OGDEN -- The Weber State University women's soccer team kicks off a five-match homestand this afternoon when the Wildcats take on unbeaten St. Mary's College at Wildcat Soccer Field.
Match time between the 'Cats and Gaels is set for 3 p.m. today and will be the first-ever meeting between the two western schools in women's soccer.
Weber State enters the match at 0-2, falling to instate rivals Utah State and Brigham Young the past two Fridays. St. Mary's is 2-0-0 and coming off a 4-3 overtime win over North Florida on its home field in Moraga, Calif.
Junior midfielder/forward Ari Wood and freshman midfielder Alyssa Amano have scored the two goals for Weber State so far this season, with Wood earning the assist on Amano's goal to give her a team-best three points.
The five-match home stand ties a school record for most consecutive matches at home. Weber State played five straight at home in 1999. It's part of a school-record 10 regular season home matches. The Wildcats have never host more than eight regular season home matches prior to this year.
Weber State is 6-7-1 in 14 previous home openers and is 61-30-7 (65.8 percent) all-time at home.
On Sunday, the homestand continues as Weber State will host Washington State at noon at Wildcat Soccer Field.
* WSU VOLLEYBALL HEADS TO RENO: The Weber State University women's volleyball team heads to Reno, Nev., today to compete in the four-team Nevada Invitational.
The Wildcats (0-4) will face the host Wolf Pack (1-2) today at 7 p.m., and then will meet Notre Dame at 11 a.m. on Saturday, followed by a 5 p.m. meeting with Belmont.
Weber State is 14-5 all-time vs. Nevada, a former member of the Big Sky Conference, while it will be first-ever meetings with the Irish and Bruins.
* WSU WOMEN'S GOLF HOSTS INVITATIONAL: Four women's golf teams open the fall season today at the Weber State Invitational. The one-day tournament is being contested over the par-71, 6,103-yard Davis Park Golf Course.
Host Weber State will compete against Southern Utah, Utah Valley and Idaho State.
Weber State won the event last year, 10 shots ahead of SUU and UVU.
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