![]() This year, the football team filled an entire section of the stands when the women's hoops team hosted Stanford last month. “It was really just any time football team won was a good year for WSU,” Motuga remembered. It’s a big step in the right direction compared to the support women’s basketball received back when Motuga first started at Washington State five years ago. The first time WSU players stepped back into their athletic dining hall, they were greeted by raucous applause and whoops from their fellow student-athletes. Since returning to Pullman, Washington - population 32,827 - after their Pac-12 tournament championship victory, the Cougars have felt the warm embrace of their quaint, but impassioned, college town. Washington State head coach Kamie Ethridge, center left, Ula Motuga, center right, and the team celebrate after winning the Pac-12 tournament title on March 5, 2023, in Las Vegas. And I think that’s just something that you don’t always see in other conferences and amongst other teams.” The fact that we all love each other, and we play hard for each other, and, obviously, we play hard for our coaches. “And I think that’s ultimately what has gotten us so much success. “We all are a bunch of kids that committed to WSU based on our love for the sport and our love for the program,” Motuga told Yahoo Sports. The Cougars’ starting lineup against UCLA in the Pac-12 title game featured athletes from Canada (Tara Wallack), Estonia (Johanna Teder), Rwanda (Bella Murekatete), Australia (Ula Motuga) and New Zealand (Charlisse Leger-Walker). Over the course of Ethridge’s five seasons, she’s brought in a wealth of international players. The Cougars’ roster is made up entirely of three-star recruits and lower. And nothing’s going to get in the way of that.”Ī deeper look at Washington State’s personnel makes its transformation this season all the more storybook-like. “To keep it in perspective and have a great balance of, ‘This is the most exciting time of our life.’ But when we have to get ready to prepare for games, and as we prepare for practice, we’re really locked in, and we’re all there. “We’re trying to do the exact same thing as attention has come to us,” Ethridge told Yahoo Sports. With such a tight-knit, fun-loving and adept-at-history-making group on her hands, Ethridge told Yahoo Sports a big goal this season has been finding the perfect equilibrium between reveling in the moment and being serious about basketball. Hannah Chadwick.This Cougars squad has cemented its place in WSU history. Shot by Castleton Loretta Blakeney, Save (by goalie) Katie Vamosi.Ĭastleton substitution: Iyanna Williams for Kate West.Ĭastleton substitution: Allison Lowell for Anna Ploof. substitution: Jill Hamel for Jordyn Gosselin. Brittany Bowes, Save (by goalie) Tashia Pashby-Rockwo. GOAL by Castleton Allison Lowell, Assist by Gabriella Hunt, goal number 5 for season. GOAL by Castleton Loretta Blakeney, Assist by Gabriella Hunt, goal number 10 for season. Shot by Castleton Allison Lowell, Save (by goalie) Katie Vamosi. Brittany Bowes, goal number 5 for season. ![]() Shot by Castleton Loretta Blakeney, Blocked. Carly Zona, Save (by goalie) Tashia Pashby-Rockwo. Allie Giguere.įor Westfield St.: #1 Autumn Metivier, #2 Colleen Fellows, #3 Allie Giguere, #4 Anna Matthews, #5 Cheryl Latona, #6 Jordyn Gosselin, #10 Julia Davis, #11 Brittany Bowes, #19 Carly Zona, #22 Hannah Chadwick, #33 Katie Vamosi.įor Castleton: #1 Sarah Wells, #3 Gabriella Hunt, #4 Gabrielle Ryan, #8 Cydney Jeffrey, #13 Allison Lowell, #15 Madison Langey, #18 Megan Ryan, #19 Loretta Blakeney, #24 Kate West, #25 Ellie Gevry, #77 Tashia Pashby-Rockwo. substitution: Cheryl Latona for Brittany Bowes. ![]() GOAL by Castleton Cydney Jeffrey (FIRST GOAL), goal number 7 for season.Ĭastleton substitution: Olivia Trevisani for Loretta Blakeney.Ĭastleton substitution: Madison Langey for Anna Ploof. substitution: Brittany Bowes for Cheryl Latona. substitution: Carly Zona for Brittany Bowes.Ĭastleton substitution: Anna Ploof for Madison Langey. Penalty corner by Castleton Cydney Jeffrey. substitution: Rachel Anzivino for Cheryl Latona. Shot by Castleton Gabriella Hunt, Save (by goalie) Katie Vamosi. substitution: Anna Matthews for Carly Zona. Shot by Castleton Sarah Wells, Save (by goalie) Katie Vamosi. Tashia Pashby-Rockwo at goalie for Castleton. ![]()
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