PORTLAND, Ore. - Following a pair of road matches to begin the season, the Portland State women's soccer team will return to their home turf for the first time in 2025 when they host Western Oregon on Sunday, Aug. 24 at Hillsboro Stadium (1:00 p.m.).
Sunday's match will count as an exhibition for the visiting Wolves but as a regular-season game for the Vikings. It will not air on ESPN+, but live stats will be available. All remaining Portland State home games this season will be broadcast on ESPN+.
WEEK TWO — MATCH NOTES
Portland State (0-1-1) vs. Western Oregon (0-0-0)
Sunday, Aug. 24 | 1:00pm | Hillsboro, Ore. (Hillsboro Stadium)
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Live Stats
Notes: The Wolves finished the 2024 season with a 6-6-8 overall record, including a 6-3-5 mark in conference play. Led by 2024 All-GNAC selections Jada Foster and Ciara Garcia, they will open their 2025 campaign on Sept. 4 against Cal State Los Angeles.
SERIES HISTORY VS. WOU
- Sunday's match will be the seventh meeting between the programs.
- The Vikings lead the all-time series 5-2-0, dropping the first two matchups in 2000 and 2001 before winning five straight.
- The Vikings hold a 4-1-0 record against the Wolves at home.
- Two of the previous six meetings have taken place in the last five years, with the most recent coming in 2022 when the Vikings won 4-1 at Hillsboro Stadium.
OPENING WEEK
- The Vikings opened the 2025 season on the road with back-to-back matches against Big 12 opponents Iowa State and Kansas State last week.
- In their season opener on Thursday, Aug. 14, the Vikings earned a 2-2 draw at Iowa State. They then fell 2-0 to Kansas State on Sunday, Aug. 17.
- Aliayha Saldana gave the Vikings an early lead against ISU with an unassisted 30-yard strike in the 14th minute. After a pair of unanswered goals by the Cyclones, Kalo Iongi netted the equalizer in the 82nd minute off an assist from Carmen Lewis (a career first for Lewis)
- Against Kansas State, the Vikings held the Wildcats scoreless for 72 minutes before conceding two late goals in a 2-0 loss in Manhattan.
2024 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.
ROSTER RUNDOWN
KEY RETURNERS
- Aliayha Saldana and Liv Frazier were both named to the Big Sky Preseason All-Conference team earlier this week.
- Saldana had a standout freshman season for the Vikings, 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, a senior defender for the Vikings, was a First Team All-Big Sky selection in 2024. She returns to anchor a back line that posted four shutouts and allowed just 19 goals — the program's fewest in a season since 2014.
- 2024 Second Team All-Big Sky defender, Kalo Iongi, will join Frazier on the back line for her senior season in 2025. Iongi tallied 32 shots with 13 shots on-goal last season 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 forward, will utilize her medical redshirt this season.
- Senior Ocean Rideout is expected to play a key role offensively for the Vikings this season. She started 16 of 18 matches in 2024, contributing one goal and one assist. The speedy forward also led the team with a .571 shot-on-goal percentage (16-of-28).
- Sophomore Grace Sarabia will suit up for her sophomore season in 2025 after seeing ample playing time on the back line as a freshman—starting 11 matches and clocking 1100 minutes of action
- The Vikings' roster features three returning goalkeepers, led by experienced redshirt junior Natalie Cunningham. She has started 16 matches in her collegiate career, posting a 7-8-2 record. In 2024, she made five starts and recorded 26 saves.
NEWCOMER NOTES
- Bianca Potesta (Fr., MF): Seattle, Wash. | Two-time First Team Metro League selection at Ballard High School
- Josie DeLine (Jr., D): Corbett, Ore. | Transferred from Weber State (two seasons)... all-Conference selection and three-time conference champion at Sam Barlow High School
- 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
- 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
- Wynn Farrell (Fr., MF): Laguna Niguel, Calif. | Attended San Clemente High School...second Team All-League...2022–23 Crestview League champion
SECOND-HALF MAGIC
- The Vikings scored 11 of their 13 goals (85%) during the 2024 season in the second half.
- Of Portland State's 40 total goals across the 2023 and 2024 seasons, 31 came in the second half—accounting for 78% of the team's scoring output over 36 games since the end of the 2022 season.
- The Vikings are especially dangerous late in matches. In 8 of their 12 wins over the past two seasons (67%), the game-winning goal was scored in the final 30 minutes of regulation.
- Senior forward Ocean Rideout has been a key contributor to this late-game success. Of her six career goals, four came in the final 12 minutes of play—including three game-winners.
LOTS OF LIV
- Senior defender Liv Frazier has been a workhorse on the back line during her career, seeing action in 48 games while starting 34 of those and totaling 3,427 minutes of action
- Frazier played every minute of all 18 matches during the 2024 season, logging a team-high 1,640 minutes
- Frazier has played the entirety of 32 consecutive matches (2,900 minutes) entering the season—a streak that dates back to September 2023 (sophomore season)
- Frazier has started 34 consecutive matches for the Vikings, a streak that dates back to August of 2023 (sophomore season)
