INW Collegiate Recap: Close contests for WSU, Gonzaga in PAC-12, WCC

It was a week of close contests in the West Coast Conference. Six of the seven matches were decided by one goal, including three that finished in overtime. Gonzaga came up on the short side of one overtime match, falling at Loyola Marymount, and was on the wrong side of the game decided by two goals, dropping its match in San Diego. Two games into the conference portion of the campaign, only Santa Clara and Portland remain unbeaten.

The women’s side of the WCC was just as competitive over the weekend with all four conference games and a non-conference contest being decided by a goal or less, including the overtime loss Gonzaga suffered at home versus Saint Mary’s. Portland, which has yet to open conference play, fell narrowly to 10th-ranked San Diego State of the MWC.

In the Pac-12, A goal directly off a corner kick was the only thing keeping Washington State from two shutout performances on the weekend at home against the two schools from Arizona. The loss to the Sun Devils keeps the Cougars mid-table with Stanford, UCLA and California leaping out to commanding leads just five games into the conference campaign.

WEST COAST CONFERENCE – WOMEN

Monday
Pepperdine 1 ::0 Dartmouth (non-conf)

Friday
Santa Clara 0 :: 0 BYU

Sunday
Saint Mary’s 3 :: OT :: 2 Gonzaga

Morgan Manchester, Gonzaga

The Bulldogs went over an hour into their conference opener against the Gaels before the visitors broke through with two goals in the span of three minutes, finding the opener from Melinda Madden in the 64th and a second from Vicki Shimkus in the 67th. Gonzaga made a miraculous rally in the final 75seconds of the game to force overtime. Tori Lee created an own goal with a corner kick in the 89th minute and with 26 seconds remaining a free kick from Susan Brown at midfield began a wild series in the box that concluded with Lauren Luke finding Morgan Manchester (Spokane, WA) for the equalizer. The Zags nearly had the draw, but Brown misjudged the onrushing counterattack, allowing Shimkus to get behind her for an empty net finish with just 45 seconds left in the contest. – VID  |  MORE  

San Diego 1 :: 0 Loyola Marymount
Pepperdine 2 :: 1 San Francisco
#10 San Diego State 3 :: 2 Portland (non-conf)

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Coming Up This Week

Thursday
Portland @ Gonzaga – 3:00
San Francisco @ BYU – 6:00
Friday
San Diego @ Saint Mary’s – 4:00
Loyola Marymount @ Santa Clara – 7:00
Saturday
BYU @ Portland – 7:00
Sunday
Gonzaga @ San Francisco – 11:30
Saint Mary’s @ Loyola Marymount – 1:00
Santa Clara @ Pepperdine – 3:00

WEST COAST CONFERENCE – MEN

Wednesday
Santa Clara 0 :: OT :: 1 Saint Mary’s

Friday
Gonzaga 1 :: OT :: 2 Loyola Marymount
The Bulldogs fell behind on the road in the 23rd minute but looked to be headed toward a draw after Clark Phillips nodded in a free kick from Nikolai Littleton in the 62nd minute and rest of regulation went deadlocked. A free kick less than a minute into the second overtime session proved to be the difference for LMU. The Zags nearly had a winner, though, in regulation when a shot from Littleton in the 74th got past the keeper but was denied by the sliding save of a defender. – MORE 

Portland 3 :: 4 San Diego
Saint Mary’s 1 :: OT :: 2 San Francisco

Sunday
Gonzaga 0 :: 2 San Diego
Two first half goals were all the hosts needed as the Bulldogs were blanked. Sergio Lopez struck just four minutes into the contest and Patrick Wallen converted a penalty in the 21st. – MORE 

Portland 2 :: 1 Loyola Marymount
The Pilots rebounded from Friday’s defeat with Ricardo Carrillo (Prineville, OR) connecting with Jaime Velasco for the winner in the 80th minute.

San Francisco 1 :: 2 Santa Clara

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Coming Up This Week

Wednesday
San Diego @ Loyola Marymount – 2:00
Friday
Saint Mary’s @ Gonzaga – 3:00
Loyola Marymount @ San Francisco – 7:00
Santa Clara @ Portland – 7:00
Sunday
Saint Mary’s @ Portland – 1:00
San Diego @ San Francisco – 2:00
Santa Clara @ Gonzaga – 2:00


PAC-12 CONFERENCE – WOMEN

Monday
#3 UCLA 4 :: 1 Arizona State

Friday
Arizona State 1 :: 0 Washington State
A goal from Courtney Tinnen directly off a corner kick inside the far post in the 13th minute proved to be the difference despite the Cougars holding the advantage in shots, 20-14, at the final whistle. – MORE   

USC 1 :: 1 Oregon State
#3 UCLA 1 :: 0 Oregon
Arizona 1 :: 1 Washington
#2 Stanford 1 :: 0 Utah
California 3 :: OT :: 2 Colorado

Sunday
Arizona 0 :: 3 Washington State
The Cougars rebounded from Friday’s defeat, scoring early to take control. Delaney Zalud (Colbert, WA) and Kayla Johnson combined to set up Rachael Doyle, who nodded the ball home for the lead 10 minutes in. Fortune fell on the side of WSU the rest of the way as two shots off the post fell to fellow Cougars. An effort from Micaela Castain in the 45th minute allowed Zoe Jeffers to push the lead to two before intermission and a shot from Jeffers was cleaned up by Brandi Vega in the 57th. – MORE 
 
USC 0 :: OT :: 1 Oregon After suffering a narrow defeat Friday, the Ducks rebounded with an overtime win courtesy of Kristen Parr (Bend, OR), who was on hand six minutes into overtime to put away the rebound of a Kira Wagoner shot that came off the crossbar. 

Arizona State 0 :: 2 Washington
#3 UCLA 4 :: 1 Oregon State
California 3 :: 1 Utah
#2 Stanford 2 :: 1 Colorado

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Coming Up This Week

Thursday
Stanford @ Arizona – 7:00
Friday
California @ Arizona State – 1:00
Oregon @ Utah – 1:00
USC @ Washington State – 1:00
UCLA @ Washington – 7:00
Saturday
Oregon State @ Colorado – 11:00

PAC-12 CONFERENCE – MEN

Thursday
California 0 :: 2 Stanford
Friday
Oregon State 0 :: 1 UCLA
Washington 1 :: 1 San Diego State  (non-conf)
Sunday
Oregon State 1 :: 0 San Diego State – 1:00 (non-conf)

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Coming Up This Week

Monday
Washington @ UCLA – 7:00
Friday
California @ Washington – 3:00
Stanford @ Oregon State – 7:00
UCLA @ San Diego State – 7:00
Sunday
Stanford @ Washington – Noon
California @ Oregon State – 1:00
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