In Spokane, the Gonzaga programs have mixed results thus far, each with their own predicaments. The ladies are 1-3-3 with injuries making things difficult in the arly going while the men are 3-2-1 thanks to a stifling defense that has seen every game decided by just one goal, including a season-opening 1-0 loss at Washington, as the team searches for offensive consistency.
Also of note, the Oregon State Beavers are off to a perfect 5-0-0 start thanks to a team-leading four goals from Timmy Mueller (Post Falls, ID). And further away from home, Kara Marbury (Spokane, WA) has helped Illinois get off to a great start as well with two goals and an assist in the program's 6-1-0 start.
Here is an update on the action thus far in the West Coast Conference and PAC-12 along with some notes on players around the nation...
WOMEN ############################
Friday, August 21
Washington State 3 :: 1 Seattle U
Kaitlyn Johnson set up the first two goals for the hosts in the first nine minutes and change, connecting with Susie White in the seventh and the head of Grace Hancock (Boise, ID) on another corner in the 10th. Tia Gavin pushed it to three in the 39th with Seattle answering a minute later. MORE [+]
Gonzaga 1 :: 1 Nevada
The Bulldogs opened the season on the road and took the initial lead against the Wolfpack in the 18th minute when the offensive pressure of Karley Baggerly forced a Nevada defender into a poor touch that put the ball past her goalkeeper for an own goal. The hosts, however, tied things up in the final minute of the half and the two sides and played to a stalemate the rest of the way. MORE [+]
Abilene Christian 0 :: 4 Arizona
Hayley Estopare (Bend, OR) capped the scoring with a goal in the 75th.
Colorado 1 :: 1 Colorado State
Texas Tech 0 :: 1 USC
Washington 0 :: 1 Kentucky
Utah 1 :: 0 Marquette
LSU 2 :: 1 Oregon
Portland State 0 :: 3 Arizona State
UCLA 0 :: 1 Long Beach State
Oregon State 2 :: 1 Portland
California 0 :: 2 BYU
Stanford 2 :: 1 Hawaii
Loyola Marymount 0 :: 2 Rutgers
CSU Northridge 0 :: 1 Pepperdine
UC Santa Barbara 0 :: 2 Saint Mary's
Pacific 0 :: 1 Iowa
Santa Clara 2 :: 0 UC-Davis
California 0 :: 2 BYU
Oregon State 2 :: 1 Portland
Cal Poly 0 :: 0 San Francisco
NC State 1 :: 2 San Diego
Sunday, August 23
USC 0 :: 1 Florida State
Utah 0 :: 0 DePaul
Washington 2 :: 1 Louisville
Beijing Normal U 0 :: 0 Arizona State
Oregon 0 :: OT :: 1 Seattle U
Colorado College 0 :: 3 Colorado
UCLA 1 :: OT :: 0 San Diego
Santa Clara 1 :: 2 Arizona
California 5 :: 1 Hawaii
Loyola Marymount 2 :: 4 Penn State
Pacific 1 :: 2 Drake
UC Santa Barbara 0 :: 1 San Francisco
Cal Poly 1 :: 1 Saint Mary's
NC State 0 :: 1 Pepperdine
Monday, August 24
Idaho 1 :: 3 Washington State
In the border battle between the two programs postponed a day due to air quality, the Cougars controlled matters from the start, but it was an own goal that put them on the board first when a cross from Kaitlyn Johnson nine minutes into the match intended for Kailiana Johnson went in off the head of Idaho's Kayla Watanabe. Kaitlyn Johnson then put away a cross from Kelsee Crenshaw in the 28th. Beau Bremer poked a ball home inside the six on a Tia Gavin cross in the 33rd for a three-goal advantage. The Vandals answered before the break with Kayleigh Frederick getting her head on a a free kick from Clara Gomez in the 37th, but the Cougars only needed to make one save in the second half to keep things as they were the rest of the way. MORE - UI [+] -- WSU [+]
Tuesday, August 25
Beijing Normal U 6 :: 5 California
Thursday, August 27
San Diego 1 :: 2 Michigan
Vanderbilt 3 :: OT :: 2 Gonzaga
The home opener for the Zags was a thrilling, yet disappointing affair. Vanderbilt jumped to a two-goal lead 21 minutes into the match, but the Zags answered with a pair of goals from Baggerly. She scored after stealing the ball in the 51st and then put the second away on a ball from Kelly Bieraugel just 16 seconds before the final whistle to force overtime. Four minutes into the extratime, however, the visitors struck for the deciding tally. MORE [+]
Sacramento State 0 :: 1 Pacific
Freshman defender Courtney Callister (Eagle, ID) scored the deciding goal in the 49th minute on a blast from 25 yards out.
Arizona 4 :: 0 Northern Arizona
Estopare tallied her second of the season, rounding out the scoring with the final tally in the 72nd minute. Her sister, Rachel, posted a second half shutout with one save.
Fresno State 0 :: 3 Oregon State
Houston 1 :: 4 Utah
Seattle U 0 :: 3 Washington
Colorado 0 :: 2 BYU
UNLV 0 :: 6 Arizona State
Boston College 0 :: 4 Stanford
San Francisco 1 :: 0 Oregon
Saint Mary's 3 :: 0 UW-Green Bay
Wisconsin 0 :: 2 Pepperdine
Santa Clara 1 :: 2 Notre Dame
Bucknell 0 :: 3 Loyola Marymount
Portland 4 :: 3 Marquette
Colorado 0 :: 2 BYU
San Francisco 1 :: 0 Oregon
Saturday, August 29
San Diego State 0 :: 2 California
Sunday, August 30
Washington State 2 :: 1 Boise State
The Broncos put up quite a fight against the Cougars, outshooting the visitors 14-9 on the day, but Washington State kept its record clean. Grace Hancock returned home to Boise and sent a shot off the crossbar in the 17th minute that Cara Wegner used to put the visitors in front. The Broncos, though, answered when Brooke Heidemann (Meridian, ID) connected with Michelle Reed for the equalizer in the 34th. The Cougs netted early in the second half to move back in front when Nicolle Marlow knocked it in from 15 yards off a ball from Kourtney Guetlein in the 53rd. MORE - BSU [+] -- WSU [+]
CSU Bakersfield 1 :: 3 Gonzaga
After controlling most of the possession in a deadlocked first half, the Bulldogs again found its offense after the intermission. Aliyah Miller notched the opening goal on a ball from Savannah Van Citters two minutes in and then Sydney Anderson found Baggerly for her third of the weekend in the 62nd. The visitors got on the board in the 67th, but less than a minute later Baggerly found Heather Johnson for a fantastic 18-yard strike to cap the scoring. INWsn Report [+]
New Mexico 0 :: 4 Colorado
Cal State Fullerton 3 :: 1 Utah
Fresno State 0 :: 1 Oregon
San Francisco 1 :: OT :: 2 Oregon State
Wisconsin 1 :: 2 UCLA
Santa Clara 1 :: 0 Northwestern
San Diego 0 :: 1 Georgetown
Saint Mary's 1 :: 0 Youngstown State
Portland 0 :: 2 Notre Dame
Boston College 6 :: 0 Pacific
Iowa State 1 :: 0 Pepperdine
San Francisco 1 :: 2 Oregon State
Friday, September 4
Seattle U 1 :: 0 Gonzaga
In an evenly played contest, the Zags threatened a number of times, but were unable to crack the Redhawks defense. The visitors grabbed the lead 15 minutes into the contest and limited the Bulldogs to just two shots on goal the rest of the way for the shutout. Spokane's Julia Moravec enjoyed a good return home with three shots and created some of the Redhawks attack. MORE [+] INWsn Photos [+]
Washington State 1 :: OT :: 0 Montana
The Grizzlies limited the chances in the first half for the unbeaten Cougars, who only put one shot on frame in the first half. Ultimately, Montana took the contest all the way to overtime when a ball in the box resulted in Kaitlyn Johnson going down for a foul as she and Tess Brenneman (Kalispell, MT) battled for the ball. The resulting penalty was put away by Kailiana Johnson for the victory with just seconds remaining in the first overtime session. MORE - UM [+] -- WSU [+]
Illinois 1 :: 2 Washington
Kara Marbury (Spokane, WA) returned to her home state and scored a goal on her birthday, but the 75th minute tally came when the visitors were already down two and they were unable to pull even.
California 1 :: 1 North Carolina
Cincinnati 0 :: 1 Colorado
Oregon State 0 :: 0 Missouri
USC 0 :: 1 Duke
San Diego State 0 :: 1 Arizona
Oregon 0 :: 2 North Carolina State
Utah 0 :: 2 BYU
Virginia 2 :: 1 UCLA
Stephen F Austin 0 :: 2 Arizona State
Stanford 1 :: 0 Cal Poly
Colorado State 0 :: 1 Saint Mary's
Toledo 0 :: 3 Pepperdine
Portland 0 :: 5 Michigan (@ Seattle)
Denver 0 :: 4 San Francisco
Santa Clara 1 :: 0 Kansas
Utah 0 :: 2 BYU
Detroit 1 :: 5 Loyola Marymount
Long Beach State 0 :: 0 San Diego
Sunday, September 6
Utah State 1 :: 1 Gonzaga
The Bulldogs outshot the Aggies 10-4 in the first half, but the visitors opened the scoring just under three minutes into the second half. The Zags answered three minutes later when Kristin Hayman converted a penalty after Baggerly was fouled in the area, but the two sides remained deadlocked the rest of the way even with GU registering twice as many shots in the second half. MORE [+]
Michigan 0 :: 1 Washington
Locked in a stalemate, the Huskies snared the victory when Kelcie Hedge (Post Falls, ID) put away a diving header with under two minutes remaining.
Stephen F Austin 0 :: 3 Arizona
Rachel Estopare recorded a shutout, needing just one save for the clean sheet.
USC 1 :: 2 North Carolina
Wake Forest 1 :: 0 Oregon
California 3 :: 1 Duke
Iowa State 1 :: 2 Colorado
Utah 2 :: 1 San Diego
Oregon State 1 :: 0 Kansas
Texas 2 :: 1 UCLA
Portland 0 :: 1 Illinois (@ Seattle)
Hawaii 0 :: 2 San Francisco
Toledo 0 :: 1 Loyola Marymount
Virginia 2 :: 2 Pepperdine
Utah 2 :: 1 San Diego
Nevada 0 :: 1 Saint Mary's
North Dakota State 2 :: 1 Pacific
Monday, September 7
BYU 0 :: 1 Stanford
Thursday, September 10
Oregon State 1 :: 1 Texas
Utah State 0 :: 1 BYU
Friday, September 11
CSU Fullerton 1 :: 1 Gonzaga
It was a tough day for the Bulldogs as the only player who seemed to be having a good outing was goalkeeper Christie Tombari, who made nine saves. Her performance, marred only by a 54th minute goal when one of her defenders was beaten and left her exposed for the Titan's lone tally. Baggerly's hard work paid off in the 72nd minute when she battled to knock the ball in from a sharp angle just off the left end line. INWsn REPORT [+]
Kourtney Guetlein chipped the goalkeeper just 85 seconds into contest to give the Cougars the lead off a play set up by Sofia Anker-Kofoed and Kaitlyn Johnson. The Cowgirls tied things up in the 37th off a corner kick that goalkeeper Ella Dederick, who made eight saves on the night, had punched away. With the game headed to overtime, Guetlein set up the winner when her shot from the top of the box got away from the visiting goalkeeper and was poked over her from short range by Cara Wegner in the 88th minute. MORE [+]
Washington 3 :: 1 Cal State Northridge
Hedge set up the opening goal in the 28th minute as the Huskies went on to pick up a 3-1 victory in Portland.
San Diego 1 :: 2 USC
UC Riverside 0 :: 1 California
Utah 1 :: 1 Boise State
UCLA 1 :: 2 Wake Forest
Arizona State 0 :: 5 Pepperdine
Colorado 1 :: 0 Denver
Texas Tech 1 :: 1 Arizona
Air Force 0 :: 3 Oregon
Penn State 2 :: 0 Stanford
San Francisco 1 :: 1 Michigan State
St Mary's 1 :: 1 San Jose State
Oklahoma 0 :: 2 Santa Clara
Long Beach State 0 :: 1 Loyola Marymount
UC Irvine 1 :: 3 Portland
Saturday, September 12
UNLV 0 :: 2 BYU
Sunday, September 13
Oklahoma State 2 :: 0 Gonzaga
The Gonzaga defense limited the good looks for the Cowgirls, but a counter broke down the defense in the 39th minute for the opener and a corner five minutes into the second half beat Tombari for an olympico. INWsn REPORT [+]
Cal State Fullerton 1 :: 2 Washington State
Guetlein again provided heroics for the Cougars on the winner. In the 103rd minute, she nodded in a free kick from Kailiana Johnson for the overtime victory. The Cougars fell behind in the 24th minute when a penalty kick in off the post gave the Titans the lead and WSU their first deficit of the young season. Aside from the spot kick, Dederick was perfect on the day with eight saves. Kaitlyn Johnson put the Cougs in position to snare the victory when she knocked in a loose ball with nine minutes remaining in the match. MORE [+]
Washington 2 :: 0 UC Irvine
For the third consecutive game Hedge got in on the scoring, setting up the team's insurance goal in the 68th minute of the win.
Pepperdine 1 :: 0 Arizona
Rachel Estopare didn't need to make a save in the first half, but her replacement in the second half allowed a goal two minutes in as the Wildcats lost in a lightning-shortened contest.
UCLA 1 :: 3 North Carolina
Texas Tech 1 :: 0 Arizona State
Northwestern 1 :: 0 Colorado
Long Beach State 0 :: 0 USC
St Mary's 0 :: 2 California
Oklahoma 1 :: 2 Stanford
San Francisco 2 :: 0 Oakland
UC Davis 0 :: 0 Pacific
Penn State 1 :: 0 Santa Clara
UC Riverside 0 :: 1 Loyola Marymount
CSU Northridge 1 :: 0 Portland
MEN ############################
Friday, August 28
Gonzaga 0 :: 1 Washington
The Bulldogs limited the 10th-ranked Huskies to just eight shots in the contest with only two of them on goal, but all the hosts needed was one as their strike two minutes into the second half was enough to edge out the Zags on the day. MORE [+]
Marquette 0 :: 1 Oregon State
California 0 :: 3 San Diego
Stanford 0 :: 1 UC Santa Barbara
San Francisco 0 :: 1 Penn State
Santa Clara 0 :: 1 Wake Forest
Saint Mary's 2 :: 3 Duke
Pacific 1 :: 2 Drake
Michigan State 1 :: 0 Portland
California 0 :: 3 San Diego
San Jose State 0 :: 1 Loyola Marymount
Saturday, August 29
New Mexico 0 :: 1 UCLA
Grand Canyon 1 :: 3 San Diego State
Sunday, August 30
Gonzaga 1 :: 0 Seattle
The Bulldogs finished the two-game trip to Seattle with a victory over the Redhawks courtesy of a 52nd minute Jakob Granlund goal on a ball from Jake Kempf. Chris Lowrimore made four saves for the shutout. MORE [+]
Michigan State 0 :: 1 Oregon State
Timmy Mueller (Post Falls, ID) scored the lone goal of the contest in the 18th minute for the Beavers with a close-range flick from about two yards out.
UC Davis 0 :: 3 Washington
San Francisco 0 :: 6 West Virginia
Elon 1 :: 0 Saint Mary's
Pacific 1 :: 2 Nebraska-Omaha
UNLV 0 :: 2 Loyola Marymount
Marquette 4 :: 2 Portland
Santa Clara 0 :: 3 North Carolina
Cal Poly 1 :: 1 Gonzaga
The Bulldogs saw the visitors grabbed the lead three minutes in off a rebound from the crossbar, but the Zags dominated from that point on, outshooting Cal Poly 18-6 for the game. Another ball off the crossbar tied things up in the 76th when David Sigurdsson's header off the bar came to Jakob Granlund, whose effort was finished in front of goal by Ben White. MORE [+]
Friday, September 4
UCLA 1 :: 2 Maryland
Vermont 0 :: 1 Oregon State
Virginia Commonwealth 1 :: 3 California
Washington 0 :: 0 Pennsylvania
San Diego Christian 1 :: 3 San Diego State
Northeastern 0 :: 1 Stanford
Loyola Marymount 1 :: 0 Harvard
Pacific 1 :: 2 Utah Valley
La Salle 2 :: 3 Saint Mary's
San Diego 2 :: 2 New Mexico
Grand Canyon 4 :: 1 Portland
Canisius 0 :: 2 San Francisco
Wisconsin 1 :: 2 Santa Clara
Saturday, September 5
Northwestern 0 :: 1 Gonzaga
Another tight, low-scoring affair for the Zags, who claimed the victory thanks to a loose ball goal from Conner Bevans in the 23rd minute that held for the win thanks to four saves from Chris Lowrimore in goal. MORE [+]
Sunday, September 6
Northeastern 0 :: 3 California
Virginia Commonwealth 0 :: 2 Stanford
George Washington 0 :: 3 San Diego State
Loyola Marymount 1 :: 0 Boston College
San Diego 2 :: 1 Denver (@ Albuquerque)
Canisius 0 :: 1 Saint Mary's
Pacific 0 :: 2 UNLV
CSU Fullerton 2 :: 1 Santa Clara
La Salle 1 :: 5 San Francisco
Vermont 2 :: 3 Portland
Monday, September 7
UCLA 1 :: 3 Georgetown
Washington 1 :: 0 Drexel
San Jose State 0 :: 1 Stanford
Thursday, September 10
Portland 0 :: 0 Southern Methodist
San Francisco 0 :: 3 UC Riverside
Hartwick 2 :: OT :: 1 Gonzaga
The Bulldogs defense was solid again, limiting the visiting Hawks to just five shots in the contest, but it was not enough. A penalty gave Hartwick the lead with just under four minutes left in the first half and it looked like the continued struggle to find goals was going to lead to another loss when Graison Le made a fantastic individual effort and unleashed a shot from about 19 yards that found the upper corner with just seven seconds remaining on the clock to send the match to overtime. Despite having the better of play again in overtime, a counter in the 103rd minute delivered a heartbreaking result. INWsn REPORT [+]
Oregon State 3 :: 2 Duquesne
Fouled late in the game to create the opportunity, Mueller followed up his saved penalty kick and put away the rebound for the game-winner with just 65 seconds left in the match.
UC Davis 1 :: 2 California
Southern Illinois 0 :: 0 San Diego State
St Mary's 0 :: 1 Missouri State
Loyola Marymount 3 :: 2 CSU Bakersfield
UC Irvine 1 :: 1 San Diego
Seattle U 1 :: 0 Santa Clara
Sunday, September 13
UW Milwaukee 0 :: 1 Gonzaga
In another tight contest, it was defender Ben White on an overlapping run up the left side that provided the deciding tally. He received a ball from Alec Johnson and drove into the box in the 55th minute for the winner in addition to helping the back line limit the Panthers to just one shot on target in the match. INWsn REPORT [+]
Cornell 0 :: 2 Oregon State
Deadlocked at zeros most of match, Mueller broke the game open with back-to-back goals in the 80th and 82nd, finishing the first off a cross and the second from a corner.
Stanford 3 :: 2 Southern Methodist
UC Riverside 2 :: 1 UCLA
San Diego State 0 :: 0 UC Irvine
Portland 2 :: 3 Tulsa
St Mary's 2 :: 1 Oral Roberts
SIUE 2 :: 0 San Diego
San Francisco 0 :: 3 CSU Fullerton
New Mexico 2 :: 1 Loyola Marymount
San Jose State 0 :: 3 Pacific
Cal Poly 0 :: 1 Santa Clara
ADDITIONAL DIVISION I NOTES ############################
- Kara Marbury (Spokane, WA) tallied a goal and an assist August 28 as she helped lead Illinois to a 5-2 win over TCU and added a second goal to her account in a 2-1 loss at Washington (as noted above).
- Seattle University topped Vanderbilt 3-1 on August 30 with a goal and assist from Julia Moravec (Spokane, WA). She set up the second and pushed the lead to three with a header in the 38th minute. She had another big game September 11, playing a role in all three strikes of a 3-2 win against Creighton in Montana. She set up the opening goal in the 16th and then reclaimed the lead with a goal of her own in the 65th before combining to set up an needed insurance strike in the 79th. Still in Montana two days later, set added another assist to her tally on the team's opener in a 2-0 win against one-loss Purdue.
- With her sixth start in seven appearances, sophomore Dani Crawford (Moses Lake, WA) got her first points of the year by putting away a teammate's deflected shot as Hawaii beat CSU Bakersfield 2-1 September 12.
- Goalkeeper Tyler Blackmer (Boise, ID) has Wright State off to a 5-1-0 start. He's played every minute and allowed just four goals over the course of getting three shutouts.
- Andrew Glaeser, meanwhile, has Northern Illinois at 3-1-0 with three shutouts as well with only three goals against.
- Goalkeeper Sarah Wood (Spokane, WA) went down with an injury August 21 and has not yet returned to the lineup for Cleveland State.
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