Wildcats first road Big Sky games

THE MATCHES
• The Weber State soccer team continues with the 2018 season and Big Sky Action continues with the first road conference games of the season at Portland State and Sacramento State.
• Kickoff for the Portland State game will be Friday2:00 p.m. MT in Portland, Ore. The game will be streamed online for free at WatchBigSky.com or PlutoTV.
• Live stats for PSU can be found at http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statbroadcast.php?t=1&gid=ptsu
• Kickoff for the Sacramento State game will be Sunday, Sept. 30 at 1:00 p.m. MT in Sacramento, Calif. The game will be streamed online on the WatchBigSky.com
• Live stats for Sacramento State can be found at http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=223757

NEED TO KNOW
• The Wildcats are currently 3-3-4 on the season and on a one match tying streak.
• Portland State is 2-7 overall on the season and 1-1 in Big Sky play. They are currently on a four match match losing streak.
• The two teams have a 9-10-4 overall record against each other. Weber State is on a one match winning streak.
• Sacramento State is 2-7-2 overall on the season and are currently on a one match losing streak.
• Sac and Weber State has a 13-9-2 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.

Last week, 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 - Portland State
• SERIES HISTORY
This will be the 25th meeting between Weber State and Portland State. The two teams have a 9-10-4 record in the series. WSU is currently on a one match winning streak in the series.
• PREVIOUSLY AGAINST
The last time the two teams met up was in the 2017 season. WSU ended with a 2-0 victory over PSU.
• ABOUT
The Vikings are currently 2-7 overall on the season. They are coming off a 2-3 loss to Eastern Washington. PSU is currently on a four match losing streak.
• STATS
SHOTS: 78
Goals-Shot Attempts: 9-78
Goals Scored Per Game: 1.00
Shot pct: .115
Shots on goal-attempts: 35-78
SOG pct: .449
Shots/Game: 8.7
Corner Kicks: 21
Saves: 52
• Portland State Leaders
The majority of Vikings goals have been scored by Krystal De Ramos who has put in three goals. Goalkeeper, Abbie Faingold, has 819 minutes on the season, and 43 saves. She's allowed 20 goals so far this season.

KNOW YOUR OPPONENT - Sac State
• SERIES HISTORY
This will be the 27th meeting between Weber State and Sac State. WSU has a 13-9-2 record to the Hornets 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 Sacramento State.
• ABOUT
The Hornets are currently 2-7-2 overall on the season and 1-1 in Big Sky Action. They are coming off a 2-0 loss to Idaho. Sac is currently on a one match losing streak.
• STATS
SHOTS: 97
Goals-Shot Attempts:12-97
Goals Scored Per Game: 1.09
Shot pct: .122
Shots on goal-attempts: 53-97
SOG pct: .541
Shots/Game: 8.9
Corner Kicks: 30
Saves: 48
• Northern Arizona Leaders
The Lumberjacks top scorer is Sam Larberg. She's put two goals in this season.
Goalkeeper, Taryn Benham, has played and started in eight matches for the Lumberjacks with 757 minutes, and 25 saves. She's allowed seven goals so far this season.

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Players Mentioned

Chansi Crompton

Sadie Newsom

Nikki Pittman

Morgan Quarnberg

Weber State University Athletics