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Sep 18 (Thu)

7:00 p.m. PT

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Kelsey Branson

2025 (Senior)

2024 (Junior)

Earned Big Ten Fall All-Academic honors
Started in all 21 matches
Tallied two goals and three assists
Registered 36 shots, with 14 on goal, for a .389 shot-on-goal percentage
Played 110 minutes in match against Utah State (11/15)
Scored match-winner and her first goal of the season in a 1-0 victory over Indiana (9/29)
Added her second goal and recorded an assist in a 3-0 win against Oregon (10/27)
Notched assists in wins over New Mexico State (9/1) and at Nebraska (10/20)
Played 90 minutes or more in six matches

2023 (Sophomore)

Started all 19 matches
Second on the team with four goals
Added three assists for 11 total points
Setup the match-winning goals against San Diego (8/27) and CSUN (9/3)
Scored in four consecutive matches, all in Pac-12 play
Scored first goal fo the season at Arizona State (10/5)
Tallied a goal and assist at Arizona (10/8)
Led UW to first point at No. 2 Stanford (10/14) since 2004, tallying the Huskies’ lone goal
Named Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week for efforts against the Cardinal
Scored UW’s final goal in the 3-1 win over Utah (10/19)

2022 (Freshman)

Selected to the All-Pac-12 Freshman Team
Named the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week after scoring the game-winning goal in UW’s 3-2 Apple Cup win over Washington State, the first victory for the Huskies in Pullman since 1996
Appeared in 16 matches, starting the final seven
Tied for second on the team in scoring with five goals, four against Pac-12 opposition
Added four assists for 14 points, tied for third most on the team
Registered a .278 shot percentage and a .778 SOG percentage
Took the fewest total shots of any player in the Pac-12 with at least four goals
Scored her first collegiate goal at Sacramento State (9/15)
Scored in back-to-back matches against Colorado (10/2) and Stanford (10/6)
Bagged UW’s lone goal at USC (10/27)
Buried the game-winner in the 70^th minute at Washington State (11/5)