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• Thursday, Aug. 29 at 7 p.m.
• vs. James Madison (Championship Field)
ABOUT THE GAME
• Seattle U (0-1-1) vs. James Madison (1-1-0)
• All-time series-First-ever meeting
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NEWS AND NOTES
• Seattle U welcomes JMU for a non-conference match on Thursday night.
• The Redhawks played a scoreless draw at Washington on Aug. 26, taking a point from UW for the first time in 15 all-time meetings. Freshman Madison Waguespack made three saves in her first career start, stopping a penalty kick early in the second half to keep the Huskies off the scoreboard.
• JMU lost to Georgetown, 2-1, and then beat St. John’s, 2-1 in double overtime, to open its season.
• The Dukes were voted to take second in the Colonial Athletic Association preseason poll. Senior Haley Crawford was picked CAA Preseason Offensive Player of the Year. She tallied nine goals and six assists in 2018.
• SU kicked off the 2019 season with a 4-0 setback against No. 15 Washington State on Aug. 22. Mackenzie Curry and Madison Waguespack combined for six saves in net for the Redhawks.
• Seattle U was picked to win the WAC in the preseason coaches’ poll, marking the sixth time in the last seven seasons that the Redhawks were voted preseason favorites. Seniors Rachel Bowler and Jessie Ray were chosen All-WAC Preseason.
• Coach Julie Woodward enters her 23rd season at SU. She has won 294 games at SU.
• The Redhawks won the 2018 WAC Tournament Championship, advancing to their fourth NCAA Tournament since 2013. SU is the lone Division I program to play in each of its last six conference championship matches.
• SU features seven seniors, four juniors, 11 sophomores, and 16 freshmen on this year’s roster.
• Seattle U will serve as host for the 2019 WAC Tournament Nov. 6-10 at Championship Field. The last time SU hosted, in 2014, the Redhawks won to advance to the NCAA Tournament.
• Senior Jessie Ray has tallied 17 goals and 11 assists in her first three seasons at Seattle U, most among Redhawk returners in 2019.