The league seasons are fast approaching. Kicking off this week are the Cascade Collegiate Conference (NAIA) and Northwest Conference (DIII) on Friday and Saturday, respectively. Providence, Rocky Mountain, Carroll and Walla Walla will be at home while Eastern Oregon travels in CCC action. Whitworth and Whitman are both on the road as they open against the powerhouses Puget Sound and Pacific Lutheran over the weekend.
League Opening Dates
Cascade Collegiate Conference: Friday, September 20
Northwest Conference: Saturday, September 21
Great NW Athletic Conference Women: Thursday, September 26
Big Sky Conference: Friday, September 27
Pac-12: Saturday, September 28
Mountain West Conference: Friday, September 27
Great NW Athletic Conference Men: Thursday, October 3
West Coast Conference Women: Saturday, October 5
West Coast Conference Men: Saturday, October 12
Here's a quick glance at the action over the past two weeks...
Marquee Match-Ups - Women
9.05 - Washington State 1-0 Gonzaga... The Zags created some chances against a dominant Cougar side and Isabel Jones made seven saves to keep the game scoreless. In overtime though, a turnover by the Bulldogs at midfield was taken by Averie Collins (Bozeman, MT), a grad student from Stanford, up the left side before she ripped the winner from distance just nine seconds in. Ella Dederick made four saves for the shutout. PHOTOS [+]
9.06 - Boise State 1-0 v Idaho State... The Bengals managed to keep Raimee Sherle off the board, but the Broncos did finally break through in the 64th minute via Raven Sweeney, who tallied in her third consecutive game. Sydney Smith (Caldwell, ID) recorded four saves in the shutout while Katie Hogarth was busy at the other end with eight stops.
9.12 - Carroll 0-0 MSU Billings... The two Montana foes battled to a scoreless draw with MSUB's Erinn Harder and Carroll's Sydney Green each making four saves for shutouts.
9.14 - Providence 0-4 Rocky Mountain... The Battlin Bears dominated the contest, allowing just one shot from the Argos as they rolled to the win. Mhari Smith tallied in the 12th and Alexis Robbins made it two in the 32nd. Lauryn Gamache scored twice in the second half with Kayla Mader (Billings, MT) and Tiara Duford (Polson, MT) recording the assists. Maia Wetzel (Helena, MT) did earn a save on the lone Argo shot.
WOMEN - Applicable Results / Notes for Week 3 [games through 9.08]
9.04 - Northwest Christian 0-6 Linfield... Amidee Colleknon (Bend, OR) registered an assist for the Wildcats.
9.05 - Central Washington 2-1 Fresno Pacific... After falling behind, Maci Parke tallied in 59th and Sydney Lowe provided winner in 85th.
9.05 - Northwest Nazarene 0-1 Cal State Monterey Bay
9.05 - Cal Tech 1-2 Pacific... Taylor Lyle (Boise, ID) scored the opening goal for the Boxers.
9.06 - Northern Colorado -- Montana... No Result due to lightning
9.06 - Boise State 1-0 Idaho State... see above
9.06 - Seattle 3-0 Idaho... Kelsey Crosby (Spokane, WA) set up the opening goal.
9.06 - Eastern Washington 3-2 CSU Bakersfield... Taylor Matheny (Richland) set up Mya Elder-Hammond for the opener and after two from the hosts Sarah Keister equalized and Elder-Hammond found Brooke Flores for the winner.
9.06 - Whitworth 0-3 Cal Lutheran
9.06 - College of Idaho 1-1 (OT) The Master's... Emma Powley (North Bend, OR) tallied the equalizer in the second half.
9.06 - Baylor 2-0 Wyoming... Camryn Wendlandt (Coeur d'Alene, ID) scored the second goal for the Bears.
9.06 - McNeese 2-3 (OT) Louisiana Tech... Havana Johnson (Coeur d'Alene, ID) scored twice in the loss.
9.07 - Central Washington 0-1 Cal State San Marcos
9.07 - MSU Billings 1-2 Westminster... Haylee Gunther equalized via Summer Miles.
9.07 - Northwest Nazarene 2-0 Holy Names... Brooke Felzien (Boise, ID) set up McKenzie Buell in the 39th minute and locked up win with a goal of her own in the 86th. Alexis Montoya made three saves before being relieved in the 84th.
9.07 - Seattle Pacific 1-2 Dixie State... Claire Neder (Spokane, WA) scored the lone goal for SPU.
9.07 - Doane 1-0 McPherson... Michaela Thompson (Spokane, WA) scored the winner in the 66th.
9.07 - Northwest 1-0 Puget Sound... Stephanie Wilson (Kalispell, MT) set up the winner with less than nine minutes remaining.
9.07 - Corban 3-1 Linfield... Olivia McMurphy (Idaho Falls, ID) scored the game-winner for the Warriors.
9.07 - Providence 3-4 (OT) Arizona Christian.. Eme McLaughlin (Great Falls, MT) scored all three Argo goals as they claimed the lead three times before falling in extra time. Bri Wikert set up two and Isabel Cardenas the other.
9.07 - Northwestern 0-5 Nebraska Wesleyan... Defender Liz Frisch (Boise, ID) set up the third and scored final two goals.
9.08 - Austin Peay 0-3 Northern Colorado... Freshman Britney Donais (Kennewick, WA) scored the second and third goals.
9.08 - UC Santa Barbara 3-0 Idaho
9.08 - Idaho State 1-4 Wyoming... Makena Bambei found Jazmin Lopez just before the break to cut deficit to 2-1.
9.08 - Montana 0-1 California
9.08 - Eastern Washington 0-1 CSU Northridge... A penalty kick goal three minutes in decided the contest.
9.08 - New Mexico 2-1 Portland State... Rilee Castilla (Kennewick, WA) scored equalizer for Vikings.
9.08 - Utah 1-0 (OT) Boise State... Sydney Smith (Caldwell, ID) made nine saves before the Utes grabbed winner in 103rd.
9.08 - Utah Valley 0-5 Santa Clara... Kelsey Turnbow (Spokane, WA) helped create the first two goals and then scored the next two, the latter set up by Kelcie Hedge (Post Falls, ID).9.08 - Whitworth 0-1 Occidental
9.08 - Doane 2-0 Bethany... Liz Torok (Spokane, WA) scored the opener in the fifth and Abby Maxwell (Spokane, WA) locked it up in the 82nd.
9.08 - Providence 10-0 Park U Gilbert... Eme McLaughlin (Great Falls, MT) scored the opener and added three more in the second half. Shayenn Thompson scored three goals with Isabelle Martineau (Libby MT), Adri Contreras and Kate Sisler netting the others. Ashlee Howell (Polson, MT) had a pair of assists and Dakota Neumann registered the one-save shutout.
9.08 - Rocky Mountain 2-1 (OT) Jamestown... Alyssa Schneider tied the match up in the 56th minute and Lauryn Gamache netted the winner in the final minute of overtime.
9.08 - College of Idaho 1-2 Vanguard... Elise Payne tallied the equalizer for the Yotes in the 38th.
9.08 - MSU Texas 1-3 Fort Lewis... Corinne Sanderson (Corvallis, MT) set up the opening goal in the win.
9.08 - Mercyhurst 0-0 Lock Haven... Freshman defender Taryn Baxter (Spokane, WA) started in the shutout.
9.08 - Davidson 0-8 Portland... RJ Stretch (Spokane, WA) registered an assist.
WOMEN - Applicable Results / Notes for Week 4 [games through 9.15]
9.10 - Hope International 0-6 Eastern Oregon... Erika Skindlov (Coeur d'Alene, ID), Josee Bassett (Coeur d'Alene, ID) and Morgan Farrington (Meridian, ID) gave the Mountaineers a three-goal lead at the break and set up goals in the second half. Skindlov set up Farrington for her second in the 55th and Bassett found Abri Cardenas in the 73rd before Farrington registered an assist with Katie Arnold's tally. Cydni Cottrell (Pasco, WA) was not called upon to make a save in the shutout.
9.11 - Northwest 3-1 Lewis & Clark... Stephanie Wilson (Kalispell, MT) set up the third Eagles goal and Jezza Hutto (Sandpoint, ID) scored in the 85th to spoil the shutout.
9.11 - Corban 2-0 Warner Pacific... Katie Hiller (Pocatello, ID) set up the opener.
9.12 - Gonzaga 3-2 (OT) Kansas State... The game was scoreless until the 79th when Sophia Braun found India Jencks for the opener. KSU tied it up in the 85th with Madeline Gotta retaking the lead at the spot two minutes later. The hosts answered with just seconds left on the clock, but another Gotta penalty in the 97th decided the contest.
9.12 - Cal State East Bay 0-1 Central Washington... Olivia Sloan (Spokane, WA) scored the game-winner via Emily Russell (Kennewick, WA) four minutes into the second half. Megan Fox made five saves for the shutout.
9.12 - Biola 0-1 Seattle Pacific... Claire Neder (Spokane, WA) scored the game-winner in the 28th.
9.12 - Hawaii Hilo 1-2 Northwest Nazarene... Maddy Parton (Leavenworth, WA) found Rikki Myers for the opener in the seventh minute and scored the game-winner in the 84th.
9.12 - Humboldt State 1-3 Concordia... Maggie Ames (Spokane, WA) set up the final goal for the Cavaliers.
9.12 - Carroll 0-0 MSU Billings... see above
9.12 - Westminster 1-0 Franklin Pierce... Sarah Reiber (Yakima, WA) scored the game-winner in the 19th minute.
9.13 - Saint Mary's 1-2 (OT) Idaho State... Michael Didericksen put the Bengals in front 20 minutes in courtesy of Jasmin Lopez. ISU would claim the win on a Karlin Wurlitzer penalty in the 99th.
9.13 - Cal Poly 0-1 Montana... McKenzie Kilpatrick (Boise, ID) scored the deciding tally in the 80th.
9.13 - Eastern Washington 0-1 South Dakota State... The Eags outshot SDSU 18-5 only to allow the winner in the 61st.
9.13 - Idaho 0-1 UC Riverside... UCR's winner came in the 38th minute.
9.13 - Weber State 0-3 Boise State... Morgan Stone gave the Broncos the lead 34 minutes in with Ashleigh Harrison setting up Abree Chatterton (Boise, ID) in the 67th. Jennifer Turnek capped things with five left via Mckenna Kynett. Sydney Smith (Caldwell, ID) registered eight saves for the shutout.
9.13 - Michigan 2-1 Washington State... Trailing by two since the fourth minute, Morgan Weaver finally got the Cougs on the board in the 71st via Elaily Hernandez-Repreza despite outshooting UM 23-12.
9.13 - Arizona 0-4 Santa Clara... Kelsey Turnbow (Spokane, WA) scored the opener in the 41st and then set up Kelcie Hedge (Post Falls, ID) in the 48th. She scored a second in the 65th and Hedge went on to help set up the fourth.
9.13 - Jackson State 0-2 McNeese... Havana Johnson (Coeur d'Alene, ID) set up the second goal.
9.14 - Hawaii Hilo 4-2 Central Washington... Sydney Lowe scored the opening goal 20 minutes in, but the Hawaiian side rattled off four before Olivia Sloan (Spokane, WA) tallied the second.
9.14 - Mary 1-0 MSU Billings
9.14 - Cal State East Bay 2-6 Northwest Nazarene... Makayla Roggow opened the scoring eight minutes in with Rikki Myers adding the second via Maddy Parton (Leavenworth, WA) in the 22nd. Ashley Parton (Leavenworth, WA) then got on the board in the 38th before Myers netted a second in the 45th via Carolyn Moravec (Spokane, WA). After CSEB tallied in the second half Myers added two more with back-to-back goals in the 74th and 80th via Maddy Parton and Magda Wronski, who had her second helper of the day. Myers' fourth marked the first time in NNU and GNAC women's soccer history that a player tallied four goals, surpassing the 60 hat-tricks on the record book.
9.14 - Black Hills State 0-1 Carroll... Katie Martin (Clancy, MT) and Charly Clements combined in the 29th minute to set up Makayla Welch (Boise, ID) for what held as the winner. Sydney Green made three saves for the clean sheet.
9.14 - Providence 0-4 Rocky Mountain... see above
9.14 - Wheeling 0-10 Mercyhurst... Taryn Baxter (Spokane, WA) tallied a goal and assist.
9.15 - Cal Poly 3-1 Idaho State... Down three late, Makena Bambei spoiled the shutout with a goal in the 89th via Karlin Wurlitzer.
9.15 - Eastern Washington 2-1 South Dakota... Brooke Dunbar evened things up late in the 84th and then Saige Lyons found Brooke Flores for the overtime winner in the 103rd.
9.15 - Idaho 0-2 Cal Baptist
9.15 - Wyoming 1-1 Montana... Caitlin Rogers found Kendall Furrow in the 49th for the lead, but Wyoming converted a penalty with seconds remaining.
9.15 - Portland State 0-2 Boise State... Aubree Chatterton (Boise, ID) scored the opener in the 65th via Kristina Serres and Raimee Sherle (Meridian, ID) added some insurance in the 82nd, ending a string of three games without a point.
9.15 - Gonzaga 2-1 Nebraska... After conceding a penalty in the 21st India Jencks tied things up for the Zags in the 29th. Five minutes later Sophia Viviano put away a rebound for what held as the winner.
9.15 - Loyola Marymount 1-2 Washington State... Elyse Bennett and Mykiaa Minniss combined to set up Morgan Weaver in the third minute and Bennett notched the winner via Hanna Goff in the 21st.
9.15 - Washington 3-1 TCU... Summer Yates (Pasco, WA) scored the opening goal in the 32nd and helped set up the final tally.
9.15 - Santa Clara 1-2 California... Kelsey Turnbow (Spokane, WA) registered the assist on the lone goal.
Marquee Match-Ups - Men
9.06 - Carroll 2-1 Whitworth... Nick Lowrimore set up Jeronimo Huerta three minutes into the contest for the Blues and found Rory Bloy for the second in the 37th. Jaime Rodriguez finished a ball from Azzam Azzam in the 51st but the hosts were unable to find the equalizer. PHOTOS [+]
9.07 - Carroll 0-3 Whitman... Oscar Harding found Sam Johnson to put the Blues in front in the 32nd. Erik Nielsen would double the advantage in the 75th before Harding set up another a minute later, this time connecting with Jordan Furukawa. Matt Reich went 79 minutes in goal, exiting without having to make a save. PHOTOS [+]
MEN - Applicable Results / Notes for Week 3 [games through 9.08]
9.02 - Eastern Oregon 1-2 Marymount California... Elvis Pavon scored the opener via Javier Moran in the 37th minute.
9.02 - San Diego State 0-4 Washington... Blake Bodily (Boise, ID) scored the opener and set up the final goal.
9.04 - Eastern Oregon 3-3 The Master's... Joaquin Bermejillo set up Mike Dias for an initial equalizer in the 40th and Dias combined with Patrick Larsen in the 77th to find Alexander Zuluaga for another equalizer. A Bermejillo shot off the bar in the 84th was put away by Micah Hill to tie the game once more in the draw.
9.05 - Cal St San Bernardino 1-0 MSU Billings... Jessy Martin made five saves, but late goal decided the contest.
9.05 - Northwest Nazarene 0-4 Cal State LA
9.05 - Regis 2-2 Saint Martin's... Jose Marquez (Sunnyside, WA) and Sebastian Navarro (Yakima, WA) each scored equalizers for SMU.
9.06 - Gonzaga 1-2 Marist... Mark McEntosh scored the opener for the Zags.
9.06 - Carroll 2-1 Whitworth... see above
9.06 - UC Santa Cruz 0-1 Whitman... Jadon Bachtold nodded in a ball from Joe Thompson with just under 10 minutes remaining for the narrow win in a contest that saw just one save from Owen Davis-Bower in the shutout.
9.06 - Eastern Oregon 2-0 Vanguard... Joaquin Bermejillo set up Carlos Solorio just two minutes into the match for the opener and Mike Dias scored via Calvin Mitchell in the seventh for a lead against the 11th ranked side. The defense kept them at bay to the point that Max Rose made just one save before being relieved in the 82nd minute.
9.06 - Benedictine 1-2 Southern Oregon... Kelly Gieber (Bend, OR) set up the opening goal.
9.06 - Northwest 5-0 Pacific Union... Noah Prophet (Cheney, WA) set up the opener in the 51st and scored five minutes later.
9.06 - Providence 2-2 Embry-Riddle... The Argos rallied in the second half with George Holloway and Lucas Garcia erasing the deficit courtesy of Seamus Quinn in the 70th and Sergio Monteiro in the 90th, respectively.
9.06 - Cal State East Bay 0-2 Fort Lewis... Peter Byrne (Missoula, MT) made three saves for the shutout.
9.06 - Humboldt State 4-3 (OT) Dominican... Devin Hauenstein (Spokane, WA) set up the initial equalizer in a back-and-forth affair.
9.06 - Seattle 2-4 Notre Dame... Down three, Noe Meza (Sunnyside, WA) put SU on the board.
9.07 - Northwest Nazarene 3-2 Biola... All five goals came in the second half with the Nighthawks scoring three unanswered for comeback win. Aoci Watambela, Lorenzo Valentini and Garrison Lee scored the three goals.
9.07 - Cal Poly Pomona 1-1 MSU Billings... Shantik Bedrosian scored the opener.
9.07 - Adams State 0-5 Saint Martin's... Sebastian Navarro (Yakima, WA) helped setup the first two goals.
9.07 - Multnomah 0-8 Puget Sound... Luke Murdock (Boise, ID) registered an assist.
9.07 - Carroll 0-3 Whitman... see above
9.07 - Providence 2-0 Benedictine... George Holloway netted the first via Ole Cloppenburg in the 68th and set up Leonardo Almeida in the 73rd. Hernan Perez made three saves for the shutout.
9.07 - Northwest 15-0 CSU-Maritime... Noah Prophet (Cheney, WA) scored twice in the blowout. Brandon Karberg (Columbia Falls, MT) made two saves.
9.07 - Point Loma 2-1 CSU Dominguez Hills... JD Hauenstein (Spokane, WA) set up a late equalizer for the Toros.
9.08 - Gonzaga 1-3 Fairleigh Dickinson... Theo O'Malley scored the opener via Isaiah Jackson.
9.08 - Pacific Lutheran 8-0 Fontbonne... Jackson Moore (Spokane, WA) scored the opening goal and added another in the second half.
9.08 - UC Santa Cruz 1-0 Whitworth
9.08 - Rocky Mountain 9-3 Jamestown... Nolan Sherwood had the magic touch early, setting up Pablo Ferreira twice, Marco Kummerle and Milo Downey for the first four goals. Kummerle pushed the lead to five before the break and then set up Sherwood in the 64th. Sam Davidson, Sky Swenson and Lachlan Gilchrist rounded out the scoring.
9.08 - Newman 1-4 Colorado Mesa... Peter Vandam (Missoula, MT) set up the final goal in the win.
9.08 - Holy Names 3-2 Humboldt State... Devin Hauenstein (Spokane, WA) set up the opening goal for HSU.
MEN - Applicable Results / Notes for Week 4 [games through 9.15]
9.11 - Mary 1-2 South Dakota Mines... Blake Palmquist (Bozeman, MT) scored an equalizer for Mary in the second half.
9.12 - UC Santa Barbara 1-0 Gonzaga
9.12 - Portland 0-2 Seattle... Noe Meza (Sunnyside, WA) scored the opener in the 18th.
9.12 - Humboldt State 2-0 MSU Billings
9.12 - Pacific 0-4 Saint Martin's... Dylan Shaw (Meridian, ID) split the shutout in goal.
9.12 - Whitman 4-0 Walla Walla U... Erik Nielsen opened the scoring seven minutes in and set up Sam Johnson for the second in the 56th. Johnson would tally another seven minutes later and Riley Kraft would wrap things up with a few minutes left as Owen Davis-Bower finished off a three-save shutout.
9.13 - Puget Sound 1-0 Chapman... Luke Murdock (Boise, ID) scored the lone goal just six minutes in.
9.13 - Warner Pacific 4-1 Linfield... Oscar Padilla (Weiser, ID) set up what proved to be the winner.
9.14 - Corban 1-0 Whitman
9.14 - Whitworth 2-2 Pomona-Pitzer... The Pirates equalized twice with DeVonte Gorman (Spokane, WA) and Chase Reidt (Spokane, WA) combining to set up Drew Williams (Spokane, WA) in the first half and Zanskar Blair tallying in the second.
9.14 - Colorado Mesa 3-1 Northwest Nazarene... Danny Cuevas (Caldwell, ID) spoiled the shutout via Lorenzo Valentini in the 79th.
9.15 - Gonzaga 1-3 Cal Poly... Down three, Brady Henderson and Cole Rovegno combined to set up Demetrius Kigeya to spoil the shutout.
9.15 - Washington 3-0 Seattle... Blake Bodily (Eagle, ID) helped set up the third goal.
9.15 - South Dakota Mines 0-4 MSU Billings... Ignacio Crespo curled a free kick home in the 16th and then set up Andres Perez less than a minute later. In the second half Perez found Yaniss Aka in the 54th and scored again in the 89th via Aka and Crespo. Jessey Martin made three stops for the shutout.
9.15 - Whitworth 0-3 La Verne
9.15 - Pacific Lutheran 4-0 Chapman... Jackson Moore (Spokane, WA) scored twice in the second half to put the game away.
9.15 - George Fox 1-0 Cal Lutheran... Jackson Keller (Helena, MT) scored the overtime game-winner in the 98th.
9.15 - Walla Walla 0-5 Linfield... Gerardo Perez (Kuna, ID) set up the opening goal.
9.15 - St Mary's (TX) 0-0 Fort Lewis... Outshot 21-11, Peter Byrne (Missoula, MT) made eight saves for the shutout FLC shutout.
9.15 - Mary 1-5 Humboldt State... Blake Palmquist (Bozeman, MT) set up Mary's equalizer in the fourth minute and Devin Hauenstein (Spokane, WA) scored the game-winner 10 minutes later.
9.15 - Eastern New Mexico 2-1 (OT) Westminster... Ted Scott (Bozeman, MT) set up the equalizer in the final minute of regulation against 17th ranked ENMU.
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