PREVIEW: Wildcat Soccer Final Home Games

THE MATCHES
• The Weber State soccer team continues with the 2018 season and Big Sky Action continues with the final home games of the season against Northern Colorado and Montana.
• Kickoff for the Northern Colorado game will be Friday Oct. 5, 7:00 p.m. MT in Ogden. The game will be streamed online for free at WatchBigSky.com or PlutoTV.
• Live stats for NC can be found at https://weberstatesports.com/sidearmstats/wsoc/media
• Kickoff for the Montana game will be Sunday, Oct 7 at 1:00 p.m. MT in Ogden. The game will be streamed online on the WatchBigSky.com
• Live stats for Montana can be found at https://weberstatesports.com/sidearmstats/wsoc/media

NEED TO KNOW
• The Wildcats are currently 5-3-4 on the season and on a two match winning streak.
• Northern Colorado is 7-5 overall on the season and 3-0 in Big Sky play. They are currently on a three match match winning streak.
• The two teams have a 5-6-3 overall record against each other. Weber State is on a four match losing streak.
• Montana is 1-6-4 overall on the season and are currently on a two match tying streak.
• Montana and Weber State have a 12-14-3 overall record against each other. The two teams are on a game tie streak.

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLL
The Wildcats have continued to surpass previous scoring. WSU put in FIVE goals against Southern Utah. In the first half, Weber State put in two goals within a minute of each other. To start the second half, Weber State put a goal in within the first minute of kick off. WSU was able to put two more in during the second half to round things to five. WSU hasn't scored five goals in a game in 14 years.

WILDCATS EARN PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Morgan Quarnberg is the reigning Big Sky Player of the Week. Quarnberg lifted Weber State to a 3-2 home victory over UC Santa Barbara, the No. 3-ranked team in the west region, on Friday by scoring a pair of goals including the game winner in the 84th minute.

Nikki Pittman earned Big Sky Defensive Player of the Week. Pittman came up with five saves in a 1-0 shutout of Utah Valley on the road Tuesday recording the first win of the year. She followed that performance up with a career-best 13 saves, three coming in the overtime periods, of a 1-1 draw at UC Davis. She concluded the week with four saves in a scoreless draw against UTEP.

DEPTH IN THE ROSTER
Against UC Davis, every player that traveled saw playing time on the match.

CROMPTON ALL-TIME BIG SKY CAREER ASSIST LEADER
Against UC Santa Barbara, Chansi Crompton had one assist to tie the Big Sky Career Assist Record. Against Southern Utah, Crompton wound up for a shot just outside the 18. She let the ball fly towards the net and it was deflected by Sadie Newsom, giving Crompton the assist to take over the title of All-Time Big Sky Assist Leader.

KNOW YOUR OPPONENT - Northern Colorado
• SERIES HISTORY
This will be the 15th meeting between Weber State and Portland State. The two teams have a 5-6-3 record in the series. WSU is currently on a four match losing streak in the series.
• PREVIOUSLY AGAINST
The last time the two teams met up was in the 2017 season. WSU ended with a 0-1 loss.
• ABOUT
The Bears are currently 7-5 overall on the season. They are coming off a 3-1 win to Eastern Washington. NC is currently on a three match winning streak.
• STATS
SHOTS: 171
Goals-Shot Attempts: 21-171
Goals Scored Per Game: 1.75
Shot pct: .123
Shots on goal-attempts: 86-171
SOG pct: .503
Shots/Game: 14.2
Corner Kicks: 63
Saves: 45
• NORTHERN COLORADO LEADERS
The top scorer for the Bears is Maddie Roberts who has put in five goals this season and has four assists. Goalkeeper, Taylor Washington, has 1,049 minutes on the season, and 44 saves. She's allowed 16 goals so far this season.

KNOW YOUR OPPONENT - Montana
• SERIES HISTORY
This will be the 30th meeting between Weber State and Montana. WSU has a 12-14-3 record to the Griz in the series. WSU is currently on a one game tie streak in the series.
• PREVIOUSLY AGAINST
The last time the two teams met up was in the 2017 season. WSU came away with a 1-1 tie to Montana.
• ABOUT
The Griz are currently 1-6-4 overall on the season and 0-1-2 in Big Sky Action. They are coming off a 1-1 tie to Idaho. Montana is currently on a two match tying streak.
• STATS
SHOTS: 59
Goals-Shot Attempts: 5-142
Goals Scored Per Game: .45
Shot pct: .035
Shots on goal-attempts: 59-142
SOG pct: .415
Shots/Game: 12.9
Corner Kicks: 50
Saves: 54
• MONTANA LEADERS
The Griz top scorer is Kennedy Yost. She's put two of Montana's five goals in this season.
Goalkeeper, Claire Howard, has 1084 minutes on the season and 50 saves. She's allowed 14 goals so far this season.

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Players Mentioned

Chansi Crompton

Sadie Newsom

Nikki Pittman

Morgan Quarnberg

Weber State University Athletics