WWU women’s soccer looks to take finishing steps for a Division II national title

The Western Washington women’s soccer team lost one of its first games of the year to something called Humboldt State, a disheartening setback for a senior-laden squad with national title ambitions.

Or, funneled through a particularly blue-tinted prism, a wake-up call necessary to jolt its season into gear.

“We got our loss out of the way really early,” star forward Catherine Miles puts it.