PORTLAND, Ore. –  The Portland State women's soccer team returns home briefly this week after four straight road games, hosting Northern Arizona on Thursday, Oct. 9 (noon) at Hillsboro Stadium before traveling to face Northern Colorado on Sunday, Oct. 12 (11 a.m. PT/12 p.m. MT).

Both games will be broadcast live on ESPN+, with live stats also available (links below).

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PORTLAND STATE WOMEN'S SOCCER
GAME NOTES - WEEK 9

Northern Arizona (4-3-5, 1-1-1) at Portland State (2-6-2, 1-1-0)
Thursday, Oct. 9 • 12:00 pm PT • Hillsboro, Ore. (Hillsboro Stadium)
Game links: Watch on ESPN+ |  Live Stats

Portland State (2-6-2, 1-1-0) at Northern Colorado (2-8-4, 1-2-0)
Sunday, Oct. 12 | 11:00 am PT/12:00 pm MT | Greeley, Colo. (Jackson Stadium)
Game links: Watch on ESPN+ |  Live Stats

OPPONENT NOTES

• Northern Arizona enters Thursday's match with a 4-3-5 overall record and a 1-1-1 mark in Big Sky play. The Lumberjacks opened conference action with a strong 2-1 win over preseason favorite Montana, followed by a draw with Sacramento State and a loss to Northern Colorado. They are led by Micala Boex, who ranks second in the Big Sky with 16 points (six goals, five assists). In goal, Reece Reichwald has recorded 55 saves and two shutouts across 12 appearances.
• Northern Colorado enters the week with a 2-8-4 overall record and a 1-2-0 mark in Big Sky play, coming off its first conference win — a 2-1 victory over Northern Arizona on Oct. 5. The Bears have featured seven different goal scorers this season, led by junior forward Lexi Tuite with a team-high four goals. Defensively, Northern Colorado has recorded two shutouts, with fifth-year seniors Kaya Lindberg and Maddie Smith splitting time in goal and combining for a .819 save percentage. 

SERIES HISTORY VS. NORTHERN ARIZONA

• The Vikings trail the all-time series, 9-16-6
• Despite trailing the series, the Vikings are strong at home, carrying a 7-4-2 against NAU in Hillsboro
• The Vikings snapped a four-game losing streak with a 1-0 road win over NAU last season (10/18/24), their first victory over the Lumberjacks since 2019

SERIES HISTORY VS. NORTHERN COLORADO

• The Vikings lead the all-time series, 11-7-2,
• PSU has won three-straight over the Bears, including a 1-0 win at Hillsboro Stadium in 2024
• PSU holds a 5-4-1 record when playing in Greeley

LAST TIME OUT – AT WEBER STATE / IDAHO STATE

• The Vikings opened conference play with a 1-1-0 weekend on the road at Weber State (10/2) and Idaho State (10/5) last week 
• PSU handed Weber State its first Big Sky loss of the season, earning a 1-0 victory behind a first-half goal and their first shutout of the year
• The Vikings couldn't carry the momentum into Pocatello, falling 1-0 to Idaho State on Sunday, conceding the game-winning goal in the 88th minute

KEY CONTRIBUTORS

• Portland State's nine goals this season have come from seven different players, with five individuals also recording assists
• Forwards Ocean Rideout and Aliayha Saldana lead the Vikings with five points each (two goals, one assist)
• Freshman midfielder Bianca Potesta recorded her second assist of the season in the Vikings' win over Weber State last Thursday, entering the week as the only Viking with multiple assists
• Saldana leads the Vikings with 21 shot attempts (9 shots on-goal), recording a career high seven shots in the 2-1 victory over Western Oregon on Aug. 24
• Sophomore midfielder Grace Sarabia is the only Viking to have played all 90 minutes in every match this season (900 minutes played)

O SO CLUTCH

• Senior forward Ocean Rideout has established herself as one of the most clutch players in program history, with 6 of her 8 career goals (75%) coming in the final 12 minutes of the contest—75% of which were scored while PSU was tied or trailing.
• She has scored in each of her four seasons at PSU, totaling 17 career points (8 goals, 1 assist), including four game-winners.
• Four of her last five strikes have come in the final five minutes of regulation, including two heroic goals in the 89th minute (9/22/23 vs. UNC; 9/13/25 vs. UP).

SECOND-HALF SUCCESS

• Aside from Rideout's late-match heroics, the Vikings have consistently been a second-half team—scoring 31 of their 40 goals (78%) in the second half across the 2023 and 2024 seasons, including 11 of 13 goals (85%) in 2024.
• They've been especially dangerous late in games, with the game-winning goal scored in the final 30 minutes in 9 of their last 14 victories.
• The second-half scoring trend carried into 2025, as four of PSU's first five goals of the year came after halftime (80%).
• However, the Vikings have flipped the script as of late, scoring their last four goals in the first half (at Utah Tech, Southern Utah and Weber State)

BETWEEN THE POSTS 

• Redshirt sophomore Finley Crabtree (1-2-1) and redshirt junior Natalie Cunningham (1-4-1) have split time in goal this season, combining for 35 saves across eight matches.
• Cunningham posted her first shutout of the season in the conference opener against Weber State last Thursday, recording six saves. She also ranks fourth in the conference in saves per game, averaging 4.50 across six appearances
• Crabtree recorded a career high seven saves in the Vikings' 2-1 loss at Utah Tech (9/19) two weekends ago and earned her first career win against Western Oregon (8/24)
• Cunningham delivered a season-best performance against CSUN (9/4), matching her career high 10 saves.

LOTS OF LIV

• Senior defender Liv Frazier has been a steady presence on the back line throughout her four seasons at PSU.
• She has appeared in 56 career matches, making 41 starts and logging 4,165 total minutes.
• In 2024, Frazier played every minute of the season (1,640 minutes).
• She has gone the full 90 or 110 minutes in 39 of her last 41 matches played, a streak that includes 38 consecutive starts
• She received a red card against CSUN on Sept. 4, sidelining her for the final 60+ minutes of that match and the following game vs. Portland (Sept. 13).

WHITNEY AT THE HELM

• Viking Head Coach Maureen Whitney is in her ninth season with the Vikings, but 2025 marks her first year as the program's solo head coach.
• She joined the Portland State program in 2017 as an assistant coach under former Head Coach Katie Burton. After just one season, Whitney was promoted to Associate Head Coach prior to the 2018 campaign — a role she held for six seasons.
• Ahead of the 2024 season, she was elevated to co-head coach, sharing leadership duties with Burton.
• In January 2025, she assumed full leadership of the program, becoming the ninth head coach in Portland State history.
• During her time at PSU, Whitney has helped guide the Vikings to five Big Sky Conference Tournament appearances, including three semifinal finishes (2017, 2023, 2024).
• Thursday's match against Weber State will be her first Big Sky match as solo head coach 

2025 ROSTER RUNDOWN

• Despite graduating five key seniors last season, Portland State returns 22 players from its 2024 roster.
• Four of the Vikings' five 2024 all-conference selections are back: Liv Frazier, Elle Frazier, Aliayha Saldana, and Kalo Iongi.
• The Vikings boast a strong veteran presence, with nine players entering the season with three or more years of collegiate experience.
• The 2025 roster includes five newcomers: three true freshmen — Claire Masters, Bianca Potesta, and Wynn Farrell — and two transfers, Josie DeLine and Addi Sebren.

HOMEGROWN

• 14 members of the Vikings' 2025 roster are from the state of Oregon. Of those, 11 hail from the Portland metro area.
• Three Vikings — McKenna Eggleston, Gianlley Gargurevich, and Claire Masters — are from Tigard, Oregon, where they played together at Tigard High School under head coach Scott Eggleston (McKenna's father).

KEY RETURNERS 

• Aliayha Saldana and Liv Frazier were both named to the 2025 Big Sky Preseason All-Conference team
• Saldana had a standout freshman season for the Vikings in 2024, becoming the first player in program history to be named Big Sky Freshman of the Year. She also earned Second Team All-Conference honors as a forward, tallying three goals, two assists, and a Big Sky-best 3.28 shots per game.
• Frazier was a First Team All-Big Sky selection in 2024 and helped power the Vikings to four shutouts and only 19 goals allowed — the program's fewest in a season since 2014.
• 2024 Second Team All-Big Sky defender, Kalo Iongi is back for her senior season. In 2024 she tallied 32 shots with 13 on-goal and played a crucial role in the Vikings' defensive success.
• Elle Frazier, a three-year starter for the Vikings and a 2024 Second Team All-Big Sky midfielder, will utilize her medical redshirt this season.

NEWCOMER NOTES

• Bianca Potesta (Fr., MF): Seattle, Wash. » Two-time First Team Metro League selection at Ballard High School...is the only true freshman on the roster to start all four matches for the Vikings this season.
• Josie DeLine (Jr., D): Corbett, Ore. » Transfer from Weber State (two seasons)...All-Conference selection and conference champion at Sam Barlow High School...has started every game for the Vikings to begin the 2025 season.
• Addi Sebren (RS-Fr., D): Gig Harbor, Wash. »Transfer from UT Rio Grande Valley..did not appear in any matches as a freshman at UTRGV...attended Peninsula High School in Washington.
• Claire Masters (Fr., F): Tigard, Ore. » Two-time all-league forward at Tigard High School...second Team All-State in 2024...also a member of the Portland State softball team...has started two of four matches for the Vikings this season.
• Wynn Farrell (Fr., MF): Laguna Niguel, Calif. » Attended San Clemente High School...second Team All-League...2022–23 Crestview League champion.

2025 BIG SKY PRESEASON POLL

• The Vikings were picked eighth out of nine teams in the 2025 Big Sky preseason coaches' poll released on Monday, Aug. 11. They earned 22 points — well ahead of last-place Idaho State (10 points) and just behind Northern Colorado (26 points) and Weber State (27 points). Reigning regular-season champion Montana topped the poll with six first-place votes and a league-high 60 points.

2024 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS

• The Vikings finished the 2024 season with a 4-9-5 overall record, including a 2-3-3 mark in Big Sky play to place sixth and earn a third consecutive Big Sky Tournament berth.
• Reached the Big Sky semifinals for the second straight year, advancing past Eastern Washington in a dramatic opening-round shootout by converting all 7 penalty kicks, before falling 2-1 to Idaho.
• Five Vikings earned All-Big Sky honors, the program's most in a single season since 2014.
• Posted four shutouts and held opponents to just 19 goals during the regular season, the program's lowest number since 2014.
• The Vikings graduated five seniors in 2024, all of which were starters during the 2024 season.