BELLINGHAM, Wash. – The Western Washington University women's soccer team returns to action this week with a neutral-site game on Wednesday, April 28 vs. Western Oregon University.
 
The game will be played at Harmony Sports Complex in Vancouver, Washington, with kickoff set for 2:30 pm. Following GNAC guidelines for the season, fans will not be allowed inside the venue. Live stats will be provided and a possible webcast is in the works (won't know until the team arrives at the facility).
 
The Vikings (1-0-2) are coming off a thrilling 4-4 double-overtime tie against rival Seattle Pacific on Saturday. The game featured four second-half goals by the Vikings after trailing 2-0 at halftime.
 
The Vikings enter the match with the Wolves undefeated at 1-0-2, while Western Oregon heads into its spring season finale with a 1-6-0 overall mark.
 
The game vs. Western Oregon Wednesday is the fourth of eight scheduled spring contests that are being played as part of the 2020-21 championship season. All games during the spring season will count toward the all-time record and official statistics, but no GNAC of NCAA Division II Championships will be played.
  The game Wednesday in Vancouver will be a homecoming of sorts for a few Vikings. Senior All-American midfielder Grace Eversaul is a product of Skyview High School and freshman defender Brooke Grosz is a native of nearby Hockinson. Freshman defender Chloe Unflat grew up just across the Columbia River in Portland and attended Wilson High School.
  The Vikings holed a 37-6-1 all-time lead in the series vs. Western Oregon, including a current 7-game winning streak and 10-game unbeaten streak. The series dates back to the first game between the two programs on Sept. 13, 1997, a 6-0 WWU victory. This marks the third neutral-site contest between WWU and WOU, with both previous games played at the GNAC Championships in Tukwila (2012 & 2013). During the current 7-game winning streak dating back to the 2015 season, the Vikings have out-scored the Wolves 22-0.
  After the game vs. Western Oregon, WWU will take some time off and scheduled to be back in action on Saturday, May 8 at Central Washington University. After opening the spring with three consecutive home games, the Vikings will play their next four contests on the road.
  In a battle of two Northwest soccer heavyweights, WWU and Seattle Pacific played to a 4-4 double-overtime tie on Saturday, April 24 at Harrington Field in Bellingham. The Vikings trailed 2-0 at the half, but scored three unanswered goals to take a 3-2 lead midway through the second period. SPU scored goals from close quarters in the 75^th and 78^th minutes to retake a 4-3 lead. Then the Vikings found some last-second magic when freshman Zola Carbone scored with just 16 seconds remaining to tie the game 4-4. Estera Levinte scored a pair of goals for her second career brace, including a go-ahead score from 32-yards out that curled into the upper left quadrant from her left foot. The tie snapped a 13-game winning streak in the series for the Vikings, but WWU is undefeated at 17-0-4 vs. the Falcons over the last 21 meetings.
  Sophomore forward Estera Levinte has been selected as the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week for competition from April 19-25. The Bothell product recorded her second career multi-goal game in the 4-4 tie vs. Seattle Pacific on Saturday and assisted on the game-winning goal in a 1-0 win over Saint Martin's earlier in the week. In 29 career contests with the Vikings, Levinte has scored seven goals and tallied six assists for 20 points. The weekly award is the second for Levinte, also earning the honor Oct. 21-21, 2019 during her freshman season.
  The Vikings are scheduled to play eight spring games as part of the 2020-21 championship season, with four home matches at Harrington Field, two on the road and two at a neutral site. Here is a look at the complete schedule, which is subject to change at any time. To view the most up-to-date schedule, with direct webcast and live stats links, visit WWUVikings.com/WSOC.
 

Date	Kickoff	Home/Away	Opponent	Location / Result
April 3 (Sat)	1:00 pm	Home	Pacific Lutheran	T, 0-0 (2 OT)
April 20 (Tue)	7:00 pm	Home	Saint Martin's	W, 1-0
April 24 (Sat)	4:00 pm	Home	Seattle Pacific	T, 4-4 (2 OT)
April 28 (Wed)	2:30 pm	Neutral	Western Oregon	Vancouver, WA (Harmony Sports Complex)
May 8 (Sat)	2:00 pm	Away	Central Washington	Ellensburg, WA (CWU Soccer Field)
May 12 (Wed)	7:30 pm	Away	Seattle Pacific	Seattle, WA (Interbay Stadium)
May 14 (Fri)	2:00 pm	Neutral	Portland State	Vancouver, WA (Harmony Sports Complex)
May 22 (Sat)	4:00 pm	Home	Central Washington	Bellingham, WA (Harrington Field)

  The April 3 spring opener vs. PLU ended a stretch of 476 days without the Vikings playing a counting game, dating back to the NCAA II National Championship game vs. Grand Valley State on December 14, 2019 (a 1-0 overtime loss). The Vikings played a pair of non-counting exhibition games last spring, February 29 and April 7, before all athletic competition was halted due to the pandemic.
  The Vikings are the two-time defending GNAC regular-season champions (2018 & 2019) and have raised the conference trophy seven times in the last eight seasons. WWU won five consecutive titles from 2012-16 and again in 2018 to add to the 2008 league championship. The Vikings have also won four of the seven conference tournament titles.
  The Vikings advanced to the 2019 NCAA Division II National Championship game, earning national runner-up honors falling to Grand Valley State 1-0 in double overtime in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania…went 23-3-0 overall for the second-most wins in a season in program history (24 in 2016)…won eighth Great Northwest Athletic Conference regular-season title with a perfect 12-0-0 record, marking just the third perfect season in conference play in the 19-year history of the league (WWU 12-0-0 in 2016, SPU 14-0-0 in 2007)…also the Vikings fifth undefeated run through the conference slate including ties…raised the regular-season conference trophy for the seventh time in the last eight seasons and claimed the fifth GNAC Tournament title in eight years of the event (13-1-2 all-time GNAC Tournament record)…advanced to the NCAA II Championships for the 10th time in program history and the 8th consecutive season…played in the NCAA II West Regional Championship for the 5th consecutive season (7th time in last 8 seasons) and won a fourth West Regional title with a 1-0 win over Point Loma at Harrington Field…final national ranking of No. 2 in the United Soccer Coaches Division II Top 25, extending string of 63 consecutive polls to earn a national ranking…eighth consecutive season to earn an end-of-season national ranking, combining to go 159-17-9 (.884) during this stretch with a 92-5-5 mark in GNAC play (.926)…had a 19-game winning streak snapped with the loss in the national title game, the third-longest winning streak in program history…recorded 16th consecutive winning season and eighth straight with at least 15 wins…went 10-0-0 in home games at Harrington Field, improving the all-time Harrington record to 58-2-1 (.959).