The GNAC and many of the Division I programs begin conference play this weekend, including the Big Sky and Pac-12.
League Opening Dates
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
WOMEN - NORTHWEST CONFERENCE
9.18 - Pacific 1-4 Linfield... Amidee Colleknon (Bend, OR) scored the opening goal for Linfield in the opening minute of the second half as they put four consecutive on the board.
9.21 - Whitman 0-3 Puget Sound... The Blues gave up goals in the 22nd and 35th. The Loggers pushed the lead to three just after the hour mark as they outshot Whitman 18-9.
9.21 - Whitman 0-4 Pacific Lutheran... The Lutes scored twice in each half with Cassidy Crosswhite (Spokane, WA) earning the shutout with a pair of saves.
9.21 - Linfield 1-3 Willamette... After Julia Fecteau (Bend, OR) put the Bearcats up by two Amidee Colleknon (Bend, OR) set up a goal in the 84th for the visitors.
9.21 - Lewis & Clark 1-0 George Fox
9.22 - Whitworth 1-3 Puget Sound... The Loggers grabbed the lead in the 38th and added a second in the 52nd before the Pirates got on the board in the 55th when Rachel Wofford tallied off a rebound. The hosts restored the two-goal advantage, though, less than a minute later.
9.22 - Whitman 0-2 Pacific Lutheran... The Lutes allowed just two shots in the contest, scoring once in each half.
9.22 - Pacific 0-2 Lewis & Clark
9.22 - Willamette 1-0 George Fox
WOMEN - CASCADE COLLEGIATE CONFERENCE
9.20 - Eastern Oregon 10-0 Northwest Christian... The Mountaineers dominated the first half with a 17-0 advantage in shots only to go into the break with a lone goal from Morgan Farrington (Meridian, ID). The second half was a different story. Farrington set up Cailin Koupal in the 51st and scored two herself in the 53rd and 55th to get the blowout rolling. She added an assist on Nan Kiebert's (Sandpoint, ID) goal in the 58th before others took over. Camie Edgington tallied two goals and an assist with Mackinley Gregus scoring two and Erika Skindlov (Coeur d'Alene, ID) adding one. Cydni Cottrell (Pasco, WA) and Savannah Hutchinson shared the shutout and Jenna Jensen (Spokane, WA) was among the players with assists.
9.20 - College of Idaho 1-2 Corban... The hosts claimed the lead in the 19th, but Payton Anderson (Boise, ID) found Madison Glascock (Twin Falls, ID) for the equalizer in the 51st. Katie Hiller (Pocatello, ID) set up the winner for Corban in the 74th.
9.20 - Northwest 3-0 Providence... Rylee Rassier (Spokane, WA) put the Eagles on the board in the 15th minute and put the game out of reach with her second at the hour mark.
9.20 - Multnomah 0-3 Rocky Mountain... Haley Nicholson (Whitefish, MT) scored the opener in the 20th via Alexis Robbins and doubled her tally just over a minute into the second half. Hannah Borgel found Madison Browne to finish things up in the 67th and Maia Wetzel (Helena, MT) finished up her shutout without needing a save.
9.20 - Evergreen 0-3 Carroll... A deflection helped Alexa Fries put the Saints on the board in the 44th and another allowed Brenna Rohnkohl to double the lead in the 70th. Brynn Walker (Helena, MT) wrapped things up in the 87th and Sydney Green finished the shutout with six saves.
9.21 - Eastern Oregon 2-2 Corban... Nan Kiebert (Sandpoint, ID) headed the opener in off a Sarah Mitchell cross 11 minutes in, but Klarissa Barajas (Kennewick, WA) took advantage of a turnover to tie it up in the 40th. Skyla Vogelpohl (Boise, ID) set up the go-ahead goal for the hosts just over a minute into the second half, but Kiebert got her head on another cross - this time from Josee Bassett (Coeur d'Alene, ID) - in the 54th.
9.21 - College of Idaho 6-0 Northwest Christian... Madison Glascock (Twin Falls, ID) set up Payton Anderson (Boise, ID) for the opener in the ninth and scored via Kaya Evans (Pocatello, ID) in the 17th to get things rolling for the Yotes. Elise Payne made it three before the break and added another in the second half. Lexie Hibler and Emma Powley (North Bend, OR) also tallied with Kylee Atkins (Boise, ID) and Shae Waters sharing the shutout as the defense allowed just one shot.
9.21 - Evergreen 0-3 Providence... The Argos bounced back with Eme McLaughlin (Great Falls, MT) opening things via Shawnae Inama (Missoula, MT) 21 minutes in. Isa Ortman doubled the lead in the 34th and McLaughlin locked it up in the 65th with her second. Dakota Neumann made three saves for the shutout.
9.21 - Southern Oregon 0-0 Oregon Tech
9.22 - Warner Pacific 0-3 Rocky Mountain... Lauren Cornwall (Billings, MT) set up Ellen Hunsaker (Idaho Falls, ID) for the opener in the 22nd. Lauryn Gamache fed Mhari Smith to double the lead three minutes later and scored herself in the 74th to round things out as Maia Wetzel finished her shutout with three saves.
9.22 - Northwest 4-2 Carroll... The Eagles scored back-to-back in the 33rd and 36th to grab a significant lead, but Makayla Welch (Boise, ID) tallied in the 45th and tied things up in the 52nd for the Saints. The Eagles would reclaim the lead in the 60th on an own goal off a deflected cross and add some insurance in the 70th.
WOMEN - Additional Notes for Week 5 [games through 9.22]
9.16 - Whitman 1-2 St Martin's... Deadlocked until the second half, Sofia Ellington (Bend, OR) tied things back up for the Blues in the 67th via Sophie Brussell, but the Saints grabbed the winner 28 seconds into overtime.
9.16 - Hawaii Pacific 3-2 Central Washington... Olivia Sloan (Spokane, WA) scored the opener 10 minutes in via Sydney Lowe and Peyton Vogel restored the lead in the 51st before HPU rallied for the win.
9.17 - MSU Billings 2-0 Minot State... Lexie Bloyder (Billings, MT) broke the stalemate three minutes into the second half and Haylee Gunter added some insurance via Alexa Iacolucci in the 78th as Erinn Harder finished the shutout with four saves.
9.18 - Gannon 0-3 Mercyhurst... Taryn Baxter (Spokane, WA) helped set up the third goal.
9.18 - Redlands 1-1 Occidental... Defender Bria Bowton (Spokane, WA) set up the opening goal for the Bulldogs in the road draw in league opener.
9.19 - Washington State 1-0 Hawaii... Shayna Whieldon scored the lone goal in the 41st courtesy of defender Brianna Alger and Ella Dederick made two saves for the shutout.
9.19 - Idaho 1-2 Oregon State... Morgan Crosby (Spokane, WA) scored the opener for the Vandals 17 minutes into the loss.
9.19 - Seattle Pacific 2-1 (OT) Point Loma... Sierra Smith (Boise, ID) scored the opener in the 14th minute and Claire Neder (Spokane, WA) netted the winner off of a rebound in the 97th.
9.19 - Northwest Nazarene 2-3 Cal Poly Pomona... Rikki Myers scored and equalizer in the 52nd minute but the hosts scored twice late before an own goal in the 87th gave the Nighthawks some hope late.
9.19 - Washington 5-0 Cal Poly... Summer Yates (Pasco, WA) scored the second and fourth goals for the Huskies.
9.20 - North Dakota State 4-2 Eastern Washington... Down a goal at the break the Eagles pulled even two minutes into the second half when Saige Lyons connected with Sariah Keister. The visitors, though, tallied twice to reclaim the lead before the Saige-to-Keister combo struck again in the 66th, but that was all they could muster in the rally.
9.20 - Idaho State 0-4 Gonzaga... Sophia Braun broke through for the dominating Zags in the 40th minute via Taylor Kernion and the floodgates opened in the second half. Payton Stiles (Spokane, WA) and Madeline Gotta combined to set up India Jencks in the 61st and Kernion finished a ball from Jordan Thompson in the 76th. Samantha Heilman (Richland, WA) and Caroline Keever combined to set up the final tally from Maggie Conners in the 89th. Three keepers played for GU in the shutout without needing to make a save. PHOTOS [+] VIDEO [+]
9.20 - Montana 0-1 San Francisco
9.21 - Northwest Nazarene 1-2 Point Loma... The hosts scored twice in the second half with Maddy Parton (Leavenworth, WA) scoring off of a McKenzie Buell cross for the Nighthawks, but the tally came too late with just 19 seconds left in the match.
9.21 - Dordt 2-1 (OT) Doane... Liz Torok (Spokane, WA) scored the equalizer for Doane courtesy of Michaela Thompson (Spokane, WA) in league opener.
9.21 - Arizona Christian 0-2 Embry Riddle... Riley Martinson (Deer Park, WA) scored the opening goal 10 minutes in.
9.22 - Washington State 2-1 Pepperdine... Elyse Bennett broke the stalemate in Hawaii with the opener in the 56th and Brianna Alger found Molly Myers in the 78th for the winner.
9.22 - Montana 0-1 Saint Mary's (CA)
9.22 - Boise State 4-0 Southern Utah... Raimee Sherle (Meridian, ID) scored in the second minute and Mckenna Kynett made it two a minute later. Kynett added a second via Sherle six minutes into the second half and Jazel Bowers put a stamp on it in the 72nd. Sydney Smith (Caldwell, ID) stopped both shots she faced.
9.22 - Idaho State 0-3 Utah State
9.22 - North Dakota 1-2 Idaho... A corner from Maddie Haas (Lewiston, ID) was put away by Emmy Moore (Deer Park, WA) 20 minutes in and just as it looked like overtime was coming Juliana deTar struck for the Vandal winner in the 89th.
9.22 - Gonzaga 1-2 (OT) Baylor... Scoreless until the 71st minute, Maggie Conners tied things up for the Zags in the 87th, but the hosts prevailed seven minutes into overtime.
9.22 - Jamestown 5-0 Presentation... Kamryn Fiscus (Yakima, WA) scored the third goal and Nicole Morrison (Idaho Falls, ID) the fourth in their league opener.
9.22 - Westminster 1-1 Dixie State... Sarah Reiber's (Yakima, WA) free kick caromed off post and was put away by teammate for equalizer.
MEN - NORTHWEST CONFERENCE
9.21 - Whitworth 1-2 (OT) Linfield... An own goal gave the Pirates the lead 19 minutes in, but the hosts answered five minutes into in the second half and against five minutes into overtime to grab the win.
9.21 - Whitman 1-4 Willamette... Adam Joss scored an equalizer for the Blues in the 24th minute via Oscar Harding, but Willamette reclaimed the lead seven minutes later and pulled away in the second half.
9.21 - George Fox 0-5 Pacific Lutheran
9.21 - Pacific 0-2 Puget Sound... Luke Murdock (Boise, ID) scored the opening goal in the 59th minute for the Loggers.
9.22 - Whitworth 4-3 (OT) Willamette... The Pirates grabbed a quick two goal lead with Zanskar Blair finding Scott Penner five minutes in and scoring himself 10 minutes later. The Bearcats, though, erased the deficit by halftime. Chase Reidt (Spokane, WA) put Whitworth back in front in the 63rd via Jonathan Guglielmetti and would later net the game-winner three minutes into overtime courtesy of Azzam Azzam.
9.22 - Whitman 5-0 Linfield... Jourdan Furukawa scored 17 minutes in and Peter Stephens made it two via an Oscar Harding corner in the 28th. A minute later Stephens set up Furukawa on a give-and-go to make it three. David Chavarin made it four before the break on an Austin Betschart cross and Sam Johnson capped things off with a goal in the second half. Owen Davis-Bower earned the shutout with three stops.
9.22 - George Fox 0-1 Puget Sound
9.22 - Pacific 0-2 Pacific Lutheran
MEN - CASCADE COLLEGIATE CONFERENCE
9.20 - Multnomah 1-14 Rocky Mountain... Five different players scored in the opening 20 minutes and an own goal made it six by the break. Pablo Ferreira finished with five goals - all in the second half - and Marco Kummerle had a hat-trick and assist. Sam Davidson had a pair of goals and Milo Downey, Sky Swenson and Nolan Sherwood each tallied.
9.20 - Eastern Oregon 0-1 Northwest Christian... A header off a free kick in the 87th gave the hosts the victory over the Mountaineers, which had limited them to just four shots in the game.
9.20 - College of Idaho 0-2 Corban... Outshot 14-2 in the contest, the Yotes finally saw the Beacons break through in the 52nd and get a clincher in the final minute.
9.20 - Warner Pacific 3-2 Walla Walla... Emmett Semple (Corvallis, MT) put the Wolves in front 10 minutes into the contest and later scored the equalizer at the hour mark after Oscar Padilla (Weiser, ID) had set up the Knights go-ahead goal in the first half. WPC, though, found the winner in the 66th.
9.20 - Northwest 1-2 Providence... Alain Murhula (Boise, ID) set up Leonardo Almeida in the 15th minute for the Argos and George Holloway made it two in the 43rd. The Eagles got on the board in the 72nd, but the hosts limited the rally.
9.20 - Evergreen 0-1 Carroll... The two were locked in a stalemate until Santiago Morazzani broke through in the 80th minute via Ben Dagg. Kaden Connor (Boise, ID) made seven saves for the Saints in the shutout.
9.21 - Eastern Oregon 1-6 Corban... The hosts tallied twice in the first half and Miguel Rodriguez (Milton-Freewater, OR) was among the goal scorers in the second half to push the lead to six before Javier Moran spoiled the shutout in the 89th.
9.21 - College of Idaho 2-1 Northwest Christian... Jack O'Leary gave the Yotes the lead off a Bekir Cinac (Boise, ID) cross in the 13th minute, but the hosts tied things up off a free kick in the 44th. Cinac, though, delivered the winner with a 25-yard upper corner rip in the 80th.
9.21 - Evergreen 2-3 (OT) Providence... The visitors grabbed the lead in the second minute, but Seamus Quinn leveled matters in the 33rd. The second half played out similarly with the Geoducks scoring early, but Quinn set up Fernando Gutierrez in the 88th to send the match to overtime, where Gutierrez would strike for the winner three minutes in.
9.21 - Southern Oregon 0-1 (OT) Oregon Tech
9.22 - Multnomah 0-2 Walla Walla... The two were in a stalemate until the second half when the Wolves outshot MU 14-4 and got back-to-back goals from Pedro Reyes and Emmett Semple (Corvallis, MT) in the 73rd and 74th minutes. Kudzai Mhondiwa made two saves for the shutout.
9.22 - Warner Pacific 2-3 Rocky Mountain... Nolan Sherwood put the Battlin Bears in front with goals in the sixth and 20th minutes, but the Knights climbed back into it with tallies in the 63rd and 87th for what looked like was going to be an overtime affair before Sky Swenson struck in the 89th to give RMC the win.
9.22 - Northwest 1-2 Carroll... Rory Bloy scored in the seventh minute for the Saints and Jeronimo Lago Huerta doubled the advantage at the half-hour mark. The Eagles spoiled the shutout in the 61st minute for Kaden Connor (Boise, ID), who had five saves.
MEN - Additional Notes for Week 5 [games through 9.22]
9.19 - Northwest Nazarene 2-0 Notre Dame de Namur... Jake Levine (Spokane, WA) scored the opening goal via Carlos Rodriguez-Diaz just three minutes in and in the final two minutes found Skyler Munroe (Boise, ID) to lock up the result.
9.19 - Saint Martin's 2-0 Academy of Art... Jose Marquez (Sunnyside, WA) helped set up the opening goal in the first half and Cole Mattson (Yakima, WA) helped create the other in the second half. Dylan Shaw (Meridian, ID) made two saves in the shutout.
9.20 - Gonzaga 2-0 California Baptist... Nathaniel Tolton scored the opening goal for the Zags courtesy of Mark McEntosh to break the stalemate in the 84th minute and Kupa'a Fernandez added some insurance in the 89th. Johan Garibay made two saves in the shutout.
9.20 - Fort Lewis 1-1 Colorado Mesa... Peter Byrne (Missoula, MT) made five saves for the Skyhawks in the league-opening road draw.
9.21 - Northwest Nazarene 2-0 Dominican... Jake Levine (Spokane, WA) scored in each half for the Nighthawks with Skyler Munroe (Boise, ID) helping create both. Alex Nadermann made two stops for the clean sheet.
9.21 - MSU Billings 0-3 Eastern New Mexico
9.21 - Saint Martin's 4-1 Stanislaus State... Jose Marquez (Sunnyside, WA) scored the final goal for SMU.
9.22 - Gonzaga 2-2 UC Irvine... Theo O'Malley curled in a 30-yard effort off a ball from Demetrius Kigeya eight minutes in and in the 70th Mark McEntosh drove and scored the equalizer from distance after a midfield turnover.
9.22 - Adams State 0-1 Fort Lewis... Peter Byrne (Missoula, MT) made six saves for the Skyhawks in the win.
9.22 - Humboldt State 5-1 Simpson.. Devin Hauenstein (Spokane, WA) scored what proved to be the game-winner in the 40th.
9.22 - Colorado Christian 0-4 Westminster... Skyler Kjellander (Boise, ID) set up the opening goal.
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