers took a corner that Richie Aman found the back of the net on. Jack Maguire took the set piece against No. 20 Northwestern that Nick O'Brien scored on. Meyers netted his first goal of the season against No. 9 Maryland off a free kick to open the scoring.

SPREADING THE WEALTH
Ten Huskies have contributed goals for Washington this season led by Peter Kingston with five and Charlie Kosakoff close behind with four. Richie Aman (2), Cooper Brunell (2), Chris Meyers (1), Joe Dale (1), Harrison Bertos (1), Zach Ramsey (1), Egor Akulov (1) and Nick O'Brien (1) have all contributed to the scoring.

THE STARTING XI
Seventeen different Huskies have earned a spot in the starting lineup this season. Chris Meyers, Egor Akulov, Caden Buckley and Jadon Bowton have started in all 14 matches. Peter Kingston, Harrison Bertos, Rhys Gourdie and Sean Sent have 13 starts. Charlie Kosakoff and Richie Aman have 12 while Joe Dale has 11 appearances in the starting XI. Cooper Brunell (3), Chris Peretti (3), Nick O'Brien (2), Zach Ramsey (1), Connor Lofy (1) and Jack Maguire (1) have all seen their names on the lineup sheet. Bowton is the lone Husky to play all 1260 minutes, Akulov has only sat out for nine minutes this season.

BIG SECOND HALVES
The second half has been a game changer for the Huskies so far this season, with 11 of their 21 total goals coming in the last 45 minutes of action.

DEBUT MOMENTS
Nine Huskies have made their debut in the Purple and Gold in the first three matches of the season. In the season opener at Portland, transfers Rhys Gourdie and Caden Buckley got starts, while Egor Akulov saw his first collegiate minutes in the start on Thursday. True freshman Gabe Fernandez came on as a sub in the second half. Conner Leber and Connor Lofy also saw minutes in the season opener. True freshman Alex Hall made his debut in the home opener against Oregon State on Monday night. Zach Ramsey played the final 45 minutes against Denver, recording an assist on Harrison Bertos' goal in the 63rd minute. Chad Sovde made his collegiate debut at Michigan State, tallying 15 minutes.

INSTANT IMPACT
True freshmen Alex Hall, Zach Ramsey and Gabe Fernandez have seen significant time for the Purple and Gold totaling 735 minutes between the trio. Ramsey, in his 356 minutes of action over 11 matches, has recorded a pair of assists and a goal to be tied for sixth on the team with four points. He recorded his first career start against Penn State. Hall recorded his first career goal in his first career start against Loyola Marymount.

AMONG THE ACTIVE LEADERS
Chris Meyers is tied for 41st among active Division I players with 16 career assists. Peter Kingston is tied for 20th with 80 appearances (between Seattle U and Washington). Jadon Bowton ranks 28th with a 1.054 career goals against average.

HONOR ROLL
Peter Kingston – Big Ten Players to Watch, TopDrawerSoccer National Team of the Week Honorable Mention (Oct. 22)
Richie Aman – Big Ten Players to Watch
Sean Sent – Big Ten Players to Watch
Chris Meyers – TopDrawerSoccer National Player of the Week (Sept. 3), TopDrawerSoccer National Team of the Week (Sept. 3), Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 10), Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 17)
Jadon Bowton – Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Week (Sept. 24)
Harrison Bertos – TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week Honorable Mention (Sept. 23)

NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Senior defender Chris Meyers was tabbed TopDrawerSoccer National Player of the Week on Sept. 3 following three consecutive matches with an assist against Oregon State, Denver and Air Force. All three assists came off corner kicks. He is the first Husky since Ilijah Paul in September 2022 to earn TDS National Player of the Week honors. He was named the program's first ever Big Ten player of the week on Sept. 10 following an assist in the upset victory over No. 11 Seattle U. Meyers racked up his second consecutive conference player of the week honor on Sept. 17 following his assist on Peter Kingston's goal in the ninth minute against No. 22 Michigan.

TOUGH SCHEDULE
The 2024 Washington men's soccer schedule features six teams that made the NCAA Tournament a season ago. UW opened the season with three consecutive ranked opponents for the first time in program history in No. 22 Portland, No. 4 Oregon State and No. 9 Denver. The Dawgs have faced nine opponents - at the time the match was played - that were ranked. Six opponents are currently ranked or receiving votes in the United Soccer Coaches Week 9 poll. Washington holds a record of 0-2-3 against those teams.

SCOUTING THE SCARLET KNIGHTS
Rutgers enters with an overall record of 4-8-2 and 1-5-1 in conference action. Curt Calov leads the offensive attack with five goals on the year while adding an assist to be the team leader with 11 points. Ola Maeland has added three goals and a pair of assists. In goal, Ciaran Dalton has seen all of the action and holds a 1.71 goals against average with 53 saves. He ranks 30th in the nation in total saves.

SERIES HISTORY
Washington and Rutgers have met four times previously with UW holding the overall series record at 2-1-1. The last time the two programs met was in a neutral site contest in Portland, Ore. with the Dawgs coming out on top, 2-0.

UP NEXT
The Huskies close out the regular season on the road at UCLA on Sunday, November 3. Kickoff from Los Angeles is set for noon and airing on Big Ten Network.

HOW TO WATCH THE DAWGS
Aside from the Oregon State, Michigan, Ohio State and UCLA matchups that will be featured on Big Ten Network, all UW home matches and Big Ten road matches will be available to stream via B1G+. The live streams require a subscription priced at $89.99 for one year or $12.99 per month. The B1G+ subscription allows you access to all non-televised Big Ten events in addition to all non-televised Washington events throughout the year. For more information visit GoHuskies.com/BTN.

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