Tuesday, November 13, 2018

College Notebook 11.13.18: Surprises Highlight CCC Tourneys for NAIA Berths as NCAA Tourneys Kicked Off


After a week off the Cascade Collegiate Conference held its postseason tournaments to determine who will join the regular season champions in the NAIA Tournaments. Both number two seeds were upset in the opening round, but Corban would still earn an at-large berth on the men's side despite the loss to Carroll. In the women's tournament, it was Carroll on the losing end of that scenario as the Saints were knocked out in the opener. They were not alone though as regular season champion Eastern Oregon was the lone team of the top four to survive the first day. In the end, third seed Rocky Mountain took the men's title in a shootout against regular season champion Southern Oregon and five seed Northwest completed a fantastic run with a win against EOU.

In national tournament action there were no real surprises as Washington State took care of business against Montana and Santa Clara and Baylor, featuring players from the region, advanced in the Division I tournament. In Division II play, Western Washington reversed the regular season and GNAC tournament results with a second round victory against Concordia in the women's tournament. In Division III play both Puget Sound women Pacific Lutheran men were knocked out, though the Lutes put up a fight in a narrow 1-0 loss in Minnesota.

## Women's Scores & Notes ##  

NCAA DI TOURNAMENT - Bracket 

First Round 


11.9 Montana 1-5 Washington State :: Brianna Alger scored just her second goal of the year in the 36th minute via Hailey Smith to give the Cougars the lead at the break, and Morgan Weaver made it two four minutes into the second. Back-to-back tallies in the 61st and 64th put things well out of reach with Smith and Maddy Haro combining to set up Alysha Overland for the first and Smith scoring the second. Gracie Armstrong added a fifth in the 83rd before the Griz were able to spoil the shutout in the 85th courtesy of Kennedy Yost. Washington State will now travel to Washington DC to face Georgetown, a one seed in the bracket.      




11.10 Milwaukee 1-4 Santa Clara :: Maria Sanchez (American Falls, ID) has really caught fire of late. After a four assist performance in the season finale she opened the postseason with two goals and two assists. She rose to put away a cross from Kelsey Turnbow (Spokane, WA) 17 minutes in for the only goal of the first half. Milwaukee tied things up in the 62nd, but Sanchez found Kaile Halvorsen with a cross seven minutes later to restore the lead and pushed it to two with a header in the 72nd. She combined with Turnbow to set up the final goal in the 86th by Natalie Kennedy. The seventh ranked Broncos will now travel south to face North Carolina State in the second round Friday with the benefit of what should be a home crowd at nearby by UCLA.  



11.10 Abilene Christian 0-2 Baylor :: Camryn Wendlandt (Coeur d'Alene, ID) scored the second goal, heading in a corner to provide some insurance in the 47th minute. The 11th-ranked Bears will host the next two rounds, facing 13th-ranked Vanderbilt in the second round Friday.  



Scores for Teams from PAC-12 & WCC

11.9 Seattle U 0-3 Stanford
11.9 BYU 1-2 TCU
11.9 San Jose State 0-5 UCLA
11.9 Denver 0-3 Arizona
11.9 Long Beach State @ USC

Second Round Games
11.16 Washington State @ Georgetown 10:30 am
11.16 North Carolina State v Santa Clara (@ UCLA) 5:00
11.16 Minnesota @ UCLA 7:30
11.16 Vanderbilt @ Baylor 5:00
11.16 Mississippi @ Stanford 7:00
11.16 Arizona @ Tennessee 2:00

NCAA DII TOURNAMENT - Bracket

Results  - "GNAC Grouping"

First Round - Thursday, November 8

6-Sonoma State 0-1 3-Western Washington (@ Concordia) :: A goal from Gabriela Pelogi in the 16th minute stood as the winner for the Vikings.

7-Seattle Pacific 1-2 2-Concordia :: In their fourth meeting of the year the Cavaliers got on the board two minutes in, but the Falcons continued to be a tough opponent with Claire Neder (Spokane, WA) delivering a cross that was tapped in for the equalizer in the 55th. Concordia, though, reclaimed the lead with the winner four minutes later.  

Second Round - Saturday, November 10

3-Western Washington 3-2 2-Concordia :: After a scoreless first half Gabrielle Ewing scored in the 50th to give the Cavaliers the lead and set up the second with five minutes remaining for what looked like a win to move on. But the longtime regional powerhouse Vikings fought back with Hattie North volleying a ball from 23 yards out within seconds of play resuming and Gabriela Pelogi scored from about 18 yards out a minute later to tie it up and send it to overtime. A cross from Pelogi was headed home by Emily Bunnell to send the Vikings onto the third round.      

Other Notable Games (different locations)
First Round - Friday, November 9

5-Dallas Baptist 1-0 4-Westminster
7-Minot State 1-3 2-Bemidji State

Third Round Games
11.6 3-Western Washington @ 1-UC San Diego 2:00

NCAA DIII TOURNAMENT - Bracket

11.10 Puget Sound 0-3 Hardin-Simmons :: The Loggers kept the sixth-ranked hosts of the board until the 59th minute before they rolled away with the win with three goals in 13 minutes.    

Cascade Collegiate Conference - TOURNAMENT (Springfield, OR)  

Quarterfinals, Wednesday November 7

8-Corban 1-4 1-Eastern Oregon :: The Warriors grabbed the initial lead 10 minutes in, but the Mountaineers would find an equalizer in the 35th minute with Taylor Boyer following up a shot from McKinley Gregus and putting away the rebound. Seven minutes into the second half Jenna Jenson (Spokane, WA) put EOU in front from close range. In the 77th she delivered a corner that Korilynn Goller nodded home to put the lead at two with Gregus getting a second chance on her own blocked shot to make it three a minute later.  

7-Rocky Mountain 0-0 (6-5 SO) 2-Carroll :: The rivals battled to a scoreless stalemate that saw them go to a shootout. The Battlin Bears outshot the Saints in the contest 16-9, forcing seven saves from Devan Murfitt (Bozeman, MT). Maia Wetzel (Helena, MT) made two for RMC. The Bears would prevail in the shootout, which went seven rounds before a winner was decided.  

6-College of Idaho 0-0  3-Oregon Tech :: Shae Waters made six saves during the match to take matters to a shootout for the Yotes in the scoreless stalemate. In the tiebreaker she made a stop in the eighth round to send the Yotes to the semifinals.  

5-Northwest 2-0 4-Southern Oregon :: Katie Michkiosky (Wenatchee, WA) scored 18 minutes into the contest off a through ball from Sharaya Roberts (Spokane, WA) to give the Eagles the advantage. Rylee Rassier (Spokane, WA) would add some insurance in the 30th and the Eagles defense took care of the rest for the shutout.

Semifinals, Thursday November 8

7-Rocky Mountain 0-1 1-Eastern Oregon :: The Battlin Bears' lived up to their name in a tight contest that was decided on a penalty kick goal converted by Taylor Boyer in the 37th minute. Maia Wetzel (Helena, MT) made seven saves for RMC to keep them in it while Cydni Cottrell (Pasco, WA) only needed to make two for the shutout.    

6-College of Idaho 0-4 5-Northwest :: Katie Michkiosky (Wenatchee, WA) opened the scoring again, tallying in the eighth minute. She would later set up the third goal for the Eagles in the 57th minute with Whitney Weaver (Spokane, WA) setting up the four in the 78th to finish things up.  

Championship, Saturday November 10

5-Northwest 1-0 1-Eastern Oregon :: The upset run continued for the Eagles as they battled the regular season champions. They went well into the second half before a corner from Jaclyn Metz was nodded in by Sharaya Roberts (Spokane, WA) in the 61st minute for what stood as the deciding tally.    

NAIA TOURNAMENT - Bracket   Schedule   

Northwest University, featuring nine players from the region, returns to the tournament for a third consecutive appearance while Eastern Oregon makes its third appearance. Both sides will travel for the opening round to face a seeded opponent.

In addition to the CCC sides headed to the tournament, Embry-Riddle AU returns for its fourth appearance in the tournament, representing the California Pacific Conference as tournament champions after also winning the regular season title. Riley Martinson (Deer Park, WA) scored the third goal for the Eagles in a 5-0 win against Marymount and her side downed UC-Merced 1-0 in the conference championship to remain perfect in conference play at 12-0-0. Parker Lee (Kennewick, WA) and Maggi McElrath (Bend, OR) also saw action for the Eagles.

After the opening round at local sites the remaining sides will join host Mobile for rest of the tournament - Second Round through Championship - from November 26 to December 1.

First Round - Saturday, November 17
Northwest @ 5-Vanguard  TBD
Eastern Oregon @ 15-Grace TBD
Hope International @ 9-Embry-Riddle AU TBD

## Men's Scores & Notes ## 

DIVISION I 

WCC - Pacific 1-0 Gonzaga :: Celebrating senior day, the Zags were nipped by the Tigers on a free kick goal in the 64th minute of their season finale.

PAC-12 Oregon State 0-2 Washington :: Blake Bodily (Boise, ID) scored the opening goal in the 44th minute to give the 25th-ranked Huskies the win over the 22nd-ranked Beavers in their season finale.



NCAA DI TOURNAMENT - Bracket 

11.15 Lipscomb @ Washington 7:00
11.15 Portland @ UCLA 4:00
11.15 Rider @ Akron 4:00

NCAA DII TOURNAMENT - Bracket

First Round 
11.11 4-Colorado Mesa 0-0 (5-4 SO) 1-MSU Texas
11.10 5-Cal Poly 1-0 1-Simon Fraser
11.11 3-West Texas 2-0 2-Colorado School of Mines

Second Round 
11.15 4-Colorado Mesa v 3-West Texas (Azusa, CA) 4:00

NCAA DIII TOURNAMENT - Bracket

First Round
11.10 Pacific Lutheran 0-1 St Thomas
11.10 Washington & Lee 0-0 (4-2 SO) Johns Hopkins
Second Round 
11.11 Johns Hopkins 0-2 Messiah

Cascade Collegiate Conference - TOURNAMENT (Springfield, OR)

Quarterfinals, Wednesday November 7

8-Oregon Tech 0-1 1-Southern Oregon :: A second half goal from the Thunderbirds put SOU onto the semifinals in the close contest.

7-Carroll 3-2 OT 2-Corban :: The Saints registered the upset over the Warriors in a thrilling overtime affair. The Warriors scored the opening goal eight minutes in on a free kick from about 30 yards, but the Saints tied it up via a Jose Porras penalty in the 39th and took the lead just 24 second into the second half when Nick Lowrimore finished a cross from Paolo Georgiades. The Warriors, though, got a penalty of their own with two minutes remaining and converted to send the match to overtime. Lowrimore hit the winner in the 107th minute, curling a strike from about 18 yards.  

6-Evergreen State 0-2 3-Rocky Mountain :: Nolan Sherwood took advantage of a deflected clearance in the 20th minute to score from 10 yards out and Sky Swenson provided some insurance via Pablo Ferreira in the 69th. The Battlin Bears defense controlled matters as well as RMC outshot the Geoducks 21-8 and limited them to just one shot on goal that Kristofer Wennin saved for the shutout.  

5-Providence 0-2 4-Eastern Oregon :: Carlos Solorio scored the opening goal one-on-one with the keeper in the 26th minute for the Mountaineers. Eight minutes later a corner from Josh Goodman was put away from about 10 yards by Jack Rose. Aidan Wright would finish with four saves for the shutout.    

Semifinals, Thursday November 8

7-Carroll 0-4 1-Southern Oregon :: The Thunderbirds led by one after the first half and went up two and a man in the 54th minute, pulling away for the easy victory with back-to-back goals in the 76th and 78th.  

4-Eastern Oregon 0-1 3-Rocky Mountain :: Just 68 second into the second half a throw-in from Pablo Ferreira to Marco Kummerle resulted in the deciding tally with Kummerle driving into the area and firing from about 15 yards. Kristofer Wennin face a lot more action, making seven saves for the shutout performance.  

Championship, Saturday November 10

3-Rocky Mountain 1-1 (4-3 SO) 1-Southern Oregon :: Kristofer Wennin made three saves in the scoreless first half and finished with six with Tulio Melo providing the equalizer in the 72nd minute off a corner kick from Sky Swenson that deflected to him for the 18-yard effort. The Bears went to a shootout with SOU, which tallied the opener in the 59th, and won the championship in the tiebreaker.  

NAIA TOURNAMENT - Bracket  Schedule

In addition to regular season and CCC tournament champions Southern Oregon, featuring Kelly Gieber (Bend, OR), and Rocky Mountain heading to the national tournament as automatic entrants, regular season runner-up Corban, featuring a trio of players from the region, was chosen as an at-large selection from the conference and will be one of the 16 seeded sides along with SOU. It is just the second appearance for SOU, which returns from their debut a year ago. It is the fifth for Corban and sixth for Rocky Mountain, who both return from missing the tournament a year ago. The trio are each in a separate quadrant of the bracket. RMC has a tough path, facing a six seed and, should they advance, an 11-seed Vanguard that has a bye in the first round as host of the NAIA Championship, which features the Second Round through the Championship from November 26 to December 1.

First Round - Saturday, November 17
Rocky Mountain @ 6-Hastings 4:00 CT
UC-Merced @ 13-Southern Oregon 4:00 CT
Arizona Christian @ 15-Corban 3:00 CT

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