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By AARON CRANFORD

The Washington Huskies suffered their first Pac-12 loss of the season a week ago to UCLA, but they don’t have to wait long for a chance to exact revenge.

The SBI No. 4 Huskies take on the No. 5 Bruins on Thursday night, in the marquee match of a stacked schedule of midweek college matches. Washington will be at home, and will be looking to shake a recent slump against a UCLA side coming off an impressive 3-0 rout of Oregon State.

With freshman Abu Danladi scoring two goals Sunday and being named Pac-12 Player of the Week, the Bruins won’t need to rely strictly on star midfielder Leo Stolz, who scored the winner against Washington last week.

No. 1 Indiana fell to No. 25 Maryland Sunday, and their week is only becoming tougher as they play No. 17 Notre Dame on Wednesday. Notre Dame is on a roll, having won three straight matches, but the Fighting Irish will have to earn it on the road against a tough Hoosiers squad.

The Hoosiers are led by Jamie Vollmer, who has a team-high four assists this year. Vollmer provided some key passes in the Maryland match, but none of his teammates could find the back of the net.

Here is a rundown at the top midweek college matches this week:

TUESDAY

4 p.m. — Boston College vs. Boston University

6 p.m. — Clemson vs. (16) Coastal Carolina

7 p.m. — (2) Syracuse vs. Bucknell

7 p.m. — Marshall vs. (7) Charlotte

7 p.m. — (20) Virginia vs. Radford

7:30 p.m. — Louisville vs. Evansville

WEDNESDAY

7 p.m. — Delaware vs. Northeastern

7 p.m. — (1) Indiana vs. (17) Notre Dame

7 p.m. — (6) Penn State vs. West Virginia

7 p.m. — Oakland vs. (13) Michigan State

7 p.m. — Winthrop vs. Gardner-Webb

7 p.m. — Ohio State vs. Bowling Green

8 p.m. — Tulsa vs. SMU

10 p.m. — UC Riverside vs. (3) UC Irvine

THURSDAY

5 p.m. — Oregon State vs. San Diego State

10:30 p.m. — (4) Washington vs. (5) UCLA

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