Monday, October 29, 2012

College Recap - WCC & PAC-12: Rough week for Gonzaga, WSU sweeps Oregon duo

The Gonzaga women wrapped up their final homestand with a split, blanking Loyola Marymount and falling narrowly to Pepperdine. The Bulldog men were winless on their trip to California. Washington State heads into the state derby on the heels of a pair of victories over their Oregon neighbors.


WEST COAST CONFERENCE – WOMEN

Thursday
BYU 4 :: 1 San Diego 
Lauren Luke, Gonzaga

Friday
Loyola Marymount 0 :: 2 Gonzaga
Tori Lee was the hero on the day, delivering a cross to Lauren Luke just over six minutes into the contest for the opening goal and finding the head of Cricket Harber in the 72nd minute to lock up the victory. Susan Brown made four saves for the shutout. – MORE   

Pepperdine 1 :: 3 Portland

Santa Clara 2 :: 2 San Francisco
The visiting Broncos took a two-goal lead courtesy of Sofia Huerta (Boise, ID), who found Paige Robertson in the seventh minute and then Allie Vernon in the 31st before giving up two goals on either side of the break for the draw.

Saturday
Saint Mary’s 0 :: 5 BYU

Sunday
San Diego 2 :: 3 Santa Clara
Sofia Huerta (Boise, ID) provided the opening goal in the 12th minute as the Broncos took a two goal lead before again allowing the opposition to rally back to pull even. This time, however, Huerta found Meleana Shim for the winning strike in the 88th.

Loyola Marymount 0 :: 2 Portland  

Pepperdine 1 :: 0 Gonzaga
Susan Brown was a standout between the pipes with seven saves, but a close-range finish from Lynn Williams spoiled the performance in the 86th minute. – MORE  

Standings [+]  

Coming Up This Week

Thursday
BYU @ Loyola Marymount - 3:00
Saint Mary's @ Pepperdine - 3:00
Portland @ Santa Clara - 7:00
Friday
Gonzaga @ San Diego - 7:00
Saturday
Santa Clara @ Saint Mary's - Noon
BYU @ Pepperdine - 1:00
San Francisco @ Portland - 7:00
Sunday
Eastern Washington @ Gonzaga - 3:00 (non-conf)

WEST COAST CONFERENCE – MEN

Wednesday
Loyola Marymount 0 :: 1 San Diego

Friday
Gonzaga 1 :: 2 Saint Mary’s
Lars Ludwigs, Gonzaga
Lars Ludwigs found James Partee for a 10-yard finish 15 minutes into the contest, but the hosts rallied back to take the lead before the break and hold onto the win. – MORE 

Portland 2 :: OT :: 1 Santa Clara
Ricardo Carrillo (Prineville, OR) tallied a fantastic winning strike in the final seconds of overtime to nab the road victory for the Pilots.

San Francisco 1 :: 2 San Diego

Sunday
Gonzaga 1 :: 3 Santa Clara
Erik Hurtado gave the Broncos a two goal lead in the first 15 minutes before Zach Hamer (Spokane, WA) gave the Bulldogs some hope. Hurtado sealed the deal with his third from the spot in the 88th. – MORE  

Portland 2 :: 3 Saint Mary’s
Trailing at the break Ricardo Carrillo finished off a cross from five yards out to pull the Pilots even. The Gaels took the lead two more times, however, to claim the win.

San Francisco 1 :: 1 Loyola Marymount

Standings [+]  

Coming Up This Week

Wednesday
Saint Mary's @ Santa Clara - 7:00
Friday
San Diego @ Gonzaga - 2:00
Loyola Marymount @ Portland - 7:00
Santa Clara @ San Francisco - 7:00
Sunday
Loyola Marymount @ Gonzaga - Noon
San Diego @ Portland - 1:00
San Francisco @ Saint Mary's - 2:00

PAC-12 CONFERENCE – WOMEN

Thursday
Utah 1 :: 4 Arizona State
Oregon 0 :: 2 Washington


Friday
Colorado 0 :: 3 Arizona
California 0 :: 3 UCLA
Stanford 1 :: OT :: 0 USC 


Oregon State 1 :: 2 Washington State
Kourtney Guetlein found Jocelyn Jeffers for the opening strike 20 minutes into the contest only to see the visiting Beavers answer just under five minutes before intermission. Brandi Vega, however, fired a shot in the 70th that was deflected by a defender to Nicole Setterland, who looped it over the keeper for the win. – MORE  

Sunday
Oregon 0 :: 1 Washington State
After creating the opportunity for the winning strike two days before Brandi Vega found the winner herself, beating a defender and the keeper in the 37th minute while the defense limited the Ducks to six shots, allowing Gurveen Clair to post the clean sheet with one save. – MORE   

Utah 0 :: OT :: 1 Arizona
California 1 :: 0 USC
Oregon State 2 :: 2 Washington
Colorado 1 :: OT :: 2 Arizona State
Stanford 2 :: 1 UCLA


Standings [+]  

Coming Up This Week

Friday
Utah @ Colorado – 2:00
UCLA @ USC – 2:00
Washington @ Washington State – 2:00
Arizona @ Arizona State – 4:00
Oregon State @ Oregon – 4:00
Sunday
Stanford @ California – 11:00

PAC-12 CONFERENCE – MEN

Friday
UCLA 2 :: 1 Oregon State
San Diego State 0 :: 2 Washington
Stanford 1 :: OT :: 0 UC Santa Barbara
Sunday
San Diego State 1 :: 1 Oregon State

Standings [+]  

Coming Up This Week

Monday
UCLA @ Washington – 7:00
Thursday
California @ San Diego State – 7:00
Stanford @ UCLA – 7:00
Saturday
Stanford @ San Diego State – 7:00
Sunday
California @ UCLA – 5:00