The results Wednesday afternoon turned made significant changes in the playoff picture, particularly on the women's side. Columbia Basin's sweep of North Idaho put the men's side into second thanks to a scoreless draw between Walla Walla and Spokane, and the women's side leaped over idle Yakima Valley to jump squarely into the postseason scenarios going into the final two gamedays.
The Spokane women, meanwhile, downed second-place Walla Walla with a 2-0 road win and used CBC's result against division leader NIC to leap back into first after falling from the top spot last week.
WOMEN
Spokane 2-0 Walla Walla :: Megan Wilkinson (Pasco, WA) found Kendall Bastine (Spokane, WA) four minutes into the contest to give the Bigfoot the lead in an extremely tight affair that saw just four shots on goal between the two sides. Wilkinson would tally in the 58th to give Spokane some insurance and Micky Ramirez would finish out the clean sheet, making one save.
North Idaho 0-1 Columbia Basin :: Danielle Chang's hot streak continued for the Hawks. The midfielder scored the winning strike in the 82nd minute via Miranda Nelson (Kennewick, WA), breaking the stalemate and getting past Kaysha Bailey (Lewiston, ID), who made six saves on the day for the Cardinals. Caitlyn Hossfeld Spokane, WA) was not called upon to make a save at the other end.
Notes: Kaeli Vangrimbergen (Spokane, WA) scored the final goal for Whatcom in a 5-0 victory at Edmonds.
Standings
Spokane 8-1-3... 27
North Idaho 8-2-2... 26
Walla Walla 8-3-1... 25
Columbia Basin 6-2-4... 22
Yakima Valley 6-4-1... 19
Wenatchee Valley 2-7-2... 8
Treasure Valley 1-9-1... 4
Blue Mountain 0-11-0... 0
Remaining Schedule...
Friday, October 19
Wenatchee Valley @ Treasure Valley 12:00
Yakima Valley @ Blue Mountain 2:00
Saturday, October 20
Yakima Valley @ Treasure Valley 11:00
Wenatchee Valley @ Blue Mountain 12:00
Walla Walla @ North Idaho 12:00
Columbia Basin @ Spokane 3:00
Wednesday, October 24
Blue Mountain @ Treasure Valley 12:00
Columbia Basin @ Walla Walla 1:00
Spokane @ North Idaho 1:00
Wenatchee Valley @ Yakima Valley 1:00
MEN
Spokane 0-0 Walla Walla :: In a tight affair the two teams combined for just 14 shots with Caleb Garbuio making two saves for Spokane and Alex Grimaldo (Caldwell, ID) four for Walla Walla in the stalemate.
North Idaho 1-3 Columbia Basin :: Joel Valle (Pasco, WA) and Uriel Mendoza (Prosser, WA) tallied in the 19th and 35th minutes of the contest to give the Hawks a two goal lead at the break. Juan Cruz (Kennewick, WA) added another five minutes into the second half for a commanding advantage. The Cardinals would spoil the shutout for the Hawks with Japheth Taylor tallying in the 71st.
Notes: Paul Cuevas (Yakima, WA) tallied the first three goals with Rafael Cuevas (Yakima, WA) setting up the third and Edgar Ramirez (Yakima, WA) scoring the fourth. Carlos Talavera (Brewster, WA) scored the final goal for Skagit Valley in the 5-2 win at Shoreline.
Standings
Walla Walla 7-1-2...23 pts
Columbia Basin 6-1-3... 21
Spokane 6-2-2... 20
Wenatchee Valley 5-4-1... 16
North Idaho 4-5-1... 13
Treasure Valley 1-6-3... 6
Blue Mountain 0-10-0... 0
Remaining Schedule...
Friday, October 19
Wenatchee Valley @ Treasure Valley 2:15
Saturday, October 20
Wenatchee Valley @ Blue Mountain 2:15
Walla Walla @ North Idaho 2:15
Columbia Basin @ Spokane 5:15
Wednesday, October 24
Blue Mountain @ Treasure Valley 2:15
Columbia Basin @ Walla Walla 3:15
Spokane @ North Idaho 3:15
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