No. 3 Washington to Battle Seattle U for WAC/101 Club Cup
No. 3 Washington (5-0) at. Seattle U (4-3)
When: Monday, 7:00 p.m.
Where: Championship Field (Seattle, Wash.)
Stream: ESPN+
SEATTLE -- The No. 3 Washington men's soccer team is set for its annual rivalry match with nearby Seattle U on Monday, when the teams will battle one another for the WAC/101 Club Cup.
Match Notes
• Washington will make the short trip down to Capitol Hill to take on crosstown rival Seattle U on Monday night with the WAC/Club 101 Cup on the line.
• Monday will mark the sixth matchup for the Cup, with the Huskies holding a 5-1 advantage in the rivalry series. Overall, Washington is 46-9-5 against Seattle U.
• UW has been especially dominant the last two seasons, winning 3-0 in 2019 and 4-0 in 2020.
• Washington improved to 5-0 on the season on Thursday with a 2-1 win over Utah Valley, with Ryan Sailor providing the golden goal in overtime.
• A couple of Huskies had career firsts against Utah Valley, with Gabe Threadgold scoring his first career goal and Achille Robin picking up his first point for Washington with an assist on Threadgold's goal. .
• Charlie Ostrem and Dylan Teves were both named to the MAC Hermann Trophy watch list. The trophy is the top individual honor in collegiate soccer.
• Lucas Meek is tied for the Pac-12 lead with 3 goals and Dylan Teves is tied for the Pac-12 lead with three assists.
• UW leads the Pac-12 with a goal differential of +11 as well as 2.60 goals scored/match.
• Washington is currently ranked No. 3 in both the United Soccer Coaches Poll and the TopDrawerSoccer Poll. UW's 23 straight weeks in the Top-10 of the Coaches Poll is the longest streak in the country.
Team Notes
• Reigning Pac-12 Coach of the Year Jamie Clark enters year 11 on the Washington touch line on heels of back-to-back appearances in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament
• The Huskies have had a winning record in all 10 of Clark's seasons and have had winning seasons in 11 straight years. UW has also had at least 12 wins in each of the last five seasons and in nine of Jamie Clark's 10 seasons as head coach.
• Washington was picked to finish second in the Pac-12 Preseason Poll, as voted on by the conference coaches, narrowly following first-place Stanford. The Huskies received two of the six available first pace votes.
• The Huskies bring back their top 13 players from the 2020 season in regard to minutes played.
• The Huskies return eight All-Pac-12 honorees, highlighted by Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year Charlie Ostrem. He was also named First Team All-Pac-12 along with Dylan Teves and Christian Soto.
• Teves was named First Team All-American last season by United Soccer Coaches, while Ostrem was named Third Team.
• Charlie Ostrem's 11 assists led the Pac-12 and were second in the country.
• Centerback duo Kendall Burks (3G/1A) and Ryan Sailor (4G) were both named Second Team All-Pac-12 and anchor a stout UW backline.
• Goalkeeper Sam Fowler was also named Second Team All-Pac-12. He set the Washington record for postseason shutouts with three. He has a 13 career shutouts in two seasons.
• Lucas Meek and Nick Scardina each slotted home 6 goals last season, tied for second on the team. Meek had two game-winning goals while Scardina had both a brace (vs. UCLA) and hattrick (vs. Northwest).
• Gio Miglietti returns goal-scoring experience to UW, as he scored 3 last season and was named Honorable Mention All-Pac-12.