#8 Western Oregon (3-0)
vs.
CSU Monterey Bay (2-1-1)
12 p.m. Sunday | Monmouth, Oregon
LIVE STATSÂ (No Stream)
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MONMOUTH, Ore. --- The eighth-ranked Western Oregon women's soccer team looks for its best undefeated four-game start in program history as it hosts CSU Monterey Bay noon Sunday at WOU Soccer Field.Â
The Wolves started the 2013 season 2-0-2 for its best undefeated start in program history.
Due to this game being moved from previously scheduled date to the same day as the WOU men's soccer game already established and a shortage of broadcast workers due to school not being in session, this game will not be live streamed. However, live stats will be available. We apologize for the inconvenience.
WOLVES HEADING INTO THE WEEKÂ | 2022 STATISTICS
WOU picked up a road win Thursday morning at Colorado Christian 1-0 in Lakewood. The Wolves got a goal in the 77th minute from
Leeci Snyder assisted by
Lilly Nowatzke to take the lead and the WOU defense did the rest. The Wolves'
Olivia Holdenried picked up four saves in her second shutout of the season.
The Wolves have scored five goals on the season with five different players finishing and no player has more than one assist. WOU has four players that have played all 270 minutes this season in
Jenna Efraimson,
Lulu Sadler and
Hannah Rispler along with Holdenried at keeper. Holdenried is averaging 8.0 saves per game (second in the GNAC and eighth in the nation) and has a 0.923 save percentage (second in the GNAC and 38th in the country). Her 24 total saves ranked first in the conference and 12th in the nation.
MONTEREY BAY HEADING INTO THE WEEKÂ | 2022 STATISTICS
The Otters, who played at St. Martin's Friday after this preview was written, enter the week winning a pair of contests last week - winning at Dominican University 1-0 on Thursday and beating the Academy of Art 4-0 on Saturday.
Jasmine Safarians leads the team in scoring with five points - two goals and an assists, while Nayeli Sandoval Gallo has a goal and an assist. Maleni Morales has played all 360 minutes at keeper for MB with a 0.50 GAA, 0.923 save percentage and 24 saves on 41 shots faced.Â
RECENT HISTORY VERSUS MONTEREY BAY
The Wolves last played Monterey Bay Sept. 14, 2019, in Seaside, California - a 1-0 overtime loss for WOU. The team's also played Aug. 25, 2005, again at Monterey Bay - a 1-0 win for the Wolves.
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WESTERN OREGON WOMEN'S SOCCER NOTES
BEST START IN PROGRAM HISTORY ...
The Western Oregon women's soccer team is off to its best start in program history at 3-0 after a win at Colorado Christian on Sept. 1 - eclipsing a few 2-0 starts, the last coming in 2016. The best undefeated start in program history came in 2013 when WOU started the season 2-0-2.Â
WOU MOVES UP INTO NATIONAL TOP 10 FOR FIRST TIME IN PROGRAM HISTORYÂ ... RELEASE
The Western Oregon women's soccer team's historic start to the 2022 season hasn't gone unnoticed as the previously unranked Wolves shot up to No. 8 in the latest United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division II Rankings released Tuesday. WOU is off to its first 3-0 start in school history and opened the season with a 1-0 win at No. 20 Sonoma State on Aug. 25. Three days later the Wolves defeated defending RMAC champion Colorado Mesa 3-2 at home and defeated another RMAC school - Colorado Christian - 1-0 on Sept. 1 in Lakewood, Colorado.Â
WOLVES PICK UP ROAD WIN OVER RANKED FOE ...
The Western Oregon women's soccer team had a tough challenge to start the season as it hit the road to take on No. 20 Sonomoa State - but came away with a 1-0 win August 25.
Jenna Efraimson scored in the 10th minute and the defense - led by a stellar effort by
Olivia Holdenried - did the rest. Holdenried had 14 saves and faced 34 shots to pick up the shutout.
HOLDENRIED NAMED GNAC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Western Oregon goalkeeperÂ
Olivia Holdenried has been named the GNAC Women's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week on Aug. 29 after leading the Wolves to a pair of impressive victories. The sophomore from Windsor, California, allowed only one goal in the run of play (the other came on a penalty shot) and collected 20 saves in a pair of wins over defending conference champions this week (one of which was nationally ranked). In her most impressive performance, Holdenried picked up a shutout and had 14 saves (while facing 34 shots) in WOU's 1-0 win over No. 20 Sonoma State on the road Thursday. She then picked up six saves against Colorado Mesa in the Wolves' win Sunday at home.
