Spokane's Megan Lindsay caught fire, scoring a pair of braces on the weekend to guide Seattle Pacific to a pair of victories to keep them in the race for the regular season title with Western Washington and their record-holding goalkeeper Jamie Arthurs (Richland, WA). On the men's side, MSU-Billings had quite the weekend, downing Western Washington in overtime and taking Division II scoring leaders Simon Fraser all the way in a scoreless stalemate.
GREAT NORTHWEST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE – DII – WOMEN
Thursday
Western Washington 2 :: 0 MSU-Billings
Another game, another shutout from Jamie Arthurs (Richland, WA), who tallied three saves. – MORE
Simon Fraser 0 :: 1 Northwest Nazarene
Though the Crusaders outshot SFU 9-2 in the first half, the two sides were locked in a stalemate until Autumn Yturbe (Buhl, ID) found Sarah Blum (Troy, ID), who fired it past the keeper from 15 yards. – MORE
Seattle Pacific 4 :: 2 Saint Martin’s
In a back and forth contest, the Falcons trailed twice on the road before pulling away with three goals in the second half. Caley Wiseman gave the hosts the lead in the 25th minute on a 30-yard strike with Megan Lindsay (Spokane, WA) answering 10 minutes later on a 10-yard half-volley. A 20-yard Nicole Nedervelt free kick put Saint Martin’s back on top five minutes before the break with Lindsay again evening terms on the hour mark, heading in a cross from Laura Moore. Five minutes later Moore chipped the keeper to give SPU the lead on a ball from Kaylie Winston (Pasco, WA), who then found Heather Young in the 72nd to cap the game.
Western Oregon 1 :: 2 Central Washington
The visitors took the lead three minutes into the contest and held the advantage for nearly an hour before the Wildcats replied with two goals from Lauren Duty in the span of eight minutes. She scored the equalizer in the 62nd on a looping shot from just inside the right side of the box and beat the keeper one-on-one for the winner. – MORE
Saturday
Saint Martin’s 1 :: 0 Central Washington
This time around the Wildcats were unable to rebound from an early goal, a rebound finished by Hanna Massee in the eight minute. – MORE
Western Washington 2 :: 0 Northwest Nazarene
Jamie Arthurs (Richland, WA) posted another three saves to extend her career school and conference shutout record to 36. – MORE
Western Oregon 0 :: 2 Seattle Pacific
Megan Lindsay (Spokane, WA) celebrated senior day in fine fashion, scoring both goals to give her four on the weekend. She broke the deadlock in the 65th minute gathered the rebound of her own saved shot and put it away from 10 yards out. In the 79th minute she doubled the lead when Ali Martin dropped the ball back to her for a 14-yard looper over the keeper.
Simon Fraser 0 :: 1 MSU-Billings
It took a while for the Yellowjackets to find the back of the net despite dominating the visiting Canadians, but Jaucelyn Richter (Billings, MT) celebrated Senior Day with the winner in the 66th minute, ripping a shot from 15 yards that pushed through the keeper’s hand. – MORE
Standings [+]
Coming Up This Week
Thursday
Central Washington @ Western Washington – 1:00
MSU-Billings @ Western Oregon – 3:00
Northwest Nazarene @ Saint Martin’s – 3:15
Seattle Pacific @ Simon Fraser – 7:00
Saturday
Northwest Nazarene @ Western Oregon – 11:00
Simon Fraser @ Central Washington – 1:00
MSU-Billings @ Saint Martin’s – 2:00
Seattle Pacific @ Western Washington – 7:00
GREAT NORTHWEST CONFERENCE – DII – MEN
Thursday
Western Washington 1 :: OT :: 2 MSU-Billings
After being taken down in the box, Conner Moe stepped to the spot and broke the stalemate with a shot to the lower left corner. The Vikings, however, forced overtime with a penalty of their own in the 87th minute. Six minutes into the extra session Thomas Sheets fired a fantastic winner from 30 yards out that found the upper right corner. – MORE http://www.msubsports.com/news/2012/10/18/MSOC_1018125105.aspx
Simon Fraser 3 :: 1 Northwest Nazarene
Chris Voth (Boise, ID) helped set up the opening goal in the 18th minute from Sal Sanchez (Ontario, OR) only to see the Canadians score three unanswered in the second half. – MORE
Saint Martin’s 3 :: 0 Sioux Falls
Seattle Pacific 1 :: 1 U-Mary
After falling behind in the 60th minute, the Falcons found the equalizer from the penalty spot with Richie Evoy (Bend, OR) converting for the draw.
Saturday
Simon Fraser 0 :: 0 MSU-Billings
The Yellowjackets took the dominant Canadian side the distance, becoming just the second team to take points off Simon Fraser this year. Goalkeeper Eoin Hurley made three saves with the defense also coming up with two, shutting out the nation’s top scoring team in Division II. – MORE
Western Washington 4 :: OT :: 3 Northwest Nazarene
In an amazing contest, the Crusaders fell three goals behind in the first 25 minutes with Justin Moore scoring twice in the first five minutes for the Vikings. But, the Crusaders made a stunning rally in the second half. Stephen Marshall converted from the spot in the 57th to start the rally and Evan McNiel nodded in a John DiLulo (Boise, ID) cross in the 73rd to pull within one. When Jaime Torres was taken down in the box in the 81st, Marshall scored his second penalty to even the contest at three each. The comeback went for naught, though, with Conner Pichette scoring off a rebound in the 100th minute. – MORE
Seattle Pacific 2 :: 0 Sioux Falls
Blaine Carver gave the Falcons the lead on the hour mark with Kyle Peterman (Boise, ID) clinching the win in the 89th minute.
Saint Martin’s 1 :: 3 U-Mary
Standings [+]
Coming Up This Week
Wednesday
South Dakota Mines @ MSU-Billings – 3:30 (non-conf)
Thursday
Simon Fraser @ Saint Martin’s – 12:45
Western Washington @ Seattle Pacific – 7:00
Saturday
U-Mary @ MSU-Billings – 1:00
Sioux Falls @ Northwest Nazarene – 3:00
Simon Fraser @ Seattle Pacific – 7:00
Sunday
Western Washington @ Saint Martin’s – 1:00
Monday
U-Mary @ Northwest Nazarene – 4:00
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