The Walla Walla women came into East play on a dominant run and are now four games into the campaign and have not allowed a goal, blanking Wenatchee Valley and a Yakima Valley side that was coming off a fantastic pair of road wins.
On the men's side Spokane and Columbia Basin head into a Wednesday night showdown as the unbeaten leaders in the East, which saw four of six matches last week finish in a stalemate. The Walla Walla men, like the ladies, are unbeaten thus far, but only have draws on their ledger after three games.
Wednesday
W - Columbia Basin 1-1 Yakima Valley... Ciel McDonald found Abigail Uhart on a set piece in the 43rd minute for the Yaks, but an own goal seven minutes into the second half left the two deadlocked.
Thursday
W - Walla Walla 1-0 Wenatchee Valley... After running through their non-league opposition and East opening week sides Treasure Valley and Blue Mountain with relative ease the Warriors had a tough time finding the back of the net as Sariah Valencia's (Grandview, WA) lone goal in the 32nd was the lone effort of 16 shots on goal to get past Taryn McCullough.
Friday
W - Spokane 3-1 Treasure Valley... Megan Wilkiinson (Pasco, WA) fed Megan Robertson (Spokane, WA) eight minutes into the match and Frankie Schade (Spokane, WA) added two more before the break via Lizzy Gonzalez (Caldwell, ID) and Morgan Skone (Moses Lake, WA) as the Bigfoot ran away with the lead. The hosts put forth a valiant effort in the second half with 17 shots, but Brianna Krygier (Spokane, WA) made 12 stops as the Chukars were only able to get on the board via Emilia Landa (Caldwell, ID) in the 76th.
W - North Idaho 7-0 Blue Mountain... The Cardinals put three on the board in the opening half hour via Riley Klauss (Cheney, WA), Autumn Stewart (Spokane, WA) and Emmaleah Allen (Eagle, ID). Stewart added two more in the second half along with tallies from Sydney Moore (Spokane, WA) and Maya Lewis. Kaysha Bailey (Lewiston, ID) would finish with four saves in the shutout.
Saturday
W - North Idaho 4-1 Treasure Valley... Berenice Chavez (Idaho Falls, ID) gave the Cardinals the lead 18 minutes in but the hosts answered via Emilia Landa (Caldwell, ID) in the 29th to even things up. Autumn Stewart (Spokane, WA) tallied her fourth of the weekend in the 26th via Maya Lewis for the halftime lead. Chavez found Sofia Schnepf (Rathdrum, ID) in the 76th and Lewis connected with Demi Randall (Lewiston, ID) five minutes from time to cap it off.
W - Spokane 6-0 Blue Mountain... Six different scorers on the day led the Sasquatch to the comfortable win. Megan Wilkinson (Pasco, WA) set up Morgan Skone (Moses Lake, WA) just a minute in and later tallied a goal and assist in the second half. Megan Robertson (Spokane, WA) and Lizzy Gonzalez (Caldwell, ID) scored the other two in the first half and Sydnee Suarez (Pasco, WA) and Kylie Somerday (Spokane, WA) scored in the second. Mikayla Ramirez finished the shutout without needing to make a save.
W - Columbia Basin 4-0 Wenatchee Valley... Bailey Whitney (Warden, WA) scored the lone goal of the first half 17 minutes in via Rebecca Wheeler. Their dominance in shots finally broke through in the second half. Hannah Johnson (Prosser, WA) scored in the opening minute and Whitney set up Dani Chang in the 68th. Mya Spencer (Ephrata, WA) closed out the scoring.
W - Walla Walla 4-0 Yakima Valley... Thursday's 1-0 result in Wenatchee Thursday was a surprise as the Warriors went into the contest having outscored their opposition 41-1. That scoring touch was back Saturday in Yakima. Fani Cossio (Richland, WA) tallied in the 21st and Taylen Wohl (Clarkston, WA) quickly added onto it five minutes later. In the second half Jessica Maher (Richland, WA) and Aubree Skone (Warden, WA) put things out of reach with Josey Gunter (MaCammon, ID) finished the shutout with a pair of saves, going the second half with seeing a shot.
Around the NWAC: Alyssa Konarek (Wenatchee, WA) set up the opening goal for Peninsula in a 4-0 win against Whatcom... Bailey Johnson (Idaho Falls, ID) scored the game-winner for Lane in a 3-1 win against Southwestern Oregon... Johnson went on to score two more for the Titans in a 3-0 win at Clackamas... Jessie Thomas (Deer Park, WA) scored the opening goal for Clark in a 4-1 win at Rogue.
Women's NWAC East Table
Walla Walla 4-0-0... 12 points
Columbia Basin 3-0-1... 10
North Idaho 3-1-0... 9
Spokane 3-1-0... 9
Yakima Valley 2-1-1... 7
Treasure Valley 0-4-0... 0
Wenatchee Valley 0-4-0... 0
Blue Mountain 0-4-0... 0
Thursday
M - Walla Walla 2-2 Wenatchee Valley... In a back-and-forth affair the Warriors took the lead twice on the road with Jonathan Martinez (Meridian, ID) finding Moises Martinez (Toppenish, WA) for the lone goal of the first half 18 minutes in. Luis Rodriguez (Royal City, WA) tied things back up for the Knights via Sergio Bravo (Wenatchee, WA) in the 57th, but the Warriors reclaimed the lead through Jose Peralta (Boardman, OR) seven minutes later. Less than three minutes from time the hosts equalized again for the draw.
Friday
M - Spokane 4-1 Treasure Valley... Christian Bahena put the Sasquatch on the board in the 35th and just a minute later Bum Cho doubled the advantage. Hector Arreola (Caldwell, ID) would answer just another two minutes later to make the game a one-goal affair going to the break, but Spokane ran away with matters in the second half with Carlos Campo tallying in the 55th and Jose Quinonez in the 82nd.
M - North Idaho 1-1 Blue Mountain... Dorian Cornichuck found Jacob Luhrs 20 minutes into the contest to give the Cardinals the advantage, but the Timberwolves pulled even three minutes after the break when Jonathan Reynoso hit Melchor Olivera, and held on thanks to nine saves from Dalton Mauzay (Cheney, WA).
Saturday
M - North Idaho 2-0 Treasure Valley... Noah Dreves (Spokane, WA) broke a scoreless stalemate via Dorian Cornichuck in the 63rd and Mac Stultz (Sagle, ID) added some insurance six minutes from time. Isaiah Damschen (Spokane, WA) made four stops for the clean sheet.
M - Spokane 1-1 Blue Mountain... Felix Nava scored just four minutes in for Spokane. Dalton Mauzay (Cheney, WA), though, made five saves as Blue Mountain was outshot 13-6 to keep the Timberwolves alive, allowing for Andres Acuna to tie things up with three minutes remaining. Richard Crews had five saves for Spokane.
M - Columbia Basin 2-2 Wenatchee Valley... Luis Navarrete (Wenatchee, WA) opened things up for the Knights via Ignacio Castillo (Quincy, WA) in the 28th minute, but less than a minute later Kevin Meraz-Rodriguez (Pasco, WA) found Juan Mendoza (Yakima, WA) for the equalizer. Mendoza put the Hawks in front in the 67th and they looked headed toward a road win when Jose Camarillo (Wenatchee, WA) set up Luis Rodriguez (Royal City, WA) for an equalizer in the 90th.
Around the NWAC: Joel Witts (Bend, OR) made eight saves for Rogue as they earned a 2-1 win at Chemeketa Wednesday... Emmanuel Lopez (Wenatchee, WA) set up the final two goals for Peninsula for a 4-1 win against Whatcom Wednesday... Lopez set up another Saturday, setting up the opener in their 3-0 win at Everett... Josh Lyon Butinda (Boise, ID) scored the final tally for Whatcom in a 5-0 win against Shoreline.
Men's NWAC East Table
Spokane 2-0-1... 7 points
Columbia Basin 2-0-1... 7
Wenatchee Valley 1-1-2... 5
North Idaho 1-1-1... 4
Walla Walla 0-0-3... 3
Blue Mountain 0-1-3... 3
Treasure Valley 0-3-1... 1
COMING UP THIS WEEK
Wednesday
W - Walla Walla @ North Idaho 2:00
W - Columbia Basin @ Spokane 4:00
M - Walla Walla @ North Idaho 4:15
M - Columbia Basin @ Spokane 6:15
Friday
W - Blue Mountain @ Wenatchee Valley 2:00
W - Treasure Valley @ Yakima Valley 2:00
M - Blue Mountain @ Wenatchee Valley 4:15
Saturday
W - Blue Mountain @ Yakima Valley 12:00
W - North Idaho @ Columbia Basin 12:00
W - Treasure Valley @ Wenatchee Valley 12:15
M - Treasure Valley @ Wenatchee Valley 10:00
M - North Idaho @ Columbia Basin 2:15
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