College Recap - CCC & Frontier: Lone shot of game stuns NAIA No. 1 Concordia

In the CCC, the nation's top-ranked Concordia women suffered a stunning overtime defeat at the hands of Northwest Christian on their lone shot of the match and the College of Idaho men and women had mixed results. The Great Falls men and women had busy weeks with a trip to California followed by important Frontier Conference contests with Westminster.

CASCADE CONFERENCE – NAIA – WOMEN

Friday
College of Idaho 5 :: 1 Evergreen
Brittney Lacey (Boise, ID) put the Yotes on the board in the 18th minute and a corner doubled the lead four minutes before the break. The restart from Brianna Blair (Nampa, ID) was flicked on by Hallie Taufoou (Meridian, ID) to Jessica Ayala (Eagle, ID), who nodded it in. Evergreen struck back six minutes into the second half before CI ran off three unanswered. Sarah Hicks (Boise, ID) restored the two-goal lead with Ayala finding Lacey in the 73rd and McKenzie Anderson capping things in the 85th. – MORE  

Concordia 2 :: 1 Corban
Level from a pair of goals in the first half from a Corban corner deflected in off a defender and an Alicia Alarcon-Evans strike, Concordia found the winner in the 80th minute when Alarcon-Evans delivered a cross into the box that McKayla Madison (Bend, OR) one-timed past the keeper.

Warner Pacific 2 :: OT :: 3 Northwest Christian
The visitors took the lead in the 34th minute on a Trisha Durham penalty with the hosts bringing things lever through Jacque Bundtrock (Boise, ID) in the 54th. NCU took the lead seven minutes later before Durham equalized to force overtime where NCU prevailed in the 100th minute.

Eastern Oregon 0 :: 1 Northwest-U
Patty Hughes (Kalispell, MT) only needed two saves, but they were important in preventing an upset as Northwest were unable to find a follow-up to the opening strike from Stephanie Cummins less than two minutes in. – MORE 

Saturday
College of Idaho 0 :: 2 Northwest-U
Patty Hughes (Kalispell, MT) led the hosts to the victory with eight saves against the Yotes in a match that was deadlocked until the final 20 minutes. – MORE  

Eastern Oregon 0 :: 2 Evergreen
The Mountaineers defense seems to be finding its form, holding the Geoducks off the board until Bianca Flores (Yakima, WA) gave the hosts the lead on a strike from 25 yards out. With a half a minute left a chip over the keeper doubled the margin for ESC. – MORE 

Concordia 0 :: OT :: 1 Northwest Christian
In a stunning result, NCU grabbed the upset win over the nation’s top team 36 seconds into the second overtime session on their only shot of the game, a head from Jacque Bundtrock (Boise, ID)  off a 30-yard free kick from Mishayla Bertelsen. Freshman goalkeeper Kristen Fulbright was key in the win, posting nine saves among the 23 shots headed her direction from Concordia. – MORE  

Warner Pacific 0 :: 4 Corban

Sunday
Southern Oregon 3 :: 1 Oregon Tech

Standings [+]   

Coming Up This Week

Friday
Southern Oregon @ College of Idaho – 1:00
Evergreen @ Warner Pacific – 1:00
Oregon Tech @ Eastern Oregon – 2:00
Northwest-U @ Concordia – 5:00
Saturday
Oregon Tech @ College of Idaho – 11:00
Northwest Christian @ Corban – 1:00
Northwest-U @ Warner Pacific – 2:30
Sunday
Southern Oregon @ Eastern Oregon – 1:00
Evergreen @ Concordia – 2:00

CASCADE COLLEGIATE CONFERENCE – NAIA – MEN

Wednesday
Northwest-U 0 :: 2 Corban
Evergreen 3 :: 0 Northwest Christian

Friday
College of Idaho 2 :: 2 Warner Pacific
After a scoreless first half a long free kick from Yan Gioseffi found Ben Tjaden (Boise, ID) in front of the goal to claim the lead for the Yotes in the 56th minute. The hosts answered back on a corner in the 69th minute with Ricky Carmolinga (CC Spokane) giving WPC the lead in the 77th. With three minutes left Luis Gomez (Idaho Falls, ID) followed up on his own saved shot to even things up. – MORE 

Oregon Tech 0 :: 4 Concordia

Saturday
College of Idaho 1 :: 1 Concordia

Ricky Carmelinga, Warner Pacific

An own goal gave Concordia the lead in the ninth minute and despite the hosts outshooting the Yotes 31-6, Michael Meyer’s (Idaho Falls, ID) goal from eight yards off a failed clearance by the keeper gave the visitors the surprise draw. – MORE 

Oregon Tech 0 :: 6 Warner Pacific
Carmolinga added an assist to his tally for the weekend, but was clearly overshadowed by a hat-trick from Almir Celebic.

Evergreen 1 :: 0 Corban
Northwest-U 0 :: 1 Northwest Christian

Standings [+]   

Coming Up This Week

Wednesday
Northwest Christian @ College of Idaho – 1:00
Concordia @ Northwest-U – 3:00
Warner Pacific @ Evergreen – 3:00
Corban @ Oregon Tech – 3:00
Saturday
Corban @ Warner Pacific – Noon
Northwest-U @ College of Idaho – 3:00
Evergreen @ Oregon Tech – 4:00
Concordia @ Northwest Christian – 6:00


FRONTIER CONFERENCE – NAIA – WOMEN

Tuesday
Great Falls 3 :: 4 Marymount College

Ashley Todd, Great Falls

A late strike from the hosts spoiled a potential draw for the Argos who got goals from Mayra Castillo, Kelsey Reehill and Cassandra Gross (Payette, ID).

Thursday
Great Falls 4 :: 0 Soka Univ of America
They capped the trip to California with an easy win with Ashley Todd (Cardwell, MT) and Katelyn Swart each netting two goals and an assist. Gross had an assist in the match as did Castillo.

Friday
Westminster 1 :: 3 Rocky Mountain
The Battlin’ Bears built a three-goal lead against the visiting Griffins in the first half and never looked back. Mandi Achten (Billings, MT) opened the scoring in the eighth minute with Lauren Brophy (Helena, MT) finding Jaelene Zygmond (Billings, MT) in the 26th minute to double the lead. Brophy added the third with a minute left via a ball from Janell Cabrera (Billings, MT). Justine Jones (Boise, ID) spoiled the shutout with nine minutes left. – MORE  

Sunday
Westminster 2 :: 1 Great Falls
The two conference foes went well into the match before breaking the deadlock, kickstarting a wild finish. Camille Cooper gave the Griffins the lead in the 74th minute with the Argos finding the answer through Sherry Blaisdell (Stevensville, MT) in the 82nd on build-up from Quinn Wilson(Libby, MT) and Mayra Castillo. With just over a minute left Justine Jones (Boise, ID) found the winner for the visitors from 12 yards out. – MORE  |  MORE   

Standings [+]   

Coming Up This Week

Wednesday
Rocky Mountain @ Great Falls – 1:00
Friday
Westminster @ Houston-Victoria – 3:00
Saturday
Trinity International @ Carroll – 11:00
Jamestown @ Great Falls – 1:00
Sunday
Texas-Brownsville vs Westminster – 11:00
Jamestown @ Rocky Mountain – Noon
Trinity Lutheran @ Great Falls – 2:00


FRONTIER CONFERENCE – NAIA – MEN

Tuesday
Great Falls 1 :: 1 Marymount College
Hugo Gonzalez scored with 53 seconds remaining in regulation to earn the draw in the first half of the California trek. – MORE  

Thursday
Great Falls 5 :: 2 Soka University of America

Danny Delgadillo, Great Falls

After falling behind by two goals the Argos ran off five unanswered. Christian Johansen scored the first two in the first 10 minutes of the second half to bring things level. Goalkeeper Jose Pena connected with Manuel Espinoza, who set up the first goal, for the go-ahead strike. Danny Delgadillo pushed the lead to two off a throw from Anderson Cardoso with Espinoza striking from 18 yards to cap the scoring. – MORE   

Friday
Westminster 1 :: 1 Rocky Mountain
Two penalty kicks in less than a minute left the game deadlocked between the two conference foes. Oliver Gore scored the first at 67:12 for Rocky Mountain with Ryan Smith answering at 67:50. – MORE 

Sunday
Westminster 0 :: 1 Great Falls
The Argos dominated the match to the tune of a 16-6 advantage in shots, but only needed the one that did find the back of the net. Danny Delgadillo found Hugo Gonzalez for the deciding strike four minutes into the second half. – MORE 

Standings [+]    

Coming Up This Week

Wednesday
Rocky Mountain @ Great Falls – 3:00
Saturday
Westminster @ CSU-San Marcos – 2:00
Jamestown @ Great Falls – 3:00
Sunday
Jamestown @ Rocky Mountain – 2:30