Elsewhere, however, some teams will continue to play in national tournament action. Rocky Mountain College is the lone team from the region still alive with their NAIA tournament campaign set to begin this weekend, but there are several other schools featuring INW players still in play. Among them are the Santa Clara women (DI), Puget Sound women (DIII), Corban men (NAIA), Concordia women (NAIA) and Westminster women (NAIA)
DI NCAA WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT - WSU, SANTA CLARA & SEATTLE
Illinois (3) 0 :: PK :: 0 (2) Washington State
It turned out to be an unfortunate draw as the Fighting Illinis struck again, advancing in the First Round for the third consecutive year after knocking off Notre Dame two years ago and Missouri, also by penalties, last year. The Cougars unleashed more shots in the game than they have since 2003, but the 29-10 advantage was not enough to beat the visiting keeper Claire Wheatley, who made 11 saves. Gurveen Clair only had to make one at her end and in the shootout also made a stop. But her third round save came after Wheatley had already denied conversions in the first two rounds. MORE
The ninth-ranked Broncos opened their tournament campaign with a victory. They took the lead in the 22nd and saw the visitors pull even in the 48th. Sofia Huerta (Boise, ID) scored the game-winner in the 70th, burying an open shot after teammate stole the ball and found her. MORE
Seattle U 0 :: 2 Portland
The season came to an end for Julia Moravec (Spokane, WA) as the Redhawks were blanked by the seventh-ranked Pilots. The Redhawks did well to stymie the Pilots, who were unable to break through until the 78th and added the clincher in the 89th from the spot. MORE
DII NCAA MEN'S TOURNAMENT - SEATTLE PACIFIC
Thursday, November 14
Seattle Pacific 0 :: 1 Chico State
The sixth-seeded Falcons, second in the GNAC, opened the tournament in California and fell in a semi-neutral site game to third-seed Chico State in a rematch of their season opener, which finished with the same result. The two sides finished relatively even with 15 shots and five saves each, but the Wildcats' tally in the 63rd stood as the winner, ending the season for goalkeeper Cody Lang (Spokane, WA) as well as the Boise trio of Bryson Pavel (started), Graham Reid (did not play) and Garrett Jones (sub). Meanwhile, GNAC champion Simon Fraser advanced twice with a 5-0 win over Cal Baptist in the opening round and a 2-1 win over Cal State LA in the second. MORE
DII NCAA WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT - SEATTLE PACIFIC
Thursday, November 14
Seattle Pacific 1 :: 0 Sonoma State
The sixth-seeded Falcon women, second in the GNAC, upset the third-seed hosts despite being outshot 16-9 in the game thanks to nine saves from Natalie Harold and the winning strike in the 55th minute set up by Kaylie Winston (Pasco, WA) with a long ball that hat teammate Hannah Huesers claimed, despite a shielding attempt by a defender, and put past the keeper. MORE
Saturday, November 16
Seattle Pacific 0 :: 2 Western Washington
Facing their league rival for a fourth time after two regular season defeats and a 1-1 draw (penalty kick loss) in the conference championship, the Falcons were still unable to upstage the Vikings, who got the opener in the 32nd and clinched the victory in the 89th. MORE
DIII NCAA MEN'S TOURNAMENT - PUGET SOUND
Puget Sound 2 :: OT :: 1 Hardin-Simmons (@ Trinity University)
The Loggers avenged their early season 1-0 non-conference home loss to the Cowboys with a dramatic overtime win courtesy of Eneko Bereziartua (Boise, ID), who delivered a cross that Vincent McCluskey finished for the victory six minutes into the extra period. The Loggers took the initial lead int he 17th minute with the hosts pulling even in the 38th. MORE
Sunday, November 17
Puget Sound 0 :: 4 Trinity University
Facing the Tigers on the road a second time this season did not help the Loggers, who fell 1-0 early in the season in Texas between the two. This time, the hosts took the lead in the 45th and ran away with the the victory with three more in the second half, ending the season for Saturday's hero, senior defender Bereziartua (Boise, ID), as well as Stewart Miller (Helena, MT), Alec MacCallum (Bigfork, MT) and Lael Richmond (Bigfork, MT). MORE
DIII NCAA WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT - PUGET SOUND
Puget Sound 1 :: OT :: 0 Cal Lutheran
The Loggers edged the regional tournament hosts and SCIAC regular season champions courtesy of a goal off a corner kick in the 102nd minute after the two sides played to a lengthy stalemate. Lauren Hamilton (Spokane, WA), Annie Prickett (Bozeman, MT) and defender Lauren Swanson (Eagle, ID) all played in the match. MORE
Sunday, November 17
Puget Sound 1 :: OT :: 0 Hardin-Simmons
A day later and it was the exact same story, literally, in the second round as the Loggers played to a lengthy shutout led in part by defender Lauren Swanson (Eagle, ID) that finished with a the game-winner again coming in the 102nd minute, this time with the deciding goal coming via Amalia Acorda-Fey, who put away the rebound of her initial shot. They now move on to face Washington-St. Louis Saturday. MORE
WEST COAST CONFERENCE - MEN
Friday, November 15
Though they had the better of play in the second half, the Zags were unable to make up for the 18th minute strike by the Dons, including a penalty in the 82nd minute taken by Lars Ludwigs that the visiting goalkeeper did well to save. INWsn REPORT
Sunday, November 17
Saint Mary's 1 :: 3 Gonzaga
The Bulldogs were by far the better team on the day and controlled from the opening whistle. Lars Ludwigs made up for the failed penalty two days before with the opening goal in the 12th minute, finishing off a ball from Jakob Granlund. He also set up Clark Phillips for the second three minutes into the second half and had three other golden chances smack off the woodwork throughout the game. Phillips added a second goal in the 52nd minute courtesy of work of brother Zach and Nick Hamer to push the lead to three. INWsn REPORT
Other Results
Wednesday, November 13 - San Diego 2 :: 3 Loyola Marymount
Friday, November 15 - Loyola Marymount 1 :: 0 Santa Clara… Saint Mary's 2 :: OT :: 1 Portland
Sunday, November 17 - San Diego 0 :: 2 Santa Clara… San Francisco 0 :: OT :: 1 Portland
Final Conference Standings
Loyola Marymount 9-2-1… Santa Clara 8-4-0… Gonzaga 5-4-3… Saint Mary's 5-5-2… San Francisco 4-7-1… Portland 4-8-0… San Diego 2-7-3
CASCADE COLLEGIATE CONFERENCE - MEN
Cascade Collegiate Conference Championship
Tuesday, November 12 - Semifinals
#3 Concordia 4 :: 0 #2 Northwest U
Tanner French (Sandpoint, ID) connected with Septi Danciu just 44 seconds into the match for the opening goal as the Cavaliers rolled to the victory.
#4 College of Idaho 0 :: OT :: 1 #1 Corban
Colin Benham-Marin (McCall, ID) made five saves to take the scoreless contest to overtime, but the Warriors prevailed in the 102nd minute when Arsinio Walker got his head onto the end of a flicked-on free kick for the victory. MORE
Saturday, November 16 - Championship
Concordia 0 :: 1 Corban
The Warriors advanced to the NAIA tournament with the victory, getting the winner in the 83rd minute of the contest. Nathaniel Cheney (Clarkston, WA), James Williamson (Coeur d'Alene, ID), Eliseo Santana (Idaho Falls, ID) and Derik Chaney (Helena, MT) started with Kyle Hammond (Missoula, MT) came off the bench. The Warriors move on to play on the road versus the Concordia University of California Saturday.
CASCADE COLLEGIATE CONFERENCE - WOMEN
Cascade Collegiate Conference Championship
Saturday, November 16 - Championship
Northwest U 0 :: 3 Concordia
The Cavaliers rolled to the win with two goals in the first six minutes. Ashley Ames (Liberty Lake, WA) and Erin Huisingh (Pasco, WA) combined on a corner to find McKayla Madison (Bend, OR) for the opening goal in the fifth minute They doubled the lead less than a minute later and put it out of reach in the 31st. The Cavaliers now move on to play host to William Jessup (CA) in the NAIA Tournament Saturday.
NWAACC EAST - MEN
Saturday, November 16 - Semifinal
Walla Walla 0 :: 2 Peninsula College
The Pirates scored once in each half, tallying the opener in the 22nd and a clinching goal in the 90th en route to the league championship with a 1-0 victory over Clark in the Final. Angel Guerra (Wenatchee, WA) made two saves in the semifinal and nine in the championship.
Sunday, November 17 - All-Star Game
North-East 1 :: 1 South-West
Saturday, November 16 - Semifinal
Walla Walla 0 :: 2 Peninsula College
The Warriors gave up two goals in four minutes early in the contest with the Pirates scoring in the 15th and 18th while posting the shutout en route to a repeat as league champions, defeating Edmonds 1-2 in the Final.
Sunday, November 17 - All-Star Game
North-East 2 :: 2 South-West
Walla Walla CC's Delaney Romero (Yakima, WA) and CC Spokane's Laura Seymour (Spokane, WA) scored the goals in the first half only to see the opposition rally for the draw in the second half.
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