BELLINGHAM, Wash. – The No. 2-ranked and undefeated Western Washington University women’s soccer team scored just 22 seconds into the game and never looked back in an 6-0 victory over in-state rival Central Washington on a rainy Saturday afternoon in Great Northwest Athletic Conference action at Harrington Field.

With their 11^th shutout of the season and seventh straight, the Vikings extended their perfect season to 14-0-0 and remain in first place in the GNAC at 10-0-0 overall. The victory also extended WWU’s winning streak to 38 consecutive games, moving into a tie for the school record set from 1982-84. The 38-game winning streak (4^th-best in NCAA II history) and 39-game undefeated streak (38-0-1) dates back to the start of the 2016 national championship season.

“I thought this was one of our best performances of the season, top to bottom,” said head coachTravis Connell. “We got that quick goal that we are always looking for and then kept the pressure on and had some great goals in the second half.”

WWU took the early lead on Pelogi’s first goal of the game 22 seconds into the match. Sophomore defender Lindsey Fujiwara (Sammamish, WA/Skyline) threaded a long pass down the left side to junior forward Karli White (North Bend, WA/Mount Si/Seattle U.) on the goal line, who crossed to Pelogi for the finish to the far post for her 11^th goal of the season.

Freshman forward Sophie Butterfield (Bellevue, WA) headed home the Vikings second goal in the 21^st minute to extend the lead to 2-0. White recorded her second assist of the game when she delivered a long cross to Butterfield, where she looped a header over the CWU keeper for her third goal of the season.

Freshman Talia Daigle (Edmonds, WA/Archbishop Murphy) scored with less than two minutes remaining in the half, finishing from close range after a shot by Zoe Milburn (Maple Valley, WA/Tahoma) hit the post.

The scoring continued early in the second half when senior midfielder Emily Webster (Bellingham, WA/Sehome) successfully converted a penalty kick in the 49^th minute.

Pelogi would then add two more goals, in the 76^th and 86^th minutes, to complete the hat trick and give the Vikings the 6-0 victory. She also recorded a hat trick in the second game of the season Sept. 2 at Holy Names. Her 13 goals this season set a single-season high in her three-year career, bettering the 11 goals she scored during the 2016 championship season. With 34 career goals, moving into 6^th place in the WWU record books.

The Vikings stingy defense allowed just 5 shots by Central in the game and only one on goal. Senior goalkeeper Ashley Homer (Puyallup, WA/College of Saint Rose) played 59:42 in goal and sophomoreHillary O’Connor completed the win with one save in 30:18. Homer has now not allowed a goal in 989:21, extending her school and GNAC single-season record.

“This win means a lot because there is so much history in our soccer program and our athletic program,” added Connell on tying the school-record winning streak. “The soccer teams in the 80s were dominant and really set the table for our program to succeed and has helped us understand what it takes to be excellent.”

Central Washington drops to 1-11-3 overall and 0-8-2 in GNAC play. Jordan Engman recorded the Wildcats lone shot on goal that was saved by O’Connor in the 72^nd minute. CWU goalkeeper Emily Holt, the GNAC leader in saves entering the game, left the game in the 25^th minute with an injury.

The Vikings (14-0-0, 10-0-0 GNAC) finish the regular season next week traveling to play Northwest Nazarene on Thursday (3:30 pm MT/2:30 pm PT) and host Concordia on Saturday for senior day at 1 pm at Harrington Field. The Vikings have already secured a spot in the GNAC Championships that will be played Nov. 2-4 in Portland, Ore.

Game Notes: The 38-game winning streak ties the WWU record set from 1982-84 under head coach Dominic Garguile…WWU has logged a shutout in 11 of its last 12 games…extended undefeated streak vs. GNAC opponents (regular season + postseason) to 63 consecutive games (57-0-6), the 2^nd-longest unbeaten streak against conference opponents in NCAA II history (record is 72 by MSU Denver from 2002-06)…extended unbeaten streak against West Region opponents to 51 straight (49-0-2)…WWU has now scored at least one goal in its last 44 games vs. GNAC opponents, extending the GNAC record…WWU is 95-5-7 since the start of the 2013 season, the best record amongst all Division II programs…Emily Websterplayed in her 84^th career match, tied for 7^th-most in program history (record is 91)…WWU has allowed only 3 goals this season for a 0.21 goals against average…Pelogi’s 31 points this season (13 goals, 5 assists) are tied for 10^th-most in a single season in WWU history (had 29 last season)…Pelogi’s 85 career points moved her into 6^th in the WWU record books and tied for 13^th in GNAC history…the hat trick was the sixth by a WWU player during the GNAC era (since 2001)…Karli White had a pair of assists and has 23 points this season (8 goals, 7 assists).