Monday, October 22, 2018

College Notebook 10.22.18 - Boise State Claims First Title as EWU, Montana Qualify in Big Sky

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Sunday was a huge day for area Division I sides as Eastern Washington and Montana picked up key victories in their season finales to grabbed the final two berths in the Big Sky tournament. Meanwhile, a scoreless draw between two of the top sides in the Mountain West saw the Boise State Broncos earn a share of the league championship - for the first time in program history - going into their final game next week. The postseason and championship races are heading into the final week (or two) in many other leagues around the region.

Here's a recap of the weekend's action and breakdowns on where things stand around the northwest...

## Women's Scores & Notes ## 

Pac-12, Mountain West & West Coast Conferences

MW - San Jose State 0-0 Boise State :: The Broncos came away with a draw that ensured at least a share of the Mountain West championship. Tara Fisher made three saves for the clean sheet.



WCC - Gonzaga 0-1 Santa Clara :: The Broncos picked up the victory between the two one-loss sides with Maria Sanchez (American Falls, ID) scoring the deciding goal eight minutes into the contest.  



PAC12 - Washington State 1-2 Arizona :: The Cougs dropped their fifth consecutive as the two exchanged goals midway through the second half. The hosts jumped in front in the 61st with Maegan O'Neill (Spokane, WA) evening it up in the 69th. The Wildcats, though, answered three minutes later with the winner.


PAC12 - Utah 2-1 California :: Makayla Christensen (Meridian, ID) scored the equalizer for the Utes in the comeback win.

Standings:  PAC-12   MW   WCC 

Big Sky Conference  

Montana 3-1 Sacramento State :: The Griz took the lead early looking to control their bid for one of the two remaining playoff spots. Janessa Fowler converted a penalty 11 minutes in and Caitlin Rogers found Kennedy Yost (Pocatello, ID)  for a second just four minutes later. Rogers set up Alexa Coyle (Bozeman, MT) in the 63rd to put the game out of reach for the Hornets, though Caitlin Prothe (Spokane, WA) would spoil the shutout with a goal in the 86th.

Eastern Washington 2-0 Southern Utah :: Needing a win to ensure a return to the postseason, the defending champs finally broke through with a penalty converted by Jenny Chavez in the 69th minute. Saige Lyons added some insurance in the 87th as the Eags locked up one of the two remaining berths. Kelsee Winston (Pasco, WA) made eight saves for the shutout.



Idaho 0-0 Northern Arizona :: The defensive stalemate finished with Makayla Presgrave making seven saves for the Vandals in the shutout. The draw left them short of a share of the league title, but with Northern Colorado, a point back, also playing to a draw they would finish second and get the other first round bye. The Vandals finished the month without allowing a goal in five consecutive games to finish the season with seven shutouts in nine games.



Northern Colorado 1-1 Portland State :: Tiegan Horton (Coeur d'Alene, ID / North Idaho College) finished with four saves for the Vikings, but a win would not have been enough either as both EWU and Montana had also won.

Standings
Weber State 7-1-1... 22 pts*
University of Idaho 6-1-2... 20*
Northern Colorado 6-2-1... 19*
Northern Arizona 5-1-3... 18*
University of Montana 3-2-4... 13*
Eastern Washington 4-4-1... 13*
Portland State 3-5-1... 10
Sacramento State 2-7-0... 6
Southern Utah 1-7-1... 4
Idaho State 1-8-0... 3
* Playoff spot clinched; six berths in total

Big Sky Tournament - Ogden, Utah 
Quarterfinals 10.31  ---  Semifinals 11.02  ---  Final 11.04
Northern Colorado v Eastern Washington.... Winner v Idaho
Northern Arizona v Montana.... Winner v Weber State

Great Northwest Athletic Conference - Standings

 Going into the final week, the only thing left to be determined is the seeding for the GNAC tournament as fourth place Seattle Pacific is 7-3-0 and Central Washington is too far back at 4-4-2. The Falcons are only four points back of leaders Concordia and Western Washington. Simon Fraser is currently third.

Saint Martin's 0-1 Central Washington :: A ball that came out of a scrum in the box was finished by defender Emily Russell (Kennewick, WA) on a strike from about 20 yards in the 40th minute. Emily Thomson only needed to make one save for the shutout.  

Northwest Nazarene 0-3 Concordia :: The Cavaliers scored once in the first half and twice in the second.  

MSU Billings 0-4 Seattle Pacific :: Makenna Rietz (Walla Walla, WA) set up the final goal for the Falcons.  

Western Oregon 0-2 Western Washington 

Northwest Conference - Standings 

With four games remaining over the next two weeks the race for the championship is a wide open affair as their is only a nine-point gap between Puget Sound and fifth place Linfield. Their rival Pacific Lutheran is three back with Willamette five and Whitworth six. The top five don't face one another much over the next two weeks, but Whitworth hosts Willamette Saturday and, in the biggest match on the slate, PLU hosts Puget Sound on Halloween. The NWC does not feature conference tournaments.

Friday - Whitman 1-0 Pacific :: The Blues struck for the winner in the 84th minute despite being outshot 19-7 for the contest. Dani Espinoza found Pagan Hetherington on a set piece for the winner while Bryanna Schreiber made four saves for he shutout.  

Saturday - Lewis & Clark 0-3 Linfield :: Amidee Colleknon (Bend, OR) scored the final goal in the win.

Saturday - Willamette 1-2 Puget Sound 
Saturday - George Fox 0-1 Pacific Lutheran

Sunday - Whitworth 5-2 Pacific :: Five different players led the Pirates to the win with Arielle Van Peursem scoring the lone goal of the first half and Gabriella Coprivnica (Boise, ID) making it two in the 50th. The Boxers tallied in the 71st with Whitworth answering quickly via Brixiada Mendoza (Yakima, WA) in the 76th, Kelly Wucherer in the 78th and Rachel Wofford, who set up the previous one, in the 80th.  

Sunday - Lewis & Clark 0-1 Puget Sound
Sunday - Willamette 1-2 George Fox
Sunday - Linfield 1-1 Pacific Lutheran 

Cascade Collegiate Conference - Standings 

Eastern Oregon wrapped up its slate and has assured themselves of at least a share of the conference title with Carroll and Southern Oregon, who face one another Sunday, six points back. Oregon Tech, Northwest and College of Idaho round out the six of the eight berths that have been snatched in the CCC with Rocky Mountain, Providence and Corban fighting for the final two as the top eight advance to the conference tournament. RMC holds a huge four point advantage in that race with the Argos and Warriors tied going into their final two games. Providence faces two playoff-bound sides while Corban hosts two of the bottom sides in the league.

Remaining Schedule 
Friday - Northwest @ College of Idaho, Oregon Tech @ Carroll, Evergreen @ Rocky Mountain, Southern Oregon @ Providence, Multnomah @ Corban, Warner Pacific @ Northwest Christian
Saturday - Oregon Tech @ Providence, Warner Pacific @ Corban, Multnomah @ Northwest Christian
Sunday - Southern Oregon @ Carroll, Northwest @ Rocky Mountain, Evergreen @ College of Idaho

Carroll 2-1 (OT) Evergreen State :: The Saints bounced back from their first league loss, but it was not easy. Makayla Welch (Boise, ID) put them in front in the 17th minute off a cross from Payton Netz (Great Falls, MT) on the left side. The Geoducks would even things up in the 55th and keep the game deadlocked until Netz put away a chance off a rebound in the fourth minute of overtime.

College of Idaho 1-0 Warner Pacific :: Jocelyn Cook-Cox netted the winning goal 35 minutes in via Emma Powley. Shae Waters finished with just one save for the shutout.

Northwest Christian 0-2 Eastern Oregon :: Josee Bassett (Coeur d'Alene, ID) found Taylor Boyer for the opening goal in the 33rd minute with a ball over the top. MacKinley Gregus added some insurance in the 66th. Cydni Cottrell (Pasco, WA) and Val Gaffney (Colbert, WA)  combined for the shutout as they locked up at least a share of the league title.  

Rocky Mountain 7-0 Multnomah :: Lauryn Gamache was unstoppable in the first half with a goal and three assists. In addition to setting up Gamache's goal Emily Browne scored twice with Alyssa Schneider and and Rita Marshall tallying the other two first half goals. Gamache set up Shasta Grant and Alexis Robbins scored in the second half.

Providence 0-1 Northwest :: Katie Michkiosky (Wenatchee, WA) tallied the deciding goal in the 64th minute for the Eagles.  

Oregon Tech 1-2 (OT) Southern Oregon

Around the Nation

Kansas 1-3 Baylor :: Camryn Wendlandt (Coeur d'Alene, ID) scored the equalizer off a corner in the 51st minute as the Bears rallied for the win to put them at 7-1 along with West Virginia going into next weekend's season finale against Oklahoma.



Upper Iowa 0-2 Mary :: Megan Lowery (Hayden, ID / North Idaho College) helped set up Caylin Cathey (Billings, MT) in the 20th minute for the opening goal.

Embry-Riddle 6-0 Providence Christian :: Riley Martinson (Spokane, WA) set up the final goal for the Eagles.

Winona State 0-2 Minot State :: Haley Berryman (Ephrata, WA / Walla Walla CC) scored the second goal for the Beavers.


## Men's Scores & Notes ## 

DIVISION I

Gonzaga 0-1 Missouri State :: In a midseason non-conference matchup the Bulldogs fell 1-0 with Ben Willis stopping seven shots in a contest in which they were outshot 17-5.

Great Northwest Athletic Conference - Standings 

With two weeks remaining in the season Simon Fraser has already locked up the league championship at 8-0-0 with MSU Billings at 4-4-1 leading the rest of the pack. Unfortunately, the GNAC men's soccer conference does not feature a playoff tournament as its women's counterpart does.

Concordia 3-2 (OT) Northwest Nazarene :: Jake Levine (Spokane, WA) and Danny Cuevas (Caldwell, ID) combined to set up Skyler Munroe (Boise, ID) in the 14th minute only to see the Cavaliers even it up six minutes later. Levine put them back in front in the 32nd minute through Grant Larson, but another quick reply three minutes later knotted things up again. The two remained deadlocked through the second half before the visitors claimed the win four minutes into extra time.  

MSU Billings 3-2 Seattle Pacific :: Adam Hepburn combined with Luca Battistotti to set up Samuele Folla for the opener 14 minutes in for the Yellowjackets and after the Falcons tied it up Hepburn's deflected shot was put away by Pascal Pisarek to go ahead once more in the 33rd. Pisarek would strike again for what proved to be the winner as Sam Rucklos (Boise, ID) set up a late goal for the Falcons.

Saint Martin's 0-3 Simon Fraser 

Northwest Conference - Standings 

With a handful of games remaining over the next two weeks the title race is down to three sides. Willamette holds a one point advantage of Pacific Lutheran while Whitman is six points back of the Bearcats. PLU and Williamette will meet this Sunday in a crucial game that will play a big role in determining the champion. The NWC does not feature conference tournaments.

Saturday - Whitworth 0-1 Pacific Lutheran :: The Lutes netted the winner in the 51st minute.

Saturday - Whitman 1-1 Puget Sound :: The Loggers broke the deadlock three minutes into the second half with Peter Stephens scoring the equalizer for the Blues in the 79th minute.

Saturday - George Fox 1-2 Linfield :: Moises Manon (Milton-Freewater, OR) nodded in a free kick three minutes in for the Bruins

Saturday - Pacific 1-0 Willamette

Sunday - Whitworth 1-4 Puget Sound :: Luke Murdock (Boise, ID) put the Loggers on the board in the second minute as they grabbed a firm two goal lead in the first three minutes. They added a third midway through the second half before Chase Reidt (Spokane, WA / CC Spokane) put the Pirates on the board.  

Sunday - Whitman 2-2 Pacific Lutheran :: The Blues answered with equalizers twice. Joe Sammartino (Boise, ID) put the Lutes up in the 26th with Oscar Harding evening it up in the 43rd. The hosts regained the advantage in the 61st with Peter Stephens knotting it back up with a penalty in the 87th.  

Sunday - George Fox 1-1 Willamette 
Sunday - Linfield 2-2 Pacific 

Cascade Collegiate Conference - Standings 

Nearly everything is up for grabs going into the final weekend as unbeaten Southern Oregon 10-0-1 has not yet clinched the top spot with Corban three points back. Rocky Mountain and Eastern Oregon are out of reach seven back but have locked up berths along with Providence as the top eight advance to the conference tournament. There are five sides scrambling for the final three spots with Evergreen State at 18 points with Oregon Tech and Carroll two back and College of Idaho and Warner Pacific five back.

Remaining Schedule
Friday - Northwest @ College of Idaho, Evergreen @ Rocky Mountain, Southern Oregon @ Providence, Oregon Tech @ Carroll, Warner Pacific @ Northwest Christian, Multnomah @ Corban
Saturday - Oregon Tech @ Providence, Warner Pacific @ Corban, Multnomah @ Northwest Christian
Sunday - Southern Oregon @ Carroll, Evergreen @ College of Idaho, Northwest @ Rocky Mountain, Walla Walla @ Eastern Oregon

Carroll 1-3 Evergreen State :: Emilio Meraz-Rodriguez (Pasco, WA) set up a pair of goals late in the first half in the 39th and 44th for solid lead that held until Leo Georgiades created some drama with a header off a cross from Paulo Georgiades in the 82nd minute. Esau Vazquez (Kennewick, WA / Walla Walla CC) helped allay any of those concerns three minutes later when he found Mitchell Balmer to complete a hat-trick.  

College of Idaho 4-3 Warner Pacific :: An own goal gave the Yotes an early lead on the road 20 minutes in and Ben Bechor pushed the lead to three with a penalty in the 32nd and one off a ball from Bekir Cinac (Boise, ID) six minutes later. The Knights made things interesting with goals in the 55th and 65th, but another penalty converted by Matthew Sammartino (Eagle, ID) was enough for the Yotes to hang on for the win.  

Northwest Christian 1-2 Eastern Oregon :: Jorge Chavez put the Mountaineers on the board with a penalty in the seventh minute. He then turned provider, finding Carlos Solorio in the 32nd for what proved to be the game-winner as the Beacons got a penalty of their own a minute later.  

Providence 2-1 Northwest :: Noah Prophet (Cheney, WA) set up the opening goal to put the Eagles in front in the 27th minute, but the Argos rallied in the final 18 minutes with a pair of goals from Fernando Gutierrez. He tallied the first on a free kick from about 25 yards out in the 73rd and then beat a defender driving to goal in the 81st.

Rocky Mountain 7-0 Multnomah :: The Bears tallied all seven in the first half. Nolan Sherwood scored four with Sky Swenson and Jonah Gronmayer tallying along with an own goal on a corner.  

Corban 9-0 Walla Walla University :: The Warriors tallied four in the first half as they rolled to the win.  

Oregon Tech 0-2 Southern Oregon 

Around the Nation

Sonoma State 2-4 Humboldt State :: Devin Hauenstein (Spokane, WA) tallied a goal and assist on the final two goals for the Jacks in the win.

Colorado State Pueblo 0-7 Westminster :: Alec Marshall (Bozeman, MT) scored the opening goal for the Griffins.

Ursinus 0-3 Johns Hopkins :: Jeremy Ratcliff (Spokane, WA) made two saves as he finished out the final nine minutes for the 17th-ranked Big 10 side in the shutout.


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