ELLENSBURG, Wash. – The Central Washington University women's soccer team is back at home to take on No. 10 Western Washington University.
 
MATCH INFORMATION
At Montana State Billings
Thursday, Oct. 31
2:00 p.m.
Billings, MT
 
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"Stephen [Cavallo] has done a great job with the program," Madison Kroger said.  "They are a bit of a dark horse this year in the GNAC and are right in the hunt.  It is a crucial match for us to go to Billings, embrace the cold, and come away with three points.  We need to match their work rate from start and play our brand of football.  We have played really well over the last three games and we need to continue that trend upward."
 
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The Yellowjackets enter the week with a 4-8-2 record, including a 3-6-0 mark in Great Northwest Athletic Conference competition.  They have scored 14 goals on the season and allowed 30, an average of a goal a game for Billings and 2.04 goals per game for their opponents.  Three of the four victories on the year for the Yellowjackets have come in clean sheet efforts.
 
Montana State Billings has lost its last four consecutive games and six of their last seven.  Despite struggling for results, the Yellowjackets have scored one goal in each of the last five games.  They have also tallied an assist in three straight matches. 
 
The 'Jackets recorded a season-high 23 shots last week against Saint Martin's.  Montana State Billings outshot the Saints 23-4, but fell 2-1 in overtime.  Three of the Saints' four shots were on goal. Billings has not won a one-goal match since October 12, 2019 against Northwest Nazrene, in which the Yellowjackets claimed a 1-0 home victory.
 
In their most recent outing, the Yellowjackets fell to Seattle Pacific 4-1. Keller notched her second goal of the season in the defeat.
 
Alexa Iaccolucci leads the 'Jackets in points with two goals and three assists (2G+3A=7P).  Lexie Bloyder, Julia Keller, Haylee Gunter, and Kiley Sandow have each buried a pair of goals on the season as well. Iaccolucci, however, is the only player to record multiple tallies in each category.
 
Erinn Harder has been the mainstay in frame for Stephen Cavallo and the Yellowjackets.  She has appeared in 12 games, all starts, and posted a goals against average of 1.80.  Harder has made 38 saves on 141 total shots. 
 
LAST TIME OUT
Sophia Keenan's first goal of the season lifted the Wildcats over Northwest Nazarene University.  Central unleashed over 20 shots and held the Nighthawks to just one shot in the final 11 minutes of the contest after Keenan scored in the 79^th minute.
 
Keenan then scored again on Saturday against No. 10 Western Washington University.  Her goal came as the Wildcats fell 2-1.
 
CWU v MSUB HISTORY 
Since 2003, the Wildcats are 12-11-1 against the Yellowjackets.  In Billings, the 'Jackets hold a 7-5-0 advantage.  Central Washington has won the last five meetings between the two sides and is 7-3-0 in the last 10 meetings.  The last meeting was a 1-0 victory for Michael Farrand and the Wildcats in Ellensburg.  Sydney Lowe scored in the 53^rd minute to lift the Wildcats over Billings. 
 
Central's largest margin of victory over the 'Jackets came last season in a 4-0 win.  Madison Bradley scored a sixth minute penalty, before Lexsi Manning and Makinzie Packwood added insurance markers before the halftime whistle.  Paige Devine added the dagger in the 80^th minute on an assist from Bradley.  Emily Thomson made five saves on the evening to secure the clean sheet.
 
GNAC TABLE UPDATE
Central Washington is currently fourth in the GNAC standings with 13 points.  Concordia University is chasing Central Washington, just three points behind.  Ahead of the Wildcats in third is Western Oregon with 17 points. 
 
Montana State Billings sits sixth in the GNAC table with nine points. 
 
Western Washington has already clinched a GNAC Championships berth, leading the conference with 27 points.  Behind the Vikings is Seattle Pacific with 21 points. 
 
Central Washington has four games remaining on the schedule for a total of 12 available points.  Against remaining opponents, the Wildcats are 1-0-1 on the season with games coming against Montana State Billings, Concordia, Northwest Nazarene, and Western Oregon.  The Wildcats played to a 1-1 draw against the Cavaliers in Portland, Oregon earlier this season and defeated Northwest Nazarene 1-0 last week.  The Crimson and Black close the season against Western Oregon University in Monmouth, Oregon.