In a showdown with rival Idaho, the Eastern Washington Eagles controlled the contest in Cheney and rolled to a 3-1 victory to move to 1-0-1, but Montana is also off to a hot start in the Big Sky Conference, posting a pair of one-goal wins on the weekend to remain perfect after three games.
Opening league play, the Gonzaga women smacked visiting San Diego 6-0 with the duo of India Jencks and Samantha Heilman lighting it up and MSU Billings earned a narrow 1-0 win at Northwest Nazarene on the opening day of GNAC men's play only to finish with a split on the weekend.
Washington State ran into the buzz saw that is second ranked Stanford, suffering a 5-0 loss. The Cougars, however, rebounded quickly with a 1-0 overtime win over #20 California on the weekend. The Washington men, however, faired differently with their trip to face Stanford - ranked number two as well - courtesy of Blake Bodily (Eagle, ID).
Finally kicking off league play this week are the Gonzaga men in the WCC Saturday.
WOMEN - BIG SKY CONFERENCE
Friday
Weber State 0-1 Montana... A lengthy stalemate, the contest was decided in the 76th minute when Taylor Hansen found Rita Lang for the game-winner. Claire Howard made four saves for the shutout.
Idaho State 1-3 Northern Colorado... A goal four minutes in and an own goal in the 36th put the hosts in front by two. They added another in the second half to lock up the contest, but Michaela Didericksen tallied in the 89th to spoil the shutout.
Southern Utah 2-3 Portland State... Rilee Castilla (Kennewick, WA) scored four minutes into the second half to put the Vikings in front.
Northern Arizona 1-1 Sacramento State
Sunday
Idaho State 1-2 Montana... Didericksen scored her second of the weekend to give the Bengals the lead three minutes before the intermission, but the second half belonged to the Griz. Hansen found McKenzie Kilpatrick in the 68th minute and three minutes later Alexa Coyle struck for the winner courtesy of Avery Adams.
Idaho 1-3 Eastern Washington... A corner from Mya Elder-Hammond in the ninth minute put the Eagles on the board when the ball bounced around in the box and eventually cycled its way back out to her in the left corner for a curling effort over the keeper and into the back corner of the net. They doubled it four minutes before the half when Brooke Dunbar drove into the left side of the box and slipped a cross through the middle for a one-time finish by Maddie Morgan (Kennewick, WA). The Vandals got on the board in the 64th when a long ball from Taylor Brust found the head of Hadley Sbrega inside the six, but the Eagles responded seven minutes later when Kaelyn Barnes (Spokane, WA) drove up the left side and found Brittany Delridge (Missoula, MT) for the finish.
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Weber State 0-1 Northern Colorado
Southern Utah 0-3 Sacramento State
Northern Arizona 0-1 Portland State
Big Sky Standings
Montana 3-0-0... 9 pts
Portland State 3-1-0... 9
Northern Colorado 2-0-2... 8
Sacramento State 1-0-2... 6
Eastern Washington 1-0-1... 4
Northern Arizona 1-1-1... 4
Weber State 1-2-1... 4
Idaho... 0-2-1... 1
Idaho State 0-3-1... 1
Southern Utah 0-3-0... 0
WOMEN - DI AREA SCHOOLS
10.03 - Washington State 0-5 Stanford... The #2 Stanford side tallied in the 23rd and added a penalty 15 seconds before intermission. Another strike 17 seconds into the second half put things out of reach as they rolled to the win.
10.03 - Boise State 1-0 San Jose State... Who other than Raimee Sherle (Meridian, ID) would break a lengthy stalemate. She struck for the winner via Kristina Serres in the 76th minute and Sydney Smith finished with one save as the defense allowed just four shots in the game.
10.04 - Seattle 4-1 Chicago State... Kelsey Crosby (Spokane, WA) scored the final goal in the win.
10.05 - San Diego 0-6 Gonzaga... The Zags opened conference play with a bang. The Bulldogs dominated play, but the Samantha Heilman (Richland, WA) goal from India Jencks in the 21st minute was all they had to show for a 12-4 shots advantage after the first half. The second half was a different matter. The same combination of Jencks to Heilman doubled the lead five minutes in and another two minutes later Jordan Thompson connected with Madeline Gotta to make it three. Sophia Vivianao tallied in the 59th and the Jenks-Heilman combo hit again to complete a hat-trick for Heilman in the 67th. Darcy Woodward closed out the scoring in the 87th. Isabel Jones made three saves before exiting for the final seven minutes for Lyza Bosselmann.
10.06 - Washington State 1-0 (OT) California... Outshot 14-9 in the contest, the Cougars used six saves from Ella Dederick to keep the Bears at bay, allowing for Averie Collins (Bozeman, MT) and Elaily Hernandez-Repreza to set up Makamae Gomera-Stevens for the winner two minutes into extra time.
10.06 - Boise State 1-2 Fresno State... Aubree Chatterton (Boise, ID) collected a deflected ball in the 23rd minute and put it away for the initial lead, but the hosts rallied in the second half for the win.
WOMEN - GREAT NORTHWEST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
Thursday
Central Washington 0-2 Western Washington... The Vikings scored early in each half as they downed the Wildcats.
MSU Billings 0-4 Northwest Nazarene... Maddy Parton (Leavenworth, WA) found her sister in the 10th minute with a ball that put Ashley (Leavenworth, WA) behind the back line for the opener. Less than a minute later Brooke Felzien (Boise, ID) did the same, finding Rikki Myers for the second. In the second half Myers fed Makayla Roggow and Jenna Turner capitalized on a turnover for a strike in the final minute. Alexis Montoya made seven saves in the shutout.
Concordia 0-3 Seattle Pacific... Chloe Gellhaus (Spokane, WA) scored the opening goal in the final minute of the first half and Sierra Smith (Boise, ID) finished it off in the 56th.
Saint Martin's 0-2 Simon Fraser
Saturday
Simon Fraser 0-1 Northwest Nazarene... A loose ball on a corner from Magda Wronski was put away by Jade Zimmer in the 56th minute and Montoya made five saves for her second shutout of the week.
Saint Martin's 0-2 Central Washington... The Wildcats rebounded with a shot from Olivia Sloan (Spokane, WA) rebounding to Madison Bradley in the 29th for the lead. Peyton Vogel added some late insurance in the 81st via Sydney Lowe as Emily Thomson finished out the clean sheet with one save.
MSU Billings 0-8 Western Washington... The Vikings tallied twice in the first half and ran away with it in the second.
Seattle Pacific 0-2 Western Oregon
WOMEN - NORTHWEST CONFERENCE
Wednesday
Lewis & Clark 1-2 (OT) Willamette
Friday
Whitworth 0-0 Pacific... The Pirates outshot the hosts 16-7 in the contest but were unable to get on the board. Isabelle Arends made four saves for Whitworth in the stalemate.
Whitman 0-3 Linfield... The hosts tallied three goals in a eight minute span in the first half to grab the commanding lead.
Saturday
Puget Sound 2-0 Lewis & Clark
Pacific Lutheran 2-0 George Fox
Sunday
Whitworth 2-3 Linfield... Brixiada Mendoza (Yakima, WA) finished a cross from Jadyn Baumgartner (Boise, ID) to tie things up in the 21st and Hannah Miller put the Pirates in front in the 40th. The hosts, though, rallied in the second half.
Whitman 3-4 Pacific... The Boxers jumped to a three goal lead in the opening 25 minutes before the Blue made an amazing rally. Riley Glendinning struck on a free kick in the 28th and Sofia Ellington (Bend, OR) tallied a minute later to narrow the gap to one. Ellington later found Pagan Hetherington with a though ball to tie it up in the 79th. Pacific, though, quickly responded with the winner two minutes later.
Puget Sound 2-1 George Fox
Pacific Lutheran 4-1 Willamette
WOMEN - CASCADE COLLEGIATE CONFERENCE
Friday
Providence 0-2 College of Idaho... Madison Glascock (Twin Falls, ID) broke the stalemate on a long through ball from Payton Mongelli in the 63rd minute and Brynna Herridge (Meridian, ID) struck on a free kick from about 25 yards in the 73rd. Kylee Atkins (Boise, ID) finished with five saves for the shutout.
Carroll 0-2 Eastern Oregon... Nan Kiebert (Sandpoint, ID) found Josee Bassett (Coeur d'Alene, ID) for the opener in the 41st minute and later connected with Kayla Storm to make it two in the 79th. Cydni Cottrell (Pasco, WA) made six saves for the clean sheet.
Oregon Tech 0-0 Rocky Mountain... The two battled to a scoreless stalemate with Maia Wetzel (Helena, MT) making four saves for RMC in the draw.
Corban 0-2 Northwest... Rylee Rassier (Spokane, WA) scored 90 seconds into the match and tallied again in the 59th to add some insurance.
Northwest Christian 0-2 Evergreen
Saturday
Carroll 1-1 College of Idaho... Alexa Rierson (Twin Falls, ID) finished off a cross from Mackenzie Malach (Boise, ID) in the 43rd minute to give the Yotes the lead just before the break. Carroll evened things up in the 68th when a long ball from McKenna Payne off a free kick was flicked home by Taryn Neamyer. Sydney Green made six saves for Carroll and Kylee Atkins (Boise, ID) four at the other end.
Providence 0-4 Eastern Oregon... Kiebert scored the opening goal via Cailin Koupal in the 29th minute and helped set up the second from Abri Cardenas in the 56th. Mackinley Gregus scored the third in the 65th minute and three minutes later found Koupal for the final tally. Cydni Cottrell (three saves, 76 minutes) and Savannah Hutchinson combined for the shutout.
Northwest Christian 0-5 Northwest... Rassier had the hot foot of the week. Picking up where she left off, she tallied in the sixth and 17th minutes for a two goal lead at the break and then pushed the lead to four with goals again in the 54th and 74th for six on the weekend. She also helped set up the other goal in the 57th.
Multnomah 1-3 Warner Pacific... Persia Anderson (Hayden, ID) spoiled the shutout with a goal in the 73rd minute.
Corban 2-1 (OT) Evergreen
Sunday
Southern Oregon 0-1 Rocky Mountain... Wetzel made six saves for the Battlin Bears as they looked headed to overtime before Lauryn Gamache tallied in the final minute via Hannah Borgel.
WOMEN - Additional Notes for Week 7 [games through 10.06]
10.02 - Mercyhurst 1-0 Clarion... Taryn Baxter (Spokane, WA) scored the deciding goal in the 66th minute.
10.04 - Soka 2-5 Embry-Riddle... Riley Martinson (Deer Park, WA) scored the first two goals as ERAU rollled out to a three goal lead.
10.04 - Mississippi State 2-3 (OT) Alabama... AJ Crooks (Spokane, WA) helped guide them to the overtime win with five saves.
10.04 - Minnesota State 1-2 Mary... Cassidy Pierce (Missoula, MT) set up the opening goal in the win.
10.05 - BYU 2-2 Santa Clara... Kelcie Hedge (Post Falls, ID) ripped a free kick in the sixth minute for the opener.
10.05 - Portland 1-2 Pepperdine... Larkin Russell (Spokane, WA) converted a penalty late for the Pilots.
10.05 - Alderson Broaddus 0-5 Cedarville... The blowout gave Jocelyn Gross (Pullman, WA) the opportunity to finish out the final 34 minutes in goal, though did not need to make a save.
10.05 - Briar Cliff 3-1 Doane... Abby Maxwell (Spokane, WA) scored in the final minutes to spoil the shutout.
10.06 - Marymount California 0-3 Embry-Riddle... Martinson scored the opening goal for the second time on the weekend.
10.06 - Oregon 0-2 Utah... Kylee Geiss (Boise, ID) helped create the opening goal.
10.06 - Westminster 1-0 MSU Denver... Sarah Reiber (Yakima, WA) scored the deciding goal in the 54th.
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Thursday
MSU Billings 1-0 Northwest Nazarene... Theo Lamare broke the stalemate with a goal courtesy of Yaniss Aka in the 52nd minute to give the Yellowjackets the road win. Jessy Martin made eight saves for the shutout.
Western Washington 3-1 Seattle Pacific... Johan Espinoza (Wenatchee, WA) set up the game-winner for the Vikings.
Saint Martin's 1-5 Simon Fraser
Saturday
MSU Billings 1-4 Concordia... Down two, Shantik Bedrosian scored early in the second half to give the Yellowjackets some hope, but the Cavaliers pulled away.
Simon Fraser 4-2 Seattle Pacific
Saint Martin's 1-1 Western Washington
MEN - NORTHWEST CONFERENCE
Friday
Whitworth 4-1 Pacific... Chase Reidt (Spokane, WA) found Eric Shaporda (Moses Lake, WA) four minutes in to give the Pirates the lead only to see the hosts equalize four minutes later. Reidt, though, set up another in the 26th, finding Christian Pumpelly for the winner with Britton Clifford scoring in the 70th and Braydon Chang in the 83rd.
Whitman 3-1 George Fox... Jourdan Furukawa scored the opener in the 28th minute. The hosts tied it back up in the 34th, but a free kick from Oscar Harding in the 43rd restored the lead for the Blues, who added some insurance when Jacob Barsher tallied in the 67th.
Saturday
Willamette 0-2 Puget Sound... Luke Murdock (Boise, ID) set up the opener in the 41st.
Linfield 0-4 Pacific Lutheran
Sunday
Whitman 2-0 Pacific... Oscar Harding broke the stalemate in the 54th minute for the Blues and Austin Betschart doubled things in the 86th. Owen Davis-Bower and Jack Filpponi combined for the shutout.
Whitworth 0-1 George Fox... The Bruins scored in the ninth minute and made it stand despite being outshot 20-8.
Linfield 1-2 Puget Sound
Willamette 1-1 Pacific Lutheran
MEN - CASCADE COLLEGIATE CONFERENCE
Friday
Providence 2-1 College of Idaho... The Yotes grabbed the lead when Ahmet Huremovic (Meridian, ID) converted a penalty in the 15th minute and held the advantage for quite some time before a lofted Alain Murhula (Boise, ID) cross found the head of Manuel Garcia in the 63rd to tie it up. A corner from Seamus Quinn decided the match in the 77th with Fernando Gutierrez getting his head on it for the finish.
Carroll 1-4 Eastern Oregon... Javier Moran put the Mountaineers on the board five minutes in with Nick Lowrimore equalizing just three minutes later for the Saints. Jack Rose put EOU back in front in the 33rd and the Mountaineers pulled away in the second half with Patrick Larsen tallying in the 58th via Erik Mattice, who scored the final goal four minutes later.
Oregon Tech 1-3 Rocky Mountain... The hosts quickly jumped in front through Pablo Ferreira in the fifth minute. The Owls tied it up in the 28th, but the Battlin Bears reclaimed the lead in the fourth minute of the second half when Ferreira found Sky Swenson, who later set up Quique Garcia in the 55th.
Southern Oregon 10-0 Walla Walla... Daniel McDevitt (Rathdrum, ID) scored for the Raiders.
Corban 3-2 Northwest
Northwest Christian 0-1 Evergreen
Saturday
Carroll 0-2 College of Idaho... After a scoreless first half Jack O'Leary combined with Lucas Thorne (Kuna, ID) to set up Ben Bechor for the opening goal in the 51st minute. O'Leary later tallied in the final minute to lock up the win as Parker Billings (Boise, ID) finished his shutout with three saves.
Providence 2-1 Eastern Oregon... Manuel Garcia scored the lone goal of the first half to give the Argos the lead at the break, but Moran tied things up shortly after the break in the 48th minute. The game appeared headed to overtime when defender Ole Cloppenburg tallied in the 88th to give the Argos the comeback win.
Northwest Christian 0-2 Northwest... Noah Prophet (Cheney, WA) helped set up the second goal for the Eagles.
Multnomah 0-10 Warner Pacific... Enrique Leal (Hermiston, OR) scored the first and third goals of the match.
Corban 2-1 (OT) Evergreen
Sunday
Southern Oregon 1-2 Rocky Mountain... Swenson scored the opening goal in the 25th and the game-winner in the 87th for RMC.
Oregon Tech 7-1 Walla Walla... Six minutes after falling behind Bryson Johansson tied it up for the hosts via Jordan St George (Meridian, ID) in the 14th minute. OIT, though, reclaimed the lead in the 35th via Kyle Wright (Boise, ID) and pulled away with Wright setting up the next in the 46th.
MEN - Additional Notes for Week 7 [games through 10.06]
10.03 - Washington 2-1 (OT) Stanford... Blake Bodily (Eagle, ID) set up the overtime game-winner in the 105th minute against second-ranked Stanford.
10.04 - Colorado School of Mines 7-0 Colorado Christian... Zach Archibald (Butte, MT) scored.
10.04 - Westminster 0-1 Fort Lewis... Peter Byrne (Missoula, MT) made four saves for the Skyhawks in the shutout.
10.04 - Houston Baptist 0-5 Seattle... Noe Meza (Sunnyside, WA) kicked things off in the 27th minute.
10.05 - Florida International 1-1 Akron... Tor Saunders (Spokane, WA) made a save in goal as he helped lead the Zips to a draw against the 10th ranked visitors.
10.05 - Lipscomb 2-3 Florida Gulf Coast... Noah Bushey (Spokane, WA) set up the second goal and what would prove to be the winner.
10.06 - Washington 1-0 California... Bodily tallied the lone goal for the Huskies at the half-hour mark for the win.
10.06 - Stanislaus State 0-3 Humboldt State... Devin Hauenstein (Spokane, WA) scored the final goal in the contest.
10.06 - Presentation 2-5 Mary... Blake Palmquist (Bozeman, MT) set up the second and third goals for the Marauders.
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