Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Lower Division Updates 10.25.17: Rocky Mountain Climbs to top of CCC

Rocky Mountain College had a great week with a full sweep of their four games, allowing the men to go atop the Cascade Conference table and the women to climb to second. The ladies pulled within a point of Eastern Oregon after handing the Mountaineers their first loss of the campaign in a 1-0 affair.

In eastern Washington, the Whitworth women and the Whitman men had great weeks in the Northwest Conference. The Whitworth ladies posted a pair of wins to move back atop the table following Pacific Lutheran's loss midweek. On the men's side Whitman earned a draw against second-place Pacific Lutheran on Saturday and edged Puget Sound Sunday to move into the top half of the table.

The Northwest Nazarene women clinched a spot in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference's tournament with a narrow win over last-place Central Washington while on the men's side all six contests were decided by one goal, including two in overtime. MSU-Billings and Northwest Nazarene came up short in their first outings of the weekend, but rebounded with wins in their second.

DII GNAC UPDATE - WOMEN ####

10/19 MSU-Billings 4-1 Saint Martin's
The Yellowjackets led by three before the break with Amanda Grimshaw scoring in the 27th and Jessica Spang (Billings, MT) in the 39th before an own goal made it three in the 41st. The hosts got on the board with a shot that deflected off the keeper in the 73rd. Alexa Iacolucci, who set up the opener, placed a perfect free kick from about 35 yards over the keeper in the 84th.

10/19 Northwest Nazarene 1-0 Central Washington
Daniele Ortiz made six saves for the Nighthawks in the victory and Emily Holt made four for the Wildcats, who were unable to find their first win because of an own goal in the 41st minute.

10/19 Western Washington 1-0 Seattle Pacific 
With nine minutes remaining a corner from Malia Maack (Spokane, WA) created the game-winning tally.

10/19 Western Oregon 0-3 Concordia 
Michaela Prothe (Spokane, WA) set up the final goal in the last minute for the Cavaliers.

10/21 MSU-Billings 0-3 Seattle Pacific 
The Yellowjackets fell behind in the 10th and kept things close until the hosts scored in the 70th and wrapped things up with another in the 86th.

Other Results 
10/21 Central Washington 0-6 Western Washington 
10/21 Concordia 1-0 Simon Fraser
10/21 Saint Martin's 2-1 Western Oregon 

Standings (W-L-T... Pts)
Western Washington 10-0-0... 30^
Concordia 9-0-1... 28^
Northwest Nazarene 7-3-0... 21^
Seattle Pacific 7-4-0... 21^
Simon Fraser 4-6-0... 12
Western Oregon 1-7-2... 5
MSU-Billings 2-7-2... 8
Saint Martin's 2-7-1... 7
Central Washington 0-8-2... 2
^Clinched playoff berth

Remaining Games
10/26: Western Washington @ Northwest Nazarene, Central Washington @ Concordia, Saint Martin's @ Simon Fraser, Western Oregon @ Seattle Pacific
10/28: MSU-Billings @ Central Washington, Saint Martin's @ Northwest Nazarene, Concordia @ Western Washington, Simon Fraser @ Western Oregon

DII GNAC UPDATE - MEN ####

10/19 Northwest Nazarene 0-1 OT Seattle Pacific
The Nighthawks were minutes away from a draw in Seattle when the hosts found the golden goal in the 107th minute.

10/19 MSU-Billings 2-3 Concordia 
The hosts got on the board in the 24th and Eli Williams (Spokane, WA) tied it up less than two minutes into the second half with a header off a cross from Luca Battistotti. The Yellowjackets jumped in front in the 78th minute, but the Cavaliers answered quickly a minute later and snagged the win in the 85th.

10/19 Western Washington 2-3 Saint Martin's 
Sebastian Navarro (Yakima, WA) set up the initial equalizer and later the game-winner for the Saints.

10/21 Northwest Nazarene 3-2 OT Concordia 
In a back-and-forth affair, the Nighthawks claimed the victory on a 99th minute free kick from Edwin Quiroz that was nodded home by Jose Labinino-Ramos. Daniel Brendel put them in front initially in the 24th minute off a cross only to see the Cavaliers answer three minutes later. Skyler Munroe put them back in front off a through ball in the 75th but a Cavs goal in the 87th sent things to extra time.

10/21 MSU-Billings 2-1 Seattle Pacific 
The Yellowjackets bounced back from the loss in the previous contest, but had to overcome a deficit off a 18th minute SPU goal. Guillaume Kremer evened matters off a free kick from about 18 yards in the 38th minute. They tallied the winner in the 67th when Niklas Schregel finished a low cross from Victor Sanchez.

Other Results 
10/21 Simon Fraser 3-2 Saint Martin's 

Standings (W-L-T... Pts)
Simon Fraser 6-1-1... 19
Western Washington 5-2-1... 16
Seattle Pacific 5-2-1... 16
MSU-Billings 4-5-0... 12
Northwest Nazarene 3-4-1... 10
Concordia 3-5-1... 10
Saint Martin's 1-7-1... 4

Remaining Games
10/26: Western Washington @ Northwest Nazarene, Simon Fraser @ MSU-Billings, Concordia @ Seattle Pacific
10/28: Western Washington @ MSU-Billings, Simon Fraser @ Northwest Nazarene, Saint Martin's @ Seattle Pacific

DIII NWC UPDATE - WOMEN ####

10/21 George Fox 0-2 Whitworth
The Pirates grabbed the lead at the 20-minute mark when Leah Corra finished a McKenzie Hemp (Kalispell, MT) cross from about 12 yards. Michele Whan added some insurance in the 61st from about eight yards out. Molly Webster (CC Spokane) made three saves for the shutout as Whitworth moved back atop the table.

10/21 Pacific 1-5 Whitman 
Jordan O'Roy scored the lone goal of the first half in the 32nd minute, but the Blues broke things open with back-to-back goals in the 52nd minute. Sophie Brussell tallied on the first on an assist from Sofia Ellington (Bend, OR) and Jessie Mano hit for the second just 17 seconds later. The Boxers tallied in the 60th before Eliza Van Wetter scored in the 70th and Chelsea Day wrapped things up in the 89th.

10/21 Lewis & Clark 0-4 Puget Sound
Lura Morton (Moscow, ID) scored the opening goal in the 15th and the third goal int he 48th for the Loggers.

10/22 Pacific 1-5 Whitworth
Katie Bischoff (Spokane, WA) converted a penalty in the 16th minute and got things rolling in the second half for the Pirates when she fed Michele Whan for the second on a nice 20-yard effort in the 57th. Leah Corra scored her second of the weekend at the hour mark and Coby Yoshimura scored in the 74th. The Boxers were able to get on the board in the 85th but the Pirates answered quickly less than a minute later with a penalty converted by Kara Need. Check out INWsn Gameday for recap & pics HERE [+]

10/22 George Fox 2-1 Whitman
The Bruins grabbed the lead right before the break and held the advantage until Dani Espinoza brought things back level in the 78th. It looked like the two were headed to overtime when a penalty in the 89th gave the Bruins the victory.

Other Results 
10/18 Pacific Lutheran 0-1 Puget Sound 
10/21 Linfield 0-2 Willamette
10/22 Willamette 0-2 Pacific Lutheran 
10/22 Linfield 3-0 Lewis & Clark 

Standings (W-L-T... Pts)
Whitworth 10-1-1... 31
Pacific Lutheran 10-2-0... 30
Puget Sound 8-2-2... 26
Willamette 7-4-1... 22
George Fox 5-5-2... 17
Linfield 5-6-1... 16
Lewis & Clark 2-9-1... 7
Whitman 2-9-1... 7
Pacific 0-11-1... 1

DIII NWC UPDATE - MEN ####

10/21 Puget Sound 0-1 Whitworth
A shot from Eric Espinoza in the 34th was not held onto by the UPS keeper, allowing Daniel Alvarez to finish for the victory with Jesus Nunez making four stops for the shutout.

10/21 Pacific Lutheran 2-2 Whitman
In a back-and-forth affair, the Blues grabbed the lead twice, but had to settle for a draw against one of the title contenders. Noah Cavanaugh opened the scoring with a penalty in the sixth minute, but a pk at the other end tied things back up in the 32nd. Cavanaugh helped reclaim the lead 50 seconds into the second half with an assist on Jacob Fritz' (Bend, OR) go-ahead goal. The Lutes, however, tied things back up in the 56th and things remained deadlocked from there despite the Blues holding a 16-11 advantage in shots through the second half and overtime.

10/22 Pacific Lutheran 3-2 Whitworth
In a wild three-goal finish in the final five minutes, the Lutes came out on top. Check out INWsn Gameday for recap & pics HERE [+]

10/22 Puget Sound 0-1 Whitman
Noah Cavanaugh set up Jadon Bachtold at the half-hour mark and that was all the Blues needed as Owen Davis-Bower made three saves to post the shutout.

Other Results 
10/21 Willamette 2-0 George Fox
10/21 Linfield 1-4 Pacific 
10/22 George Fox 1-1 Linfield
10/22 Pacific 0-1 OT Willamette 

Standings (W-L-T... Pts)
Willamette 8-1-2... 26
Pacific Lutheran 7-2-2... 23
Whitworth 6-4-1... 19
Whitman 5-3-3... 18
Pacific 5-5-1... 16
Puget Sound 5-5-1... 16
George Fox 2-8-1... 7
Linfield 0-10-1... 1

NAIA CCC UPDATE - WOMEN ####

10/20 Evergreen 1-2 OT Providence
Sydney Knieriem set up Eme McLaughlin (Great Falls, MT) for the opening goal just 26 seconds into the contest for the Argos. The Geoducks, however, scored in the 57th and the two would go to overtime where Knieriem would find the winner on a free kick in the 98th minute.

10/20 Northwest 0-1 Carroll 
Makayla Welch (Boise, ID) scored the lone goal from about 25 yards out for the Saints in the 58th minute. Devan Murfitt needed to only make two stops as the hosts allowed just four shots in the contest.

10/20 Eastern Oregon 0-0 College of Idaho
The Yotes kept the league leaders off the board in the scoreless stalemate with 12 stops by goalkeeper Brittany Houghton as they were outshot 20-6. At the other end Cydni Cottrell made five saves for her clean sheet.

10/20 Warner Pacific 1-3 Rocky Mountain
Trailing from a 17th minute free kick, the Bears wasted no time after coming out from the break, scoring 50 seconds into the second half on a Lauryn Gamache corner that Sami Heimer put away. Hannah Borgel intercepted the ball and tallied the go-ahead goal in the 59th with Gamache adding some insurance with a free kick in the 66th.

10/21 Northwest 3-0 Providence
Stephanie Wilson (Kalispell, MT) set up the opening goal for the Eagles and Katie Michkiosky's (Wenatchee, WA) shot was saved and put away by a teammate in the 59th.

10/21 Evergreen 0-2 Carroll 
Jessica Becker scored in the 19th minute for the lead and a ball from Makayla Welch set up Christina Plank for some insurance in the 66th. The defense allowed just five shots, one on goal that Sydney Green stopped in her brief time in goal in relief of Devan Murfitt.

10/22 Eastern Oregon 0-1 Rocky Mountain
A corner from Lauryn Gamache deflected in off a defender for an own goal just 92 seconds into the match and Maia Wetzel (Helena, MT) made three stops for the shutout win.

10/22 Warner Pacific 1-2 College of Idaho
Sabrina Mallett scored the opening goal in the 23rd minute, but Bethany Forst (Boise, ID / Columbia Basin) set up the equalizer for the Knights in the 39th. Bailey Watson (Boise, ID) would get the winner for the Yotes in the 63rd via Hailey Boyd (Boise, ID).

Other Results 
10/21 Southern Oregon 0-1 Oregon Tech

Standings (W-L-T... Pts)
Eastern Oregon 7-1-1... 22^
Rocky Mountain 7-2-0... 21^
Corban 6-2-1... 19^
Oregon Tech 6-3-0... 18^
Northwest 5-4-0... 15
Southern Oregon 5-4-0... 15
Providence 5-4-0... 15
College of Idaho 4-4-1... 13
Carroll 3-4-2... 11
Warner Pacific 1-6-2... 5
Northwest Christian 1-8-0... 3
Evergreen 0-8-1... 1

Remaining Game
10/27: Northwest Christian @ Eastern Oregon, Rocky Mountain @ Evergreen, College of Idaho @ Northwest, Carroll @ Oregon Tech, Providence @ Southern Oregon, Corban @ Warner Pacific
10/28: Corban @ Eastern Oregon, College of Idaho @ Evergreen, Rocky Mountain @ Northwest, Providence @ Oregon Tech, Carroll @ Southern Oregon, Northwest Christian @ Warner Pacific

NAIA CCC UPDATE - MEN #### 

10/20 Eastern Oregon 1-3 College of Idaho
Carter Perry (Boise, ID) put the Yotes on the board in the 14th minute via Brenden Kenley (Meridian, ID / Walla Walla CC) and Guilherme Siqueira converted a penalty in the 44th to make it two before the break. Perry turned provider in the 51st, combining with Cole Fuller (Boise, ID) to set up Jacob Hurter. Josh Goodman would spoil the shutout in the 74th.

10/20 Warner Pacific 0-3 Rocky Mountain
After a scoreless first half Chasen Lashure put the Bears on the board in the 48th minute and doubled matters in the 78th. Mason Luse (Billings, MT) found Pablo Ferreira in the 82nd.

10/20 Evergreen 1-2 Providence
Christoffer Bisbo scored the opening tally in the 18th minute but the visitors answered in the 33rd, taking the match well into the second half before the Argos got the winner off the head of Ole Cloppenburg on a corner from Adrian Gomez in the 77th.

10/20 Northwest 1-0 Carroll 
The Saints outshot the visitors 14-8 in the contest, but an own goal in the 77th did them in as a cross deflected off a defender to give the Eagles the win.

10/20 Walla Walla 0-1 Northwest Christian
Kohl Tomcho (Spokane, WA) came close to getting Walla Walla their first point with 12 saves, but a goal in the 23rd minutes was the difference.

10/20 Multnomah 0-5 Corban
Nathaniel Cheney (Clarkston, WA) scored the third goal in the 29th minute for the Warriors in the victory.

10/21 Northwest 2-1 Providence
Jake Morse (Spokane, WA) put the Eagles in front on a shot from the edge of the box in the 15th minute and NU doubled the lead in the 38th. Christopher Chavez, who got an assist the day before, tallied in the 69th via Cole Myers (Great Falls, MT), but the Argos were unable to find another to pull even.

10/21 Evergreen 3-1 Carroll 
The Geoducks held a two goal lead after just 13 minutes before Jose Mena got the Saints on the board in the 23rd off a through ball. The visitors, though, restored the lead before the intermission and the two sides were scoreless in the second half despite Carroll outshooting the visitors 9-3 in the half and 22-8 for the game.

10/21 Walla Walla 1-15 Corban
Nathaniel Cheney scored a pair of goals in the victory.

10/22 Warner Pacific 2-1 College of Idaho
Cole Fuller scored the opening goal on a ball from Carter Perry 10 minutes into the contest, but the Knights evened things up with a penalty in the 24th and and grabbed the win on a goal 11 minutes into the second half.

10/22 Eastern Oregon 0-3 Rocky Mountain 
A free kick from Marco Kummerle was nodded home by Matthew Thomas for the lead three minutes into the contest. The match stayed tight until a rebounded Sam Davidson shot was put away by Milo Downey in the 57th. Davidson would later get his goal, scoring on a play set up by Colin Gregory (Billings, MT) and Alexander Taylor. Cole Catlin made three saves for the shutout.

Other Results 
10/17 Warner Pacific 2-0 Multnomah 
10/21 Southern Oregon 1-0 Oregon Tech
10/21 Multnomah 0-2 Northwest Christian

Standings (W-L-T... Pts)
Rocky Mountain 10-1-0... 30^
Corban 9-1-1... 28^
Southern Oregon 9-1-1... 28^
Northwest 7-3-1... 22^
Northwest Christian 6-3-2... 20
Evergreen 5-3-3... 18
Oregon Tech 5-5-1... 16
Carroll 5-6-0... 15
College of Idaho 5-6-0... 15
Providence 5-6-0... 15
Eastern Oregon 4-6-1... 13
Warner Pacific 3-8-0... 9
Multnomah 0-12-0... 0
Walla Walla 0-12-0... 0

Remaining Games
10/27: Carroll @ Oregon Tech, Northwest Christian @ Eastern Oregon, Rocky Mountain @ Evergreen, College of Idaho @ Northwest, Providence @ Southern Oregon, Corban @ Warner Pacific
10/28: Providence @ Oregon Tech, Corban @ Eastern Oregon, College of Idaho @ Evergreen, Rocky Mountain @ Northwest, Carroll @ Southern Oregon, Multnomah @ Walla Walla, Northwest Christian @ Warner Pacific

LOWER DIVISION NOTES ####

DII -  Caylin Cathey (Billings, MT) set up the opening goal and Megan Lowery (Hayden, ID / North Idaho College) scored the second for Mary in a 3-0 win against Concordia-St Paul... Rikki Fix (Boise, ID) set up the opening goal for Regis in a 2-0 win at Western State Colorado.

DIII - Ben Thompson (Spokane, WA) scored the opening goal for Redlands in a 1-1 draw at third-place Cal Lutheran.

NAIA - Riley Martinson (Spokane, WA) set up the first goal for Embry-Riddle AU in a 2-0 win at La Sierra and then set up the first and third goals in a 3-0 victory at second-place Antelope Valley... Sarah Toney (Meridian, ID) helped set up the opening goal for Hastings College as they rolled to an 8-1 win against College of Saint Mary.

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