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Huskies Come Out With Win In Battle Of Top-Five Teams

by gohuskies.com
Mar 24, 2021

CORVALLIS, Ore. – The #4 Washington Huskies made it back-to-back wins over top-five opponents, taking down the #3 Oregon State Beavers 2-1. Gio Miglietti and Ryan Sailor scored early to give the Huskies a big lead. Charlie Ostrem had his first career two-assist game, while Dylan Teves and Kendall Burks also earned assists.

Washington is 8-1-0 overall and 5-1-0 in the Pac-12, good for first place in the Pac-12 conference. This is the second time the Huskies have started at least 8-1-0 under head coach Jamie Clark and the second year in a row they have done so.

This was just the third time the Huskies faced top-five opposition in back-to-back games and first time since 2009. It was also the first time since rankings became available in 1995 that the Huskies have defeated top-five foes in back-to-back games. Washington is now 3-2-0 against opponents ranked in the nation's top five since the start of 2019.

The Huskies jumped out to a big lead early on, scoring twice in the first 20 minutes to put Oregon State in a big hole.  Washington nearly had a third goal in the 29th minute, only for the offsides flag to negate what looked to be Tyler Smith's first of the season.

That first-half flurry by the Huskies was just the beginning of an excellent all-around game by Washington. Six different Huskies put shots on goal in the game. Oregon State managed only one shot in the final 20 minutes against Washington's staunch defense. In net, Sam Fowler made six saves, a season high.

 

 SCORING
  • 11' | Washington's first corner kick of the game gave them the lead. Ostrem's ball found Burks' head, with the initial shot knocked down by the keeper. Sailor was unmarked rushing to goal and pushed it in with his head for the lead.
  • 21' | Ostrem played a free kick early and took Oregon State by surprise, leaving Teves all alone down the left wing. Teves' cross made it through the box and was redirected on a lunging step by Miglietti to surprise Oregon State's keeper and make it 2-0.
  • 27' | Oregon State became just the second opponent all year long to score in the first half against Washington on a low ball across the face of goal.

 

 NOTES
  • All three of Sailor's goals this year have come against Pac-12 opponents.
  • Ostrem has six assists in the last six games.
  • Miglietti has scored goals in both games against Oregon State this year.
  • Teves has five assists in six career games against Oregon State.
  • Fowler's shutout streak ended after 406 minutes, the second-longest shutout streak of the sophomore's career.

 

 UP NEXT
Washington next plays on Sunday, March 28 at San Diego State at 3:30 pm on the San Diego State Sports Deck stream. Any changes to the schedule will be made public via social media and GoHuskies.com.

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