Monday’s match is the first competition of the 2017 season for the Mountaineers, who held their first preseason training session on Aug. 2.
“We’re excited for the opportunity to play an opponent like Michigan, who I expect to challenge us in many different ways,” 22-year Mountaineer coach Nikki Izzo-Brown said. “Michigan will give us a very good picture of where we are as a team.”
WVU enters the match ranked No. 1 nationally in the United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division I Women National Preseason Ranking, the squad’s first-ever preseason No. 1 position.
Fifteen letterwinners return for the Mountaineers, including nine starters from a 2016 team who advanced to the program’s first NCAA College Cup, as well as earned a nation- and program-best 23 wins and 18 shutouts and swept the Big 12 Conference titles.