Meanwhile, things went well for a pair of Idaho schools on the week. Boise State went unbeaten on the road against a pair of WCC opponents, getting a 2-1 win at St Mary's and scoreless draw against San Francisco.
Idaho drubbed visiting South Dakota 4-1 Friday and played to a scoreless stalemate against Seattle University Sunday as the rest of the Big Sky had a rough week. The rest of the conference went 4-8 on the week with Northern Arizona accounting for two of the wins and Eastern Washington picking up a victory in their lone contest as they finished their successful midwest trip with a 1-0 win at University of Illinois-Chicago Wednesday.
Here is a round-up of the action last week:
Tuesday, September 15
Northern Colorado 3 :: 1 Wyoming
San Francisco 3 :: 1 San Jose State
Wednesday, September 16
Eastern Washington 1 :: 0 Illinois-Chicago
Savannah Hoekstra (Spokane, WA) found Chloe Williams (Spokane, WA) inside the box 19 minutes into the contest for the deciding tally as the defense limited the hosts to three shots in the match and only one on frame that Mallory Taylor had to stop. MORE [+]
Thursday, September 17
Boise State 2 :: 1 Saint Mary's
Gonzaga 0 :: 3 Washington State
Cara Wegner put the hosts on the board 15 minutes into the match on a ball from Sofia Anker-Kofoed and then they added a second in the final minute of the half when a Beau Bremer shot was saved by Christie Tombari, but rebounded to Maddy Haro for the empty-net finish. Ella Dederick made three saves in the second half as the Cougars maintained the shutout, putting the match out of reach at the hour mark when Kaitlyn Johnson put away a rebound from Kourtney Guetlein's shot off the crossbar. MORE - GU [+] -- WSU [+]
Oregon State 0 :: 1 BYU
Portland 1 :: 2 Washington
Pepperdine 0 :: 1 UCLA
UC Davis 0 :: 1 Stanford
San Diego 3 :: 4 San Diego State
South Dakota 1 :: 4 Idaho
The Vandals opened the weekend with a dominating performance. A saved Olivia Baggerly shot was put away on the rebound by Kavita Battan in the 29th minute and just over three minutes before the break a Clara Gomez corner was headed by Baggerly onto Alyssa Lloyd (Spokane, WA) for the second. Lloyd kept things going in the second half, combining with Chloe Bell to set up Elexis Schlossarek in the 54th with the visitors answering less than a minute later to make it 3-1. Lloyd capped the game with another goal off another Gomez corner in the 89th. MORE [+]
Idaho State 0 :: 3 Wyoming
The woes continued for the Bengals. They gave up the opening goal on a scramble 14 minutes into the match and fought to stay in the game and find an equalizer for over an hour before Wyoming locked things up with Shaina Ashouri adding goals in the 80th and 85th to complete a hat-trick. MORE [+]
Montana 0 :: 1 UC Santa Barbara
The Grizzlies dropped their third consecutive game, struggling to find offense against the Gauchos. The hosts outshot Montana 16-2 in the contest, but were only able to get a 37th minute header past Kailey Norman, who had three saves in the match. MORE [+]
Arizona 2 :: 1 UC Riverside
Defender Hayley Estopare (Bend, OR) scored the opening goal in the 43rd minute for the Wildcats in the win.
Loyola Marymount 3 :: 2 Weber State
Northern Colorado 0 :: 3 Creighton
Sacramento State 0 :: 1 Nevada
North Dakota State 3 :: 4 Northern Arizona
Portland State 0 :: 1 Oregon
CSU Bakersfield 1 :: 2 Colorado College
Utah State 2 :: 0 Utah
Baylor 2 :: 1 Air Force
Colorado State 1 :: 0 Nebraska-Omaha
Hawaii 1 :: 3 UNLV
USC 3 :: 1 Pacific
Arizona State 3 :: 2 Oklahoma State
California 2 :: 0 San Francisco
CSU Northridge 1 :: 3 Santa Clara
Sunday, September 20
Washington 2 :: 2 Gonzaga
Husky freshman Kelcie Hedge (Post Falls, ID) was a consistent threat in the match, particularly in the first half. The Zags, though, kept the game scoreless to halftime and then surprisingly grabbed a two-goal lead in the first six minutes of the second half. Heather Johnson (Kennewick, WA) and Karley Baggerly created the first goal in the 49th from Aliyah Miller, who turned provider three minutes later on a strike from Baggerly. Gonzaga's defense kept the Huskies off the board another 20 minutes before they Washington broke through for two in less than 40 seconds as Kimberly Keever scored twice in the 42nd minute. INWsn REPORT [+]
Washington State 0 :: 2 Portland
Facing a struggling Pilots side, the Cougars were caught by surprise on the road and handed their first defeat. Noelle La Prevotte set up the opener in the 24th and then scored herself in the 53rd minute as Portland, including Jess Kennedy (Spokane, WA) in midfield, shutout the Cougars for the result. MORE [+]
Boise State 0 :: 0 San Francisco
Janelle Flores only needed to make three stops on the day as the Broncos played to the the stalemate. She only needed one save two days prior at Saint Mary's in the overtime win. MORE [+]
Seattle 0 :: 0 Idaho
In a surprise result, the Vandals kept Seattle University off the board for 110 minutes with Amanda Poertner making seven saves for the shutout. They went toe-to-toe with the Redhawks on the offensive end as well with both teams registering 16 shots in the game, including a Claire Johnson strike from 35 yards that forced a tip-save off the crossbar from the visiting keeper in the 75th minute. MORE [+]
Hawaii 2 :: 3 Nevada
Dani Crawford (Moses Lake, WA) scored the second equalizer in the 87th for the Rainbow Warriors only to see Nevada get the winner just a minute later.
Northern Colorado 0 :: 1 Nebraska-Omaha
Portland State 0 :: 1 Utah Valley
Robert Morris 1 :: 6 Northern Arizona
North Dakota 0 :: 1 South Dakota State
Colorado State 0 :: 2 Creighton
CSU Bakersfield 2 :: 1 Air Force
Baylor 2 :: 0 Colorado College
San Diego State 0 :: 1 UC Davis
Texas-Rio Grande Valley 1 :: 4 UNLV
Villanova 0 :: 3 Colorado
Loyola Marymount 2 :: 2 Utah
USC 2 :: 0 Saint Mary's
Arizona State 0 :: 2 Oklahoma
Oregon State 0 :: 0 San Diego
California 0 :: 0 Cal Poly
Stanford 0 :: 1 Santa Clara
MEN #############
Thursday, September 17
Oregon State 0 :: 1 Portland
Friday, September 18
Utah Valley 1 :: 0 Gonzaga
Goalkeeper Chris Lowrimore made seven saves for the Zags, but it was not enough as the visitors' lone goal in the 12th minute was all the Wolverines needed as Gonzaga only had three attempts at the other end. MORE [+]
Davidson 0 :: 3 California
Texas-Pan American 1 :: 3 San Diego State
San Francisco 1 :: 3 Stanford
Cal Poly 1 :: 4 UCLA
Dartmouth 2 :: 3 Washington
Loyola Marymount 0 :: 1 American
CSU Northridge 4 :: 1 Saint Mary's
Pacific 0 :: 1 Sacramento State
San Diego 3 :: 1 CSU Fullerton
UC Riverside 1 :: 2 Santa Clara
Sunday, September 20
Harvard 0 :: 0 Washington
Davidson 0 :: 1 Stanford
San Francisco 1 :: 3 California
UNLV 3 :: 2 San DIego State
Loyola Marymount 1 :: 2 Missouri State
CSU Northridge 2 :: 0 Santa Clara
UC Riverside 1 :: 1 Saint Mary's
Pacific 0 :: 6 UC Davis
San Jose State 0 :: 2 San Diego
ADDITIONAL DI NOTES #############
Tyler Blackmer (Boise, ID) made one save in a 3-1 home win for Wright State against West Virginia Tuesday and followed it up with five stops on the road Saturday in a 1-0 victory at Cleveland State.
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