No. 11 Washington Set For Sunday Road Tilt At Oregon State

Sunday, August 30

Corvallis, Ore.

1:00 p.m. PT

University of Washington

Oregon State

No. 11 Washington Set For Sunday Road Tilt At Oregon State

August 29, 2026 | Women's Soccer

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CORVALLIS, Ore. – Undefeated through the first four matches of 2026, the Washington women's soccer team heads south down I5, facing off with Oregon State at Lorenz Field for a Sunday matinee.

The matchup, kicking off at 1:00 p.m. PT, will be available for streaming through the Pac-12 YouTube channel. Links to live coverage are available on the women's soccer schedule page at GoHuskies.com.

SCOUTING OREGON STATE
Oregon State is in its third season under head coach Caroline Kelly, had her interim tag removed after the 2024 season. Under Kelly, OSU has posted a 10-24-7 overall record.

The Beavers enter Sunday's match in Corvallis with a 1-4-0 record. Oregon State has lost its last two matches, including a 6-0 defeat to rival Oregon on Thursday.

OSU is led offensively by freshman forward Lea Gentry with six points on two goals and two assists. Fellow freshman forward Mary Hoffman is tied with Gentry for the team lead in goals with two.

In goal, redshirt junior Libby Brooker and senior Alexi Morgan have split the starts through four matches. Brooker has allowed eight goals, surrendering a 3.20 goals against average while leading OSU with 16 saves on a .667 percentage. Meanwhile, Alexi owns a 1.86 GAA on four goals allowed, making seven stops for a .636 percentage.

SERIES HISTORY
Longtime conference foes, Washington and Oregon State have played 34 times through the years, with 2024 standing as the lone season the two sides haven't met since 1992. UW leads the series 20-7-7, though has settled for a draw each of the last three matchups. Oregon State last defeated UW in 2016.

LAST MEETING (Aug. 31, 2025)
SEATTLE - The Washington women's soccer team controlled much of the run of play in Thursday night's season opener against Oregon State but were forced to settle for a draw, finishing 1-1 at Husky Soccer Stadium.

The Huskies outshot the Beavers 16-5 on the night, forcing OSU keeper Mya Sanchez into three exceptional saves to earn the away side the draw.

After a settling in period in the opening minutes, Kelsey Branson put the Dawgs on top in the 32nd minute off a corner kick. The SoCal native rose high to meet Samiah Shell's service, heading past Sanchez to start off her senior season and make it 1-0.

The Huskies continued to press on the rest of the half and coming out of the halftime break, creating several near chances at a second.

Washington was twice denied by the woodwork early in the second half, first from close range and then off a tip from Sanchez.

With the Huskies dominating possession, Oregon State got in behind the UW back line to level the score in the 68th minute as Nathalie Lewis slipped a shot past a charging Tanner Ijams.

Washington continued its fight to regain the advantage until the final whistle, and twice had reviews for penalties go the Beavers' way, ultimately settling for a one-goal draw.

BACK IN BEAVER-TOWN
First-year UW goalkeeper coach Paige Brandt will be making her return to Corvallis Sunday, having spent the 2025 season in the same position on the Beaver staff. Brandt helped develop All-WCC Honorable Mention keeper Mya Sanchez during her stint at OSU.

DEFEND THE THRONE
Washington enters 2026 with a target on its back, winning the Big Ten double a season ago as the league's regular season and conference champions, UW's first conference championship since 2000. UW became the first league team to claim the Big Ten double since Minnesota in 2016 and the first school to win both championships undisputed since Nebraska in 2013.

POLL POSITION
Despite a 2-0-0 week, Washington slipped one spot to No. 11 in the IWSOC/United Soccer Coaches Poll. It is the eighth straight week UW has appeared in the poll. In the TopDrawerSoccer Top-25, the Huskies moved up one spot to the No. 2 slot, tied for the highest ranking in program history.

TOUGH NUT TO CRACK
Gonzaga's first half goal in UW's 1-1 draw Thursday was the first goal conceded by Washington this season, tied for the fewest in the Big Ten with Ohio State and Oregon. Washington has not allowed one goal through four matches since 2022. UW is one of 32 teams nationally with one goal or fewer allowed in 2026.

STACKING BRICKS
The Huskies have demonstrated one of the nation's stingiest defenses over the last two-plus season, tying the program record for clean sheets with 11 in 2024 before breaking said record with 12 shutouts in 2025. UW's 26 clean sheets since the start of the 2024 season are tied for the sixth-most in the nation, second most among Power Five programs.

Most Shutouts since 2024
Georgetown – 28
Mississippi State – 27
Montana – 27
Saint Louis - 27
Utah State – 27
Washington - 26
Dayton - 26
Florida State - 26
North Carolina - 26
UCLA – 26
Duke – 25
Lipscomb – 25
Virginia - 25

TOP DRAWER TALENT
Washington has two players listed in TopDrawerSoccer's Top-100 player rankings, with third year forward Alex Buck slotting in at No. 26 and third year goalkeeper Tanner Ijams coming in at No. 65. Buck, who was also named TopDrawerSoccer Third Team Best XI, ranked third in the Big Ten in points in 2025, while Ijams' 0.67 GAA was the fourth-lowest in a season in Husky history, tying the program record for single season clean sheets with 11.

VET SCHOOL
Washington boasts a roster laden with experience, with 17 of 30 Huskies in their third collegiate season or later. Of the eight returning starters for Washington, seven own at least two seasons of collegiate experience. Included in the group of veteran leaders for UW are fifth years Lucy Newlin and Avery Nguyen, who return for a final season after receiving waivers this offseason, as well as sixth-year South Dakota State transfer Taylor Thomas.

THREE TO WATCH
Washington boasts three players among the IWSOC/United Soccer Coaches MAC Hermann Trophy Positional Players to Watch. The Dawgs are represented up and down the field with defender Maya Loudd, midfielder Jadyn Holdenried and forward Alex Buck tabbed to their respective lists.

SAVING HER BEST
Alex Buck has scored all 11 of her career goals after the start of conference play, including nine such goals in 2025, tied for the most in the Big Ten.

WINNER'S MENTALITY
Of the eight goals scored by Jadyn Holdenried since the start of 2025, six have been match-winners, the most by any Husky in that time frame. The fourth year, who entered last season with four total goals in her first two seasons, has scored eight times since. UW is 11-0-1 all-time when Holdenried scores.

HITTING THE WORLD STAGE
Alex Buck and Grace Duncan will represent their home nations at the U20 World Cup in Poland in September, suiting up for the USWNT and the Football Ferns of New Zealand, respectively. Slotted in Group D, the two teammates will face off on Sept. 12 at Arena Sosnowiec.

YOU CAN FIND ME IN DA CLUB
One of the more unique paths to the Husky roster comes from junior Avery Nguyen, who was offered a roster spot prior to the start of the 2023 season after a trial during preseason training. A native of the Kansas City metro area and a former standout for Olathe Northwest High School and Sporting Blue Valley, Nguyen led the UW club team in scoring as a college freshman in 2022.

Nguyen has become one of UW's most dangerous weapons off the bench as a senior, scoring three times this season against Idaho, Minnesota and Oregon. Nguyen has made 35 career appearances for Washington.

PRESEASON PROGNOSTICATION
Washington was picked to finish third in its title-defending season in the 2026 Big Ten Preseason Coaches Poll, receiving the third-most votes behind predicted champion Michigan State and UCLA. UW was selected ninth in the 2025 iteration of the preseason poll, going on to win the regular season title with a match in hand.

2026 Big Ten Women's Soccer Preseason Poll
1. Michigan State
2. UCLA
3. Washington
4. Wisconsin
5. Ohio State
6. Penn State
7. USC
8. Northwestern
9. Illinois
10. Iowa
11. Michigan
12. Nebraska
13. Purdue
14. Minnesota
15. Rutgers
16. Indiana
17. Maryland
18. Oregon

THE NOTORIOUS NVD
Washington locked up reigning unanimous Big Ten Coach of the Year Nicole Van Dyke this offseason, inking the Husky gaffer to a contract extension through the 2030 season. The extension comes after Van Dyke led the Dawgs to the NCAA Elite Eight for the third time on program-history, the third NCAA Tournament bid during Van Dyke's UW tenure. In her six seasons on Montlake, Van Dyke has guided Washington to 60 wins and has developed 15 all-conference players, including All-Americans Summer Yates, Kolo Suliafu and Alex Buck.

HERE TO ASSIST
The Washington sideline will have a new look this season with three new assistant coaches manning the bench.

Whitney Pitalo joins the UW staff after serving as head coach at Cal State Bakersfield in 2025. Pitalo previously resided in the Evergreen State as an assistant coach at Gonzaga, earning United Soccer Coaches West Region Staff of the Year honors in 2023.

Paige Brandt will direct the development of the Husky goalkeepers, coaching All-WCC Honorable Mention keeper Mya Sanchez during her lone season in the same role at Oregon State.

After three seasons as UW's program coordinator, Husky alum Mary Walstad joins the coaching staff in 2026. Walstad appeared in 42 matches with 38 starts over four seasons at Washington from 2019-2022.

LEFT SIDE, BEST SIDE
Of the 30 members of Washington's 2026 roster, 22 hail from West Coast states, featuring 11 homegrown products of Washington, 10 natives of California and one player from the Portland suburbs in Oregon. However, Washington's squad spans the US and globe, with natives of Georgia, Kansas, Nevada, South Dakota, Texas and Virginia as well as a pair of internationals from Belgium and New Zealand donning the Purple and Gold.

IN IT TO TWIN IT
Four different Husky players are a part of a twin or triplet pairing in Vanessa Aguilar, Ryan Boehm, Angelica Chou and Mary Camp Newton. In fact, Boehm faced off against twin sister Myra Thursday versus Gonzaga, while Newton's sister Ridley plays for defending NCAA Division III National Champion Washington University in St. Louis.

Twin/Triplet Connections on UW's Roster
Vanessa & Michelle Aguilar
Ryan & Myra Boehm
Angelica & Colin Chou
Mary Camp, Ridley & Sutherland Newton

SMART COOKIES
For the 11th-straight season, Washington has received the United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Award after posting a 3.50 cumulative GPA team GPA.

At the individual level, fifth year Lucy Newlin received UW's Academic Excellence Award for 2026 for graduating with the highest cumulative GPA among graduating student-athletes at 3.98. Newlin also received the Big Ten's Wayne Duke Postgraduate Scholarship and was one of two UW student-athletes to receive the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award in 2024-25.

MENTI BE
Anna and Sally Menti, who starred at Roosevelt High School, less than three miles from Husky Soccer Stadium, have shared different paths to playing in front of their home state fans. Sally was an All-American midfielder at Santa Clara before signing a short-term contract and later a two-year extension last season with the NWSL's Seattle Reign, making 33 appearances and 21 starts with three goals and two assists. Meanwhile, Anna is in her fourth season at UW, making 65 appearances with 51 starts and collecting two goals and three assists along the way.

TURN ON THE TUBE
Washington will be featured in front of a national audience on the Big Ten Network three times during the regular season, tied for the most of any conference member. The Huskies' home battles with Maryland and Rutgers will both air on the network, while October's road trip to Tinsel Town will get the big screen treatment as Washington takes on UCLA. All UW home matches not selected for the Big Ten Network will be available for streaming through B1G+.

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