HOME EVENTS THIS WEEK
ON THE ROAD ...
THURSDAY
Volleyball at Simon Fraser, 7 p.m. ---
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SATURDAY
Cross Country at Linfield George Oja Invitational, 9:30 a.m.
Football at #4 Minnesota State, 11 a.m. (PT) ---
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Volleyball at Western Washington, 7 p.m. ---
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SUNDAY
Men's Soccer at Simon Fraser, 7 p.m. ---
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NOTES FOR THIS WEEK...
MEN'S SOCCERÂ | GNAC Standings
- WOU has gone 4-0-1 over last five matches - scoring multiple goals in each contest and 12 goals overall in that stretch. To put that in perspective, in the Wolves' first season of existence last year, WOU scored 11 goals in 17 contests.
- WOU went 0-2 last season against Western Washington, losing 1-0 at home and 2-0 on the road.
- The Wolves are 2-0-1 at home this season
- WOU sits in first place in the conference with 10 points (3-0-1) - three points ahead of second-place Simon Fraser which it takes on Sunday in British Columbia
- The teams played already earlier this season on Sept. 28, resulting in a 2-2 draw on the WOU Turf Field
- Overall WOU is 0-2-1 against Simon Fraser in its short history
WOMEN'S SOCCER | GNAC Standings
- WOU enters the week third in the GNAC with 10 points, a point behind Western Washington and four points behind Seattle Pacific
- WOU enters Thursday's match with Central Washington on a five-match unbeaten streak against the Wildcats (4-0-1) - last losing to CWU Oct. 25, 2018, in Monmouth (1-0)
- Last season WOU went 1-0-1 against CWU - playing to a scoreless draw at home and winning 4-3 in Ellensburg.
- Against Saturday's opponent Saint Martin's, the Wolves already defeated the Saints 2-0 earlier this season thanks to second-half goals from Lilly Nowatzke and Raeanne Jones
- WOU is 14-12-4 all-time against CWU, including 9-4-1 at home
VOLLEYBALL | GNAC Standings
- The Wolves dropped both contests last week at home to the Alaska schools to move to 2-5 in GNAC play and 8-7 overall
- Against Thursday's opponent Simon Fraser, the Wolves split last year's two meetings - winning in five at home and falling in five on the road
- WOU is 8-16 all-time against the Red Leafs
- The Wolves then head to Western Washington on Saturday against a Vikings team it dropped both matches to last season
- WOU has lost 21 consecutive matches to the Vikings, last winning Oct. 25, 2012, in Monmouth. WOU's last win at Western Washington came in 1999.
- WOU is 13-46 all-time against the Vikings
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FOOTBALL | Lone Star Standings
- The Wolves are coming off their second-straight win - a 31-10 victory at home last Saturday against Western New Mexico. WOU rushed for a season-high 376 yards led by Dominique Loggins' 125 yards and two touchdowns on the ground. Defensively, WOU held the Mustangs to 325 yards of offense - including just 11 yards rushing.
- WOU faces a fourth-ranked Minnesota State team that heads into the game undefeated after coming off a pair of three-point wins - 27-24 at No. 9 Bemidji State on Sept. 30 and 24-21 at home against MSU Moorhead.
- The Mavericks have won 11 straight regular-season games
- Loggins is second in the LSC in rushing with 547 rushing yards and tied for fourth with five rushing touchdowns. He's also in second in all-purpose yards with 663 yards.
- This will be the first meeting between these two teams
CROSS COUNTRY
- The WOU men's and women's teams are both coming off a sixth-place finish at the San Francisco State Invite last week.Â
- Caitlin Heldt paced the women's team wit ha seventh-place finish in the 6K race (22:00.4).
- Freshman Kanoa Blake led the men's team in the 8K race with a time of 26:03.1
- None of the runners from the San Francisco State Invite will be competing at this week's George Oja Linfield Invitational
- This is the last event until the GNAC Championships Oct. 21 in Anchorage, Alaska