Cougars Make Final Pac-12 Road Trip of the Season

THIS WEEK

Washington State (8-2-3, 3-2-1 Pac-12) travels to Colorado (10-5-0, 3-3-0 Pac-12) and Utah (8-3-4, 1-3-2 Pac-12) for its final conference road trip of the season…Cougars face Buffaloes at 3 p.m. Mountain/2 p.m. Pacific, Friday, Oct. 24 and take on Utes at 1 p.m. Mountain/noon Pacific, Sunday, Oct. 26…both matches will have live stats available on wsuocougars.com, operated by Colorado and Utah, respectively…Friday’s match will be televised by Pac-12 Networks with JB Long (play-by-play) and Krista Blunk (analyst) providing the commentary.

LAST WEEK

Washington State defeated Oregon 1-0 in double overtime when junior Mariah Powers scored her first goal as a Cougar…game-winner came at 106:40, the latest goal by a Cougar since 2011.

WASHINGTON STATE HEAD COACH STEVE NUGENT

Cougar Head Coach Steve Nugent is in his first year at Washington State, and his fourth year overall as a head coach...owns 8-2-3 record with the Cougars and 38-25-9 overall…mentor at UNC Greensboro from 2011-13.

SETTING RECORDS

With a 1-0 victory at California, Oct. 3, Washington State tied, set or extended several records…Cougars set school record unbeaten streak at 15…extended school-record road unbeaten streak to 10 (9-0-1)…equaled best start through nine matches (set last season) at 7-0-2…tied a school record (set in 2009) with fifth-straight road win…won school-record sixth-consecutive Pac-12 road match seventh-straight Pac-12 match overall…Cougars recorded a school-record seven-consecutive clean sheets, (last three matches of 2013, first four of 2014)…did not yield a goal in school-record 798:15 before Hawaii scored in the first half, Sept. 7.

WASHINGTON STATE ON THE ROAD

The Cougars are 5-1-1 (.786) on the road this season…school record for winning percentage on the road is .773 (7-1-3), set last season.

COUGARS SEEK RETURN TO POSTSEASON

Washington State has made three-straight NCAA Championship appearances, a first for the program…Cougars have made five trips to the NCAA postseason in the last six years, one of 28 schools nationally to accomplish the feat…Cougars have advanced to the second round twice in that span…last year, Washington State was eliminated by Illinois in the first round on penalty kicks to finish 14-3-4…victory total tied a school record set in 1990 and equaled in 2009.

ABOUT COLORADO

The Buffaloes are 10-5-0, 3-3-0 Pac-12…Colorado has won six of eight at home…has not played in Boulder since Pac-12 opener, Sept. 27 (4-2 loss to California)…Buffaloes are No. 50 in the NCAA RPI…Brie Hooks leads the team with five goals and 14 points…tied for the team lead in assists (four) with Kahlia Hogg…Cougars lead the series 3-1-0 and won only match in Boulder (1-0 in 2012)…teams have met each of the last four seasons with Washington State winning all three Pac-12 matches.

ABOUT UTAH

The Utes are 8-3-4, 1-3-2 Pac-12…host Washington, Friday…Utah is 4-0-2 at home…tied Stanford in Pac-12 opener at home…Utes are No. 39 in NCAA RPI…Katie Taylor leads team with four goals and 13 points…Avery Jenkins has recorded a team-best six assists…Utah leads series 6-3-1 and has won two-straight meetings…Utes have captured three of four in Salt Lake City…five of 10 matches in the series, including three of four in Utah, have gone beyond regulation.