MOSCOW, Idaho – The Idaho women's soccer team returns home to the Kibbie Dome for its final homestand of the 2024 season when it hosts Weber State on Oct. 18 and Idaho State on Oct. 20. Idaho's home finale on Sunday is Senior Day.
ABOUT IDAHO
The Vandals are tied for first place in the Big Sky standings through three weeks of conference play. Idaho enters its final homestand of the season with a 5-0-1 home record in 2024 and has the opportunity to close out an unbeaten home campaign this week.
The Vandals are coming off a 3-2 win at Northern Arizona on Oct. 13 in which Idaho senior
Alyssa Peters tied, then broke, the Big Sky career assists record. Peters tallied her 27th and 28th career assists in the game, and added a goal, to propel the Vandals to victory. Peters picked up Big Sky Offensive Player of the Week honors for her efforts.
Idaho's six-game unbeaten streak was snapped with its 2-1 loss at Montana on Oct. 10. Before that loss, the Vandals were 4-0-2 in their previous six games, with their last loss coming at Boise State on Sept. 8.
After this week's home contests, the Vandals wrap up the regular season at Norther Colorado on Oct. 27. With three contests left, Idaho controls its own destiny to earn one of two first-round byes in the tournament. The Vandals enter the week tied atop the Big Sky standings with Montana, which has four games remaining.
CONFERENCE RANKINGS
Alyssa Peters is the Big Sky assists leader with nine so far this season, five better than the league's next-best player. Peters also ranks third in the conference in points. Vandal goalkeeper
Paula Flores ranks second in the conference in saves with 67, just one behind Northern Colorado's Kaya Lindberg. Flores' five shutouts are also one behind the league-lead, shared by Idaho State's Trinity Hale and Montana's Bayliss Flynn.
Meanwhile, Idaho senior
Annika Farley has netted goals in three consecutive games, all against Big Sky opponents, and those three goals put her in a tie for second in goals scored in conference games.
ABOUT WEBER STATE
Weber State is coming off its first win of the Big Sky Conference season, a 2-1 triumph over Idaho State. The Wildcats enter Friday's contest at 2-9-5 overall and 1-2-1 in Big Sky play. Weber State has given up a league-most 39 goals this season, meanwhile the Vandals have scored more goals than any other Big Sky team with 27. The Wildcats are 1-7-2 on the road in 2024. Weber State's Sammie Sofonia is tied for third in the Big Sky with 13 points on the season.
ABOUT IDAHO STATE
Idaho State enters the week tied with Weber State in the conference standings at 1-2-1 in league play and holds a 2-6-5 overall record. ISU's Trinity Hale leads the league with six shutouts this season and the Bengals have yielded just 18 goals this season, fourth-best in the league. It's the offense, however, that's been sparse for Idaho State, as the Bengals have celebrated just nine goals in 13 games this season.
