Huskies Host No. 8 Michigan In Big Ten Conflict

SEATTLE – The Huskies return to motion on Saturday evening towards No. 8 Michigan at Husky Soccer Stadium. Kickoff is ready for 7 p.m. with the match being broadcast on Big Ten Plus and dwell stats out there at HuskyStats.com.

SCOUTING THE WOLVERINES

Michigan shot up the rankings this week after taking down then-No. 1 Indiana on the street. The Wolverines used a 3-2 scoreline to earn the win in Bloomington. Michigan is 4-0-2 on the season, proudly owning a 3-0-1 report at dwelling and a 1-0-1 report on the street. They are led by Kyle Pierson, Shuma Sasaki, and Quin Rogers who every have two targets thus far. Pierson and Sasaki each lead the group with 5 factors every.

SERIES HISTORY

The Huskies personal a 2-0-1 report towards Michigan courting again to a 3-2 win for in 2003 as the primary matchup. Most just lately, Washington battled to a 1-1 draw with the Wolverines in Ann Arbor final season.

LAST MEETING (9/16/2024)

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Washington males’s soccer recorded its first Big Ten level in a 1-1 draw at No. 22 Michigan on Monday evening.

UW strikes to 3-2-3 and 0-1-1 in Big Ten play. The Huskies have earned a end in six of their final seven matches.

This 12 months, the Huskies are 2-1-2 towards the Top 25. In the previous six seasons, the Huskies are 14-3-6 towards ranked opponents within the common season. The Dawgs are 27-8-10 in street contests since 2019.

Michigan jumped out to an early lead within the sixth minute.

The Huskies responded shortly to knot the match up at one on Peter Kingston’s second purpose of the season within the ninth minute of motion. Chris Meyers recorded his team-leading fifth help of the season.

Connor Lofy made his first profession begin, totaling 70 minutes within the match. Chris Peretti noticed his first minutes of the season in his begin.

Goalie Jadon Bowton recorded three saves on the night and confronted a season-high 12 pictures.

HUSKIES TOP BULLDOGS

Washington earned one other huge win on Tuesday, taking down Gonzaga 6-0. It was the third time the Huskies have scored at the very least 4 targets in a recreation this season. Charlie Kosakoff opened the scoring along with his third purpose within the final two video games. Alex Hall bagged his first profession brace, whereas Mani Diop, Chad Sovde, and Zach Ramsey all discovered the again of the online as properly. Richie Aman was the important thing distributor, as he recorded two assists within the recreation.

ON TOP IN B1G OPENER

Washington moved to 1-0 in Big Ten play on Friday after a 2-1 win over Michigan State at Husky Soccer Stadium. Charlie Kosakoff used his first profession brace to dismantle the Spartans. He additionally tallied 4 pictures, all of which have been on purpose to guide Washington to seven whole makes an attempt heading in the right direction.

FEWING CUP SUCCESS

Washington unleashed a barrage of targets to maintain the Fewing Cup on Montlake, tallying seven targets towards Seattle U for a 7-2 victory on Capitol Hill. It’s the primary time Washington has bagged at the very least seven targets since a 7-0 win on October 8, 2000 towards California.

Zach Ramsey led the Huskies with a brace, scoring the game-winning purpose within the first half earlier than netting a free kick purpose within the second half. Richie Aman registerred two assists whereas 5 different Huskies, Harrison Bertos, Connor Lofy, Clarens Dollin, Chad Sovde, and Egor Akulov discovered the again of the online.

KOSAKOFF NAMED BIG TEN OFFENSIVE POTW

Charlie Kosakoff claimed his first Big Ten Conference weekly award on Tuesday after powering Washington to its first Big Ten win final week. The award is Washington’s first convention weekly award of the season.

Kosakoff has been an offensive chief for the Huskies this season, now the joint chief in targets (3) and game-winning targets (1), and pacing the group in pictures (17) and pictures on purpose (7).

RAMSEY RUNNING RAMPANT

Sophomore Zach Ramsey recorded his first profession brace towards Seattle U and continued his scorching sizzling streak. He has recorded at the very least one level in 5 of the final six video games, totaling 11 factors throughout that stretch. He leads all Huskies in whole factors.

OFFENSIVE OPPORTUNITIES

The Huskies have been making use of the strain in each recreation this season, recording extra pictures than their opponents in all however two video games. The Huskies at present rank ninth within the NCAA in nook kicks per recreation, averaging 7.00 per contest. The Huskies have scored 23 whole targets, led by Zach Ramsey and Charlie Kosakoff every with 4.

FIVE POINT BARRAGE

Alex Hall dominated towards the Bulldogs on Tuesday, bagging his first profession brace whereas chipping in an help for a career-high 5 factors. He now has seven factors on the season and has at the very least one level in every of the final three video games.

WASHINGTON STATS

Washington has rocketed into the statistical nationwide rankings, Sitting within the high 15 in eight totally different classes.

Until UIC recorded their twenty fourth purpose on Thursday, Washington was main the NCAA in whole targets scored with 23 following Tuesday’s 6-0 win over Gonzaga. Nationally, Washington at present ranks second in whole targets (23), fourth in whole factors (66), eighth in whole assists (20), eighth in purpose differential (13), ninth in nook kicks per recreation (7.00), ninth in scoring offense (2.88), tenth in factors per recreation (8.25), and 14th in assists per recreation (2.50).

FINDING THEIR GROOVE

Since opening the season with two losses and one purpose via the primary two video games, the Huskies have rattled off six unbeaten, coming from 4 wins and two attracts. In that span, the Huskies have scored 22 targets, averaging 3.67 targets per recreation.

TOP DISTRIBUTORS

Richie Aman, Zach Ramsey, and Alex Hall have separated themselves as a few of the finest distributors within the NCAA. Aman at present ranks on the high of the charts with six assists, essentially the most within the nation. He’s averaging 0.75 assists per recreation, the second-best mark within the Big Ten and eleventh within the NCAA. Ramsey and Hall are tied for fourth within the Big Ten and forty third nationally with three assists every.

Washington as a group ranks eighth within the NCAA and second within the Big Ten in whole assists with 20.

DAWG DEBUTS

12 Huskies have made their Washington debuts within the first two matches of the season. Levi Bieber, Brecken Bowers, Cameron Cruz, Clarens Dollin, Jaeger Felton, Carter Gay, Osato Enabulele, Sheehan Ganguly, Philip Kleeman, Zack Meier, and Kevin Hernandez, and Chad Sovde all featured in the course of the first 4 video games of the season.

BRICK WALL BIEBER

Levi Bieber has made 4 begins this season and has led Washington to 2 shutouts and a 2-1-1 report in these video games.

In his second profession look, Levi Bieber recorded his first win and shutout. He anchored the Washington protection towards UNLV, recording two saves on six pictures confronted to safe the victory. He made two key saves towards Gonzaga to assist earn Washington’s second shutout of the season. Jaeger Felton closed out the ultimate 9:59 of the sport to offer each keepers the mixed shutout in purpose.

PICKED FIFTH IN CONFERENCE

Entering 12 months two within the Big Ten convention, Washington has been picked to position fifth within the 11-team league, the convention introduced on Tuesday.

Washington completed 8-6-7 final season, advancing to the second spherical of the NCAA Tournament. The Huskies ended the season with a 4-3-3 report in Big Ten play, ending fourth within the league with 15 factors.

2025 Big Ten Men’s Soccer Preseason Poll

1. Indiana

2. Maryland

3. Ohio State

4. UCLA

5. Washington

6. Michigan

7. Michigan State

8. Wisconsin

9. Rutgers

10. Penn State

11. Northwestern

CLARK INKS EXTENSION

Following UW’s first season within the Big 10 and their eleventh NCAA Tournament look within the final 14 years, head coach Jamie Clark signed an extension on the University of Washington, tying him to the Huskies via 2029.

Washington has grow to be a postseason common below Clark and has persistently earned ends in the nationwide event. The Huskies secured their ninth second spherical look within the NCAA Tournament in 2024 after advancing out of a penalty shootout towards Seattle U.

In 2021, Clark guided the Dawgs to a nationwide runner up end, the perfect end in program historical past, whereas additionally tying this system report for wins in a season with 18. The Huskies have completed with at the very least eight wins in 13 of Clark’s 14 on the helm and have claimed at the very least 12 wins 11 occasions since his appointment as head coach.

HOMEGROWN TALENT

Washington’s roster options 19 of 29 gamers who hail from the state of Washington. Four gamers declare Seattle as their hometown (Asher Hestad, Joe Dale, Cameron Cruz, and Jaeger Felton), whereas two every are from Spokane (Kenny Pierpoint and Jadon Bowton), and from Bellevue (Sheehan Ganguly and Chad Sovde).

BETWEEN THE STICKS

Washington returns goalkeeper Jadon Bowton for the 2025 season who figures to be instrumental for the Husky protection. He was named Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Week twice in 2024 and led Washington to the second spherical of the NCAA Tournament after making three penalty saves in a row towards Seattle U within the first spherical.

His eight shutouts in 2024 have been the ninth-most within the NCAA and the sixth-most in a single season in Husky historical past He additionally has participated in psychological well being activations for UW. Following his fifth 12 months of soccer this fall, he plans to start working a tech job in Seattle.

DEFENSIVE DOMINANCE

Junior defender Harrison Bertos made 20 begins in 2024 and helped UW to top-50 marks within the NCAA in targets towards common and shutout proportion.

Bertos was chosen within the second spherical of the MLS SuperDraft, however determined to return to Washington for his junior season in 2025.

CREAM OF THE CROP

In 14 season on Montlake, Jamie Clark has orchestrated the meteoric rise of Washington males’s soccer, distinguishing the group as one of many nation’s high school soccer packages. During his time at Washington, Clark has led the Huskies to a report of 175-68-40, three Pac-12 titles, and 11 journeys to the NCAA Tournament. Of these postseason appearances, Clark’s Huskies have made 4 journeys to the NCAA Quarterfinals, together with three straight NCAA Quarterfinals appearances from 2019-21.

Clark at present ranks seventh in successful proportion amongst lively head coaches with a .696 proportion in 17 profession seasons.

FRESH FACES 

The Huskies welcomed six freshmen to the squad this fall. Kenny Pierpoint (GK), Clarens Dollin (MF/F), Carter Gay (D), Kevin Hernandez (MF), Zack Meier (D), and Osato Enabulele (MF) all enter their first season on Montlake. In addition to the primary years, the Huskies additionally welcomed Cameron Cruz (MF), a switch from Grand Canyon to the squad.

FOLLOW THE DAWGS

Fans can sustain with all of the goings on across the Washington males’s soccer program by following the Huskies on the group’s numerous social media platforms. You can discover the Dawgs on X at @UW_MSoccer, on Instagram at @uw_msoccer or on Facebook by looking out “Washington Men’s Soccer”. Fans also can observe the Huskies via the boys’s soccer web page at GoHuskies.com.