Utah Valley at Portland
Friday, Sept. 7  |  8:00 p.m. MT 
Merlo Field  | Portland, Oregon
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Utah Valley vs. Washington
Sunday, Sept. 9  |  12:00 p.m. MT 
Merlo Field  |  Portland, Oregon
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UTAH VALLEY TRAVELS TO OREGON TO PLAY IN NIKE PORTLAND INVITATIONAL
Utah Valley heads back out on the road this week as the team travels to Portland, Oregon to participate in the Nike Portland Invitational. The Wolverines will take on host Portland on Sept. 7 before facing Washington on Sept. 9 at Merlo Field on the University of Portland campus.

Fresh off a California road trip, Utah Valley dropped a 1-0 decision to in-state rival Weber State on Tuesday night at Clyde Field. The Wolverines dropped the match despite out-shooting the Wildcats 18-7, including a barrage of shots that failed to find the back of the net in the second period. UVU also had six shots on goal to WSU's two. Utah Valley split a pair of matches last week in the Golden State. The Wolverines dropped a 4-1 decision at San Diego before defeating Cal Poly, 3-2. Sara Callister scored the lone goal of the match at San Diego, while Amber Tripp, Breanna McCarter, and Whitney Paskins each found the back of the net in the win at Cal Poly on Sunday night.

McCarter leads the Wolverines with three points this season, collecting one goal and one assist on the season. She also fronts the team with 17 shots, including seven on goal. Paskins, Tripp, and Callister each have one goal on the year. Sadie Brockbank leads the team with two assists this season. Brooklyn Nielsen leads UVU in the box this season having logged 337 minutes. Nielsen has recorded 21 saves with a .778 save percentage. She also holds a 1.60 goals against average. Sarah Davis has the lone win of the season in goal after picking up the win at Cal Poly. Davis has eight saves this season in 225 minutes of action.

BROADCAST INFO
This week's match against Portland will be streamed live at TheW.tv. The match against Washington will be available live on the Portland Pilots' YouTube channel.  Each UVU home match will be streamed live on the WAC Digital Network at WACDigitalNetwork.com. Brandon Crowe will be on the call along with former Wolverine Melanie Ostler.

UVU'S HOME UNBEATEN STREAK ENDS AT FIVE MATCHES
With its loss to Weber State on Sept. 4, Utah Valley ended its home unbeaten streak at five games dating back to a 3-0 win over Seattle U on Sept. 30, 2017. Prior to its loss to WSU, the last time UVU lost a match at Clyde Field was on Sept. 14, 2017  when the Wolverines dropped a 3-2 double overtime decision to Washington State. The loss to WSU was UVU's only home loss of the year in 2017.

UVU DROPS 1-0 DECISION AT HOME TO WEBER STATE
Despite outshooting the Wildcats 18-7 on the night, Weber State snapped Utah Valley's five-match home-unbeaten streak with a 1-0 win over the Wolverines on Tuesday night at Clyde Field.
 
With the loss, Utah Valley falls to 1-4-1 overall on the season, while WSU picks up its first win of the season to improve to 1-2-1.
 
"It's a difficult one to swallow," said Utah Valley head coach Chris Lemay. "We were a step behind and late to some things in the first half so we were reacting instead of anticipating. I thought we turned it around in the second half and created enough chances to win the game. I thought we did enough to get a result tonight but unfortunately it just wasn't in the cards for us. I'm not disappointed in our performance, I'm disappointed with what it says on the scoreboard."
 
Weber State's Mylee Broad scored the lone goal of the match after receiving the ball at the top of the box and shooting it into the back of the net for the score in the 20th minute. Taylor Scadlock and Olivia Barton were each credited with assists on the score.
 
Utah Valley has numerous opportunities in the second half as the Wolverines outshot the Wildcats, 12-1. UVU was able to get the ball in the box for numerous shots on goal but just could not get the ball over the line for the score. UVU outshot WSU 18-7 on the night, including a 6-2 advantage on goal. UVU had four corner kicks to WSU's three.
 
Sadie Brockbank led the Wolverines with a match-high five shots, including one on goal. Breanna McCarter and Whitney Paskins each tallied three shots, while Amber Tripp registered two.
 
Sarah Davis played all 90 minutes in goal. The senior keeper tallied one save on the night.

ABOUT PORTLAND
Portland enters Friday's matchup against Utah Valley with a 2-3-0 record. The Pilots dropped a pair of matches against Big 10 opponents last weekend in Seattle at the Nike Husky Invitational. Portland lost a 1-0 overtime decision to Michigan State before falling to Wisconsin, 2-1. The trip to Seattle was Portland's first road trip of the season. Junior Juliana Guthner scored Portland's only goal last week in the loss to Wisconsin. 2017 All-WCC honoree and 2018 All-WCC Preseason team member Kimberly Hazlett leads the Pilots with two goals this season. Senior keeper Rachel Lusby leads the team in the box, allowing only four goals while making 13 saves. Each of Lusby's wins this season have been shutouts. Portland is led by first-year coach Michelle French--a former Portland Pilot who served 12 years in the US Soccer system. She was most recently an assistant coach for the Senior Women's National Team.

ALL-TIME SERIES HISTORY VS. PORTLAND
Utah Valley and Portland will meet on the pitch for the first time on Friday night.

ABOUT WASHINGTON
Washington enter's this week's Nike Portland Invitational with a 2-2-1 overall record. The Huskies hosted the Nike Husky Invitational last week, going 0-1-1 at the event. The team dropped a 2-1 overtime decision to Wisconsin before playing Michigan State to a 1-1 double overtime draw. Sophomore midfielder Olivia Van Der Jagt leads the team with three goals this season. She also has one assist and has registered a point in four straight matches. Freshman midfielder Summer Yates has two goals this season and had a season-high seven shots against Michigan State. Washington has 11 freshmen on its roster this season and 13 newcomers. The Huskies had the nation's fifth-ranked recruiting class in the country. UW has wins over Fullerton and Portland this year.

ALL-TIME SERIES HISTORY VS. WASHINGTON
Utah Valley and Washington will meet on the pitch for the first time on Sunday.

THREE WOLVERINES NAMED TO PRESEASON ALL-WAC TEAM, WOLVERINES PICKED SECOND IN WAC PRESEASON COACHES POLL
The Utah Valley University women's soccer team was selected to finish second in the 2018 Western Athletic Conference Preseason Poll and UVU players Hannah Bruce, Amber Tripp, and Brooklyn Nielsen were each named to the Preseason All-WAC team.
 
The Wolverines went 5-2 in WAC play last season and finished second in the regular season standings. The team went on to claim the 2017 WAC Tournament championship and earn the WAC's bid to the NCAA Tournament where it took on eventual national champion Stanford. The Wolverines have won the WAC Tournament title two times over the past three years.
 
UVU was projected to finish second after receiving four of the nine first place votes for a total of 57 points. The Wolverines finished just three points behind Kansas City, which received five first place votes for a total of 60 points. Seattle U was selected third (50), followed by Grand Canyon (38) in fourth, UT Rio Grande Valley (37) fifth, and New Mexico State (30) in sixth. CSU Bakersfield was picked seventh with 26 points with WAC newcomer California Baptist being selected eighth with 16 points. Chicago State rounded out he poll in ninth place with 10 points.
 
Bruce anchored the UVU defense to five shutouts last season, including a pair of clean sheets during WAC play and another in the semifinals of the WAC Tournament. The junior defender helped the squad hold its opponents to just 11.7 shots per match. Bruce also helped the offense with five assists last year. Bruce earned first team All-WAC honors for her play in 2017. Tripp earns a preseason all-WAC selection after ranking third on the team last season with five goals, including four during WAC play. The sophomore forward also tallied three assists for 13 points in 2017. She fired 27 shots, including 15 on goal. Tripp earned WAC Freshman of the Year honors for her play last year.
 Nielsen led Utah Valley with three shutouts in goal last season for the Wolverines. The junior keeper logged 1,612 minutes in the box last year and recorded a .635 save percentage. She picked up nine wins and allowed 31 goals on the 206 shots she faced.

UVU WINS SECOND WAC TOURNAMENT TITLE IN THREE YEARS
Utah Valley tied Seattle U, 1-1, in double overtime and then claimed the 2017 WAC Women's Soccer Tournament championship 3-1 in penalty Kicks to earn the team's second WAC tournament title in the last three years last season. The tournament title earned the Wolverines the WAC's auto bid to the NCAA Tournament where it dropped a 9-1 decision at eventual national champion Stanford. UVU's lone goal at Stanford was the only goal of the season that Stanford allowed on its home pitch during the 2017 season.

CLYDE FIELD MAGIC
Utah Valley holds an impressive 71-34-10 all time record at Clyde Field. The team has lost just five matches over the past four seasons on the home pitch. UVU went 5-1-0 at home last season, including wins over Wyoming, Seattle U, New Mexico State, UT Rio Grande Valley, and Grand Canyon. The Wolverines went 5-2-1 during the 2016 season and were unbeaten at home during the 2015 season with a 9-0-1 mark. UVU has consistently ranked in the top-40 nationally in attendance.