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Doubleheader: WWU soccer hosts SPU Thursday

WWU women's soccer coach Travis Connell on Harrington Field in Bellingham, WA. Photo: KPUG/Photo: Doug Lange


The lights at Harrington Field will be shinning bright Thursday as the Western Washington University soccer teams will square off against Seattle Pacific University in a doubleheader.  The Great Northwest Athletic Conference matches will be played at 5:00pm (women) and 7:30pm respectively.

It’s a battle of the top-two teams in the conference when the No. 3-ranked Viking women (9-0-0, 5-0-0 GNAC) take on the Falcons. Western takes a 33-game winning streak, a 34-game unbeaten streak (33-0-1) and a 27-game home winning streak into the match.

The Western Washington University men’s soccer team (4-2-2, 3-0-0 GNAC) begins a four-game home stand with Thursday’s game versus SPU. The Vikings are unbeaten over their last six games and carry a three-game win streak into the week.

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(KPUG – Doug Lange with information from wwuvikings.com)

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