Going into the weekend having snapped a five-game winless run on Thursday against California, the Cougars added a huge result that could play a big role in a potential postseason invitation by playing top-ranked Stanford to a 1-1 draw, becoming the first team to score against the Cardinal in six games and first to take points off of them since Santa Clara's 1-1 draw at the end of the non-conference slate.
In other key action over the weekend the Cascade Collegiate Conference wrapped up its season, setting up each of the eight-team brackets for their tournaments to determine entrants for the NAIA national tournament.
Here's a recap of the weekend's action and all the INWsn players headed to the postseason around the nation.
## Women's Scores & Notes ##
Pac-12, Mountain West & West Coast Conferences
PAC-12 Stanford 1-1 Washington State :: Going up against the top-ranked team in the nation, the Cougs kept themselves in it despite being vastly outshot, falling behind by only one goal in the 41st minute of the first half in which the shot tally was 19-6. Morgan Weaver took advantage of a rare mistake from the Cardinal in the 77th, pouncing on a misplayed ball in the back line and scoring the first goal allowed since September 27 (six games) against UCLA. The defense held on from there with Rachel Thompson finishing with nine saves as they were outshot 34-16 and the other registering three stops.
HIGHLIGHT | What a play by the junior. @morgan_weaver8 creating the mistake and depositing it in the back of the net #GoCougs pic.twitter.com/G4WAkSrd39— WSU Cougar Soccer (@WSUCougarSoccer) October 28, 2018
PAC-12 - Arizona State 4-0 Oregon State :: Christina Edwards (Bend, OR) scored the third goal for the Sun Devils.
PAC-12 - California 1-4 Washington :: Summer Yates (Pasco, WA) set up the third goal for the Huskies.
WCC - Loyola Marymount 3-4 Gonzaga :: Samantha Heilman (Richland, WA) and Indian Jencks combined to set up Sophia Viviano four minutes into the contest but would find themselves trailing by a goal at halftime. A shot from Alaysia Lane that rebounded off the crossbar was put away by Maggie Conners in the 53rd to even it up and McKenna Ferrara also put away a rebound of her own shot that deflected off a defender four minutes later. LMU made it even again with a strike in the 78th, but Viviano answered a minute later via Jodi Ulkekul and Heilman to give the Zags the win.
Plenty of highlights from this one! A 4-3 win for the Zags and sole possession of fourth place in @WCCsports standings! #UnitedWeZag pic.twitter.com/zuHcnaMv3Q— Gonzaga W Soccer (@zagswsoccer) October 28, 2018
WCC - Santa Clara 0-2 BYU
WCC - Pepperdine 2-0 Portland
Standings: PAC-12 MW WCC
Big Sky Conference - Standings
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
Saturday - Simon Fraser 0-2 Northwest Nazarene :: The Nighthawks upset the Clan with Rikki Myers putting them on the board in the 25th on a long ball from Kaisa Tsuruta. Brooke Felzien (Boise, ID) took a ball from Magda Wronski to provide some insurance in the 78th.
Saturday - Western Washington 2-1 MSU Billings :: The Vikings scored in the 13th and added what proved to be the winner in the opening minute of the second half. Claire Tevaseu and Amanda Hemmen combined to set up Haylee Gunter in the 80th minute but the Yellowjackets were unable to find the equalizer.
Saturday - Seattle Pacific 1-1 Concordia
Northwest Conference - Standings
Saturday - Willamette 0-2 Whitworth :: Arielle Van Peursem broke the deadlock with the Bearcats with a strike in the 61st minute courtesy of a header from Brixiada Mendoza (Yakima, WA) off a cross from Gabriella Coprivnicar (Boise, ID). She helped secure the victory with less than five minutes left, finding Coby Yoshimura for the second goal. Molly Webster (CC Spokane) finished with six saves for the shutout.
Saturday - Linfield 6-2 Whitman :: Amidee Colleknon (Bend, OR) scored the second goal for the Wildcats as they built a three goal lead before halftime. It would expand to five before Dani Espinoza scored on a free kick for the Blues in the 87th. A minute later Esmeralda Galvan (Nampa, ID) headed in a Sarah Fix (Cheney, WA) corner for the second Blues goal.
Saturday - Lewis & Clark 1-5 Pacific Lutheran
Saturday - Pacific 0-5 Puget Sound
Sunday - Linfield 0-2 Whitworth :: Coby Yoshimura broke open the scoring with a header off a cross from Kelly Wucherer 11 minutes into the contest. Midfielder Jadyn Baumgartner (Boise, ID) made a huge goal-line stop with about 13 minutes left to preserve the lead and with three minutes left Arielle Van Perseum struck on a tightly-angled effort to lock up the result. Molly Webster (CC Spokane) finished with four saves for the shutout. Senior Day Video [+]
Sunday - Willamette 1-1 Whitman :: Julia Fecteau (Bend, OR) scored off a rebound in the 36th minute for the visiting Bearcats with Dani Espinoza quickly answering for the Blues a minute later.
Sunday - Pacific 0-4 Pacific Lutheran :: Savannah Brown (Kennewick, WA) tallied the final goal for the Lutes in the 39th minute.
Sunday - George Fox 0-2 Puget Sound :: Lura Morton (Moscow, ID) helped set up the opening goal in the 20th and Kylee Roath (Bend, OR) headed in a corner in the 69th.
Cascade Collegiate Conference - Standings
The race for the final berth between Corban and Providence was settled Saturday with the Warriors grabbing the final berth with the victory, making Sunday's loss inconsequential for the Argos.
Quarterfinal matchups announced for #CCCWSOC and #CCCMSOC Championships presented by @USBank. Tourney begins Nov. 7 in Springfield, Ore. pic.twitter.com/RfkR0pvoob— Cascade Conference (@CCCSports) October 29, 2018
Saturday - Warner Pacific 0-1 Corban :: Lexi McQueary (Kennewick, WA) helped set up the game-winning goal from Macy Goodwin (Pocatello, ID) in the fourth minute of the contest and the Warriors made it stand to lock up the eighth and final postseason berth.
Saturday - Multnomah 0-3 Northwest Christian
Sunday - Southern Oregon 0-1 (OT) Carroll :: The two sides were locked in a stalemate that nearly went the distance before Katie Martin (Clancy, MT) delivered a cross that Kirsten Girolami first-timed past the keeper in the 108th minute. At the other end Devan Murfitt (Bozeman, MT) registered four saves in the shutout.
Sunday - Evergreen State 0-1 College of Idaho :: Alexa Rierson (Twin Falls, ID) flicked in a cross from Lexie Hibler to break the deadlock in the 52nd minute and the goal stood for the victory as the defense limited the Geoducks to just two shots that Shae Waters had to deal with.
Sunday - Northwest 2-3 (OT) Rocky Mountain :: Lauryn Gamache set up Sami Heimer for the lone goal of the first half in the 35th minute, but the Eagles tied things up in the opening minute of the second half when Whitney Weaver (Spokane, WA) found Katie Michkiosky (Wenatchee, WA). The Eagles would claim the lead in the 83rd through Michkiosky, but Gamache found an equalizer with three minutes left and would connect with Mhari Smith, who tallied the winner three minutes into overtime.
Sunday - Oregon Tech 2-0 Providence :: The Owls scored five seconds into the second half and added some insurance with five minutes left.
Around the Nation
Iowa State 0-3 Baylor :: Camryn Wendlandt's (Coeur d'Alene, ID) Bears kicked off the Big 12 tournament at Swope Park in Kansas City with a big win.
Minnesota Duluth 0-1 Minot State :: Haley Berryman (Ephrata, WA) / Walla Walla CC) scored her ninth of the season for the win, extending an unbeaten streak to seven games and giving them the fourth seed in the DII NSIC tournament.
American University 0-0 Army West Point :: Defender Mia Padon (Spokane, WA) and midfielder Dani Mendoza (Richland, WA) helped lead Army to the draw in their finale and the sixth seed in the Patriot League tournament.
Redlands 0-4 Cal Lutheran :: Though the Bulldogs lost the season finale, defender Bria Bowton (Spokane, WA) and midfielder Alexa Glick (Boise, ID) are headed into the DIII SCIAC tournament as the fourth seed.
Colorado Mesa 1-3 Westminster :: Sarah Reiber (Yakima, WA) and Abby Keeley (Boise, ID) helped lead the Griffins to the win and the DII RMAC tournament as the third seed.
St Cloud State 2-0 Mary :: Though they fell, the Marauders, featuring Megan Lowery (Hayden, ID / North Idaho College) and Caylin Cathey (Billings, MT) among several other INWsn players, finished eighth in the NSIC to advance to the tournament.
Seattle University 2-0 Utah Valley :: Though she didn't play, freshman Paige Malm (Spokane, WA) and her Redhawks won the finale and are headed to the DI WAC tournament as the second seed.
## Men's Scores & Notes ##
DIVISION I
PAC-12 - San Diego State 0-2 Washington :: Blake Bodily (Eagle, ID) set up the second goal for the Huskies.
WCC - Portland 2-0 Santa Clara :: RJ Stretch (Spokane, WA) set up the second goal for the Pilots in the win.
WCC - Gonzaga 0-2 San Francisco :: The Dons tallied back-to-back goals in the 33rd and 38th minutes for the win.
Standings - WCC
Great Northwest Athletic Conference - Standings
Saturday - MSU Billings 2-4 Saint Martin's :: Sebastian Navarro (Yakima, WA) set up the third goal and fourth goals for the Saints, which jumped to an initial three goal lead. Andres Perez scored both goals for the Yellowjackets, tallying to cut the deficit to two in the 34th and the final goal in the 84th.
Saturday - Northwest Nazarene 0-4 Simon Fraser :: The top-ranked Clan scored twice in the opening nine minute and added two more in the second half.
Saturday - Seattle Pacific 1-5 Western Washington
Northwest Conference - Standings
Saturday - Pacific 0-1 Whitworth :: Jose Bautista put away a rebound off Zanskar Blair's shot in the 67th minute and the defense held for the shutout, limiting the Boxers to just two shots that Jesus Nunez needed to save.
Saturday - George Fox 0-4 Whitman :: Four different players tallied for the Blues in the contest with Peter Stephens scoring the lone goal of the first half on a cross from Alex Cooper in the 36th. CJ Fritz (Bend, OR) made the lead two in the 54th when he put away the rebound of his own saved shot and Erik Nielson pushed it to three in the 68th when he knocked home a blocked cross. Stephens would set up the final goal form Adam Joss in the 86th.
Saturday - Pacific Lutheran 3-1 Linfield :: Joe Sammartino (Boise, ID) set up the equalizer for the Lutes and scored the final goal in the victory.
Saturday - Puget Sound 2-1 Willamette :: Luke Murdock (Boise, ID) scored the opening goal in the 27th minute and doubled the lead two minutes into the second half with what proved to be the winner.
Sunday - Pacific 0-2 Whitman :: Defender Jadon Bachtold found Adam Joss for the opening goal in the 40th minute and then scored himself off a cross from Jacob Barsher four minutes later. Owen Davis-Bower only needed to make two saves before giving way to Jack Filipponi in the 76th.
Sunday - George Fox 1-1 Whitworth :: Jose Bautista battled with a defender in the box to drop a ball back to the top of the box for Azzam Azzam's one-time finish in the 22nd minute. Just over two minutes into the second half the Bruins equalized on a ball pinging around the scrum of players near the six after a well-struck second chance from the top of the box was stopped. Senior Day Video [+]
Sunday - Puget Sound 3-2 Linfield :: Down by two on the road Luke Murdock's (Boise, ID) penalty kick conversion in the 74th minute sparked a rally of three unanswered goals in the final 17 minutes for the Loggers.
Sunday - Pacific Lutheran 1-1 Willamette :: Joe Sammartino (Boise, ID) scored the equalizer for the Lutes in the 81st minute on a penalty kick.
Cascade Collegiate Conference - Standings
Carroll lost in its final contest, which closed the gap with Evergreen State pulling even with a tie and Oregon Tech with the victory, but they still went through as the trio filling the final three berths available with College of Idaho falling out of the running due to a tie and Warner Pacific from a loss.
Quarterfinal matchups announced for #CCCWSOC and #CCCMSOC Championships presented by @USBank. Tourney begins Nov. 7 in Springfield, Ore. pic.twitter.com/RfkR0pvoob— Cascade Conference (@CCCSports) October 29, 2018
Saturday - Warner Pacific 0-3 Corban
Saturday - Multnomah 0-1 Northwest Christian
Sunday - Southern Oregon 3-1 Carroll :: Terry Cox (Spokane, WA) scored the opening goal for the Saints in the 50th minute to break the stalemate, but the 14th-ranked Raiders rallied for the win and the top seed.
Sunday - Evergreen State 1-1 College of Idaho :: Trailing since the 17th minute the Yotes found the equalizer in the 66th when Cole Fuller (Boise, ID) connected with Ahmet Huremovic (Meridian, ID) on a cross. Zach Dean helped take it the rest of the way, finishing with five saves.
Sunday - Northwest 1-3 Rocky Mountain :: Trailing at halftime, the Bears came out and quickly evened matters with Marco Kummerle finding Gregor Watson four minutes in. Nolan Sherwood would put them in front in the 68th and Kummerle connected with Mason Luse (Billings, MT) for some insurance with four minutes left.
Sunday - Oregon Tech 4-0 Providence :: Brennan Gazdik (Boise, ID) set up the third goal and Cade Roske (Pocatello, ID / North Idaho College) scored the final goal for the Owls.
Sunday - Walla Walla 1-10 Eastern Oregon :: Christian Miramontes (La Grande, OR) scored two goals along with Oscar Munoz, Anthony Leavens and Alex Gutierrez. Leavens and Gutierrez also had an assist in the game.
Around the Nation
CSU East Bay 1-3 Humboldt State :: Devin Hauenstein (Spokane, WA) scored what proved to be the winning goal in the 81st minute to put the Jacks up two at the time.
Florida Gulf Coast 4-1 Jacksonville :: Noah Bushey (Spokane, WA) played in the side's victory that clinched a share of the DI Atlantic Sun Conference title and second seed in the conference tourney.
Colorado Mesa 3-0 Adams State :: Midfielder Peter Vandam (Missoula, MT) helped lead the Mavericks to a win in their finale to finish third in the DII RMAC heading into the conference tourney.
Westminster 3-1 MSU Denver :: The win gave the Griffins their best season since 2007 with 14 wins and sends several players from the INWsn region into the DII RMAC tournament as the second seed.
Johns Hopkins 3-2 Dickinson :: Though as the back-up keeper he did not play, Jeremy Ratcliff (Spokane, WA) and his side finished second in the DI Centennial Conference to advance to the conference tourney.
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