LOGAN, Utah – Utah State soccer (0-1) will open the home portion of its 2018 season on Sunday, Aug. 19, when the Aggies host Minnesota (1-0) in a 1 p.m. contest at Chuck & Gloria Bell Field.
All regular-season home and Mountain West matches will continue to be broadcast as a USU Athletics Production on the Mountain West Network. All video feeds will be available live and in archive form at utahstateaggies.com/watch. Live stats and play-by-play information will be available through SIDEARM, while updates will also be provided through the team's social media outlets. Links to each option will be available online prior to every match.
Minnesota comes to Logan with a 1-0 record, having opened its season in a win at Utah on Friday. There, the Gophers scored the game-winning goal with 11 seconds left in regulation to open their season in the winning column. Prior to Friday's contest, Minnestota played two exhibition matches to open the 2018 campaign, defeating Kansas State, 3-1, and South Dakota State, 2-1. The Gophers return five starters and 10 letterwinners to the pitch this season. A year ago, Minnesota went 11-5-3, posting a 7-3-1 record against Big Ten opponents. Stefanie Golan is in her seventh season as the head coach at Minnesota, where she has an all-time record of 72-39-15. Sunday will be just the second meeting in history between Utah State and Minnesota. The Aggies and Gophers played in Minneapolis last season, a 5-0 victory for Minnesota.
Utah State enters Sunday's match with an 0-1 record, having dropped its season opener at Sam Houston State, 2-0. Ashley Cardozo is the top offensive returner for the Aggies, as she netted nine goals and added six assists in 2017. Last season, the Aggies posted a 9-7-3 record on the year while going 4-5-2 in Mountain West play. Heather Cairns is starting her 16th season as the head coach of the Utah State program, where she has compiled an overall record of 154-117-37.
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