In 26 previous meetings, perennial power Portland had won 25 times against Gonzaga and played to a tie once. The Zags finally broke through against their WCC foe in Spokane last year for their first win. Visiting Portland would surely be a different scenario one would imagine, but the Bulldogs were able to repeat the accomplishment.
WOMEN - BIG SKY CONFERENCE
The Grizzlies picked up four points as their closest challengers in the table suffered losses this week, giving them a little added space at the top. Meanwhile, unbeaten Eastern Washington picked up a pair of road wins to jump up the table from fifth to third.
Friday
Eastern Washington 3-0 Idaho State... The Eagles broke through just before the break when McKaley Goffard (Kennewick, WA) found Kendall Pope (Kennewick, WA) in the 43rd minute. Brooke Dunbar doubled the lead less than two minutes after the intermission and scored a second via Pope at the hour mark to put things out of reach as the Eags took control, outshooting the hosts 11-2 in the second half. Kelsee Winston (Pasco, WA) finished with four saves in the shutout.
Idaho 1-1 Weber State... After a lengthy stalemate the hosts took the lead in the 72nd minute, but the Vandals fired back quickly through Savannah Foster. Julia Byerlein held on for the draw with 13 saves despite Idaho being outshot 26-9 for the games and 7-0 in overtime as they played with 10 after Juliana deTar's send-off in the 87th.
Montana 1-0 Northern Arizona... An Allie Larsen free kick in the 69th minute proved to be the difference as it found the head of Alexa Coyle for the winner. Claire Howard made three saves for the clean sheet.
Northern Colorado 3-1 Southern Utah
Sunday
Idaho 1-2 Idaho State... The Bengals picked up their first victory over their in-state rivals since the Vandals rejoined the Big Sky in 2014 (0-4-1) with their last win coming in a 2013 non-conference meeting in Pocatello. Idaho was 8-2-1 versus ISU in the last 13 coming into the contest. The win also snapped a 12-game winless run in league play for the Bengals. Makena Bambei gave ISU the lead just three minutes into the match courtesy of Rachel Brownell. Five minutes into the second half Bergl Baldursdottir found Maddie Haas (Lewiston, ID), who took a touch and ripped a ball into the upper corner from about 20 yards. The two went the rest of the way deadlocked until a penalty in the 104th minute was converted by Karlin Wurlitzer.
Eastern Washington 1-0 Weber State... The hosts provided the winning goal for the Eagles via an own goal in the 15th minute that Winston made stand with three saves. The goal was created when Sariah Keister was attempting to return the ball to Riley Walkington (Sandpoint, ID) on a give-and-go as the two drove up through the box. A Wildcat defender attempted to intercept the cross, but redirected it into the back of the net.
Montana 0-0 Southern Utah... Claire Howard went the distance with four saves in the scoreless stalemate, recording her fourth shutout in the last five games (the start of league play).
Sacramento State 2-1 Portland State
Northern Colorado 0-2 Northern Arizona
Big Sky Standings
Montana 4-0-01.. 13 pts
Northern Colorado 3-1-2... 11
Eastern Washington 3-0-1... 10
Sacramento State 2-0-3... 9
Portland State 3-2-0... 9
Northern Arizona 2-2-1... 7
Weber State 1-3-2... 5
Idaho State 1-4-1... 4
Idaho... 0-3-2... 2
Southern Utah 0-4-1... 1
WOMEN - DI AREA SCHOOLS
10.09 Gonzaga 1-0 Portland... With a Madeline Gotta penalty in the 73rd minute and two saves from Isabelle Jones the Zags made history with their first-ever victory in Portland.
10.10 Arizona 1-0 Washington State... Despite outshooting the Wildcats 18-11, the visitors snatched the win in the 81st minute.
10.11 San Diego State 1-2 Boise State... Gabbie Gillespie scored the opener in the 14th minute via Raimee Sherle (Meridian, ID) and Jennifer Turnek tallied what proved to be the winner in the 42nd as the visitors got on the board with a penalty in the second half. Sydney Smith (Caldwell, ID), otherwise, had a good game in goal with four saves.
10.12 San Francisco 3-3 Gonzaga... Coming off the high of the result in Portland nearly cost the Zags as third minute goal from Samantha Heilman (Richland, WA) was negated by three from the Dons. Gotta, who set up the first, converted another penalty in the 59th to close the gap and Lauren Elwer (Eagle, ID) netted a clutch equalizer via India Jencks in the 86th.
10.13 New Mexico 0-1 Boise State... Smith made another four stops, which were key as the Broncos did not find the winner until Keile Hansen found Jazel Bowers in the 75th minute.
10.13 Arizona State 0-0 Washington State... The Cougs dominated the contest with an astonishing 27-4 advantage in shots that required just one save from Ella Dederick, but were unable to get one of their nine on goal past the ASU keeper.
10.13 Arizona 2-3 (OT) Washington... Summer Yates (Pasco, WA) converted a penalty in the 85th to tie it up and send it to overtime for the Huskies.
WOMEN - GREAT NORTHWEST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
Western Washington and Seattle Pacific continue to roll through league play while Concordia is still looking for its first victory. Last a year ago with one victory, MSU Billings is sitting third with three wins so far this season.
Thursday
Concordia 0-2 Western Oregon
Western Washington 6-0 Saint Martin's
Saturday
Northwest Nazarene 0-1 MSU Billings... A second chance on a corner came to Amanda Hemmen, who found Summer Miles for the deciding tally in the 26th minute. Erinn Harder made three saves for the shutout.
Central Washington 1-1 Concordia... The Cavaliers jumped in front eight minutes in but Sydney Lowe quickly equalized four minutes later from outside the box. Outshot 20-13, Emily Thomson made five saves for the Wildcats to keep things even.
Simon Fraser 0-4 Seattle Pacific... Claire Neder (Spokane, WA) set up the opening goal from Makena Rietz (Walla Walla, WA) in the 25th and Chloe Gellhaus (Spokane, WA) helped set up the second in the 34th. Rietz turned provider in the 56th on a strike from Sierra Smith (Boise, ID) as they pulled away in the second half.
Western Washington 5-0 Western Oregon
GNAC Standings
Western Washington 5-0-0... 15 pts
Seattle Pacific 4-1-0... 12
MSU Billings 3-2-0... 9
Central Washington 2-1-1... 7
Western Oregon 2-2-1... 7
NW Nazarene 2-2-1... 7
Simon Fraser 1-4-0... 3
Concordia 0-3-1... 1
Saint Martin's 0-4-0... 0
WOMEN - NORTHWEST CONFERENCE
In an extremely tight bunch of matches this week, only two goals were scored by a team out of nine games as six finished 1-0 and a seventh scoreless. In the first of those close contests the Lutes prevailed against rival Puget Sound to remain perfect on the season.
Wednesday
Pacific Lutheran 1-0 Puget Sound
Saturday
Willamette 1-0 (OT) Whitworth... The two sides went to extra time locked in a scoreless stalemate before the Bearcats prevailed in the 97th.
Lewis & Clark 1-0 Whitman... The Pioneers found their winner in the 73rd minute as Elly Wolfe made eight saves for the hosts.
George Fox 1-0 Pacific
Linfield 0-1 Pacific Lutheran
Sunday
Lewis & Clark 0-2 Whitworth... Hannah Miller put Brixiada Mendoza (Yakima, WA) into the box with some space to finish for the lead 10 minutes into the match. In the 23rd minute she connected with Jadyn Baumgartner (Boise, ID), who dribbled around the keeper for an empty net finish. Isabelle Arends had one save in the first half and Kaycie Priske in the second.
Willamette 1-0 (OT) Whitman... For a second consecutive day the Bearcats prevailed in overtime.
Pacific 0-2 Puget Sound... Kylee Roath (Bend, OR) scored the opener for the Loggers.
George Fox 0-0 Linfield
NWC Standings
Pacific Lutheran 8-0-0... 24 pts
Puget Sound 6-1-1... 19
Willamette 6-1-1... 19
Linfield 4-3-1... 13
Lewis & Clark 3-5-0... 9
George Fox 2-5-1... 7
Whitworth 2-5-1... 7
Pacific 1-6-1... 4
Whitman 1-7-0... 3
WOMEN - CASCADE COLLEGIATE CONFERENCE
In a showdown of unbeatens Oregon Tech got the better of Eastern Oregon Friday and claimed another win on the weekend to move to 4-0-2 and stay in the hunt. EOU's loss, though, created some breathing room for Northwest as the perfect Eagles took care of business against sides near the bottom of the table.
Friday
Eastern Oregon 1-3 Oregon Tech... After a scoreless first half the Owls grabbed the lead five minutes into the second half on a penalty and locked up the win with goals in the 73rd and 82nd before Nan Kiebert (Sandpoint, ID) got on the board in the 85th.
College of Idaho 1-1 Southern Oregon... The two were stuck in a stalemate and nearly went the distance scoreless until Kaitlyn Ramon (Meridian, ID) broke through in the 83rd for the Yotes. The hosts, though, pulled even in the 89th, spoiling a shutout bid by Kylee Atkins (Boise, ID), who finished with eight saves.
Northwest Christian 0-4 Carroll... Carsyn Kraft (Clancy, MT) found Blair Stapleton (Billings, MT) just 64 seconds into the contest and then tallied herself in the eighth minute for early control of matters. The domination continued with Melissa Dugger (Billings, MT) added a goal in the 41st and Kirsten Girolami in the 59th. Sydney Green and Sarah Conway (Belt, MT) went without needing to make a save for the Saints in goal.
Corban 0-2 Providence... After an hour of scoreless action Eme McLaughlin (Great Falls, MT) put the Argos in front. Shayenn Thompson (Kalispell, MT) added some insurance late with a strike in the 88th and Jenna Evertz (Polson, MT) finished with six saves for the shutout.
Northwest 3-0 Warner Pacific... Rylee Rassier (Spokane, WA) picked up where she left off last week with the opening goal five minutes into the contest.
Evergreen 3-0 Multnomah
Saturday
College of Idaho 0-1 Oregon Tech... Atkins did her best to keep the Yotes in the match with seven saves but a goal in the 24th held up for the Owls.
Eastern Oregon 1-0 Southern Oregon... A through ball from Jenna Jensen (Spokane, WA) in the 52nd minute was put away by Kiebert for the winner. Cydni Cottrell finished with two saves for the clean sheet.
Corban 0-1 Carroll... Dugger's second goal of the weekend was the difference maker in the contest. Girolami registered the assist on the play and Green finished the shutout with a single save.
Northwest Christian 0-7 Providence... McLaughlin went to town for her second four-goal performance of the season. She tallied the first three in the 9th, 22nd and 33rd. Shawnae Inama scored in the 34th and Thompson, who set up the first two, tallied one of her own in the 41st. McLaughlin notched her fourth to close out the first half scoring and Soraya Alfaro tallied the lone goal of the second half. Evertz made three saves in the shutout.
Northwest 7-0 Multnomah... Rassier tallied a hat-trick for the second consecutive week. She scored the lone goal of the first half and netted two more in the second half.
Evergren 2-1 Warner Pacific
CCC Standings
Northwest 7-0-0... 21 pts
Eastern Oregon 5-1-1... 16
Oregon Tech 4-0-2... 14
Rocky Mountain 4-1-1... 13
Corban 4-3-1... 13
Carroll 3-4-1... 10
Evergreen 3-4-0... 9
Providence 3-5-0... 9
Southern Oregon 2-2-2... 8
College of Idaho 2-3-2... 8
Warner Pacific 2-4-0... 6
Northwest Christian 1-7-0... 3
Multnomah 0-6-0... 0
WOMEN - Additional Notes for Week 8 [games through 10.13]
10.07 UW Superior 0-8 Saint Mary's (MN)... Natalie Ruegsegger (Billings, MT) scored the sixth goal and Haylee Queen (Spokane, WA) the seventh.
10.09 Santa Clara 3-0 Pacific... Kelsey Turnbow (Spokane, WA) scored the opening goal in the 14th minute and Kelcie Hedge (Post Falls, ID) the final goal in the 57th for WCC opener win.
10.09 Mount Marty 1-2 Jamestown... Kamryn Fiscus (Yakima, WA) scored what proved to be the winner in the 31st.
10.10 Alabama 1-1 Texas A&M... AJ Crooks (Spokane, WA) made six saves for the visitors in their first positive result against a ranked opponent this season.
10.11 McNeese 5-1 Nicholls... Havana Johnson (Coeur d'Alene, ID) scored the third and fourth goals for the Cowgirls.
10.11 Embry-Riddle 3-1 La Sierra... Parker Lee (Kennewick, WA) set up the go-ahead goal and added some insurance herself for the Eagles.
10.12 San Diego 0-6 Santa Clara... Kelcie Hedge (Post Falls, ID) opened the scoring this time with Kelsey Turnbow (Spokane, WA) tallying the fourth and setting up the fifth.
10.12 New Mexico State 0-5 Seattle... Kelsey Crosby (Spokane, WA) scored the third goal.
10.13 LSU 0-3 Alabama... AJ Crooks (Spokane, WA) made two saves for Alabama's first shutout in SEC play.
10.13 Embry-Riddle 1-1 Antelope Valley... In a battle of unbeatens Riley Martinson (Deer Park, WA) scored crucial equalizer in the 89th minute for the visiting Eagles.
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MEN - GREAT NORTHWEST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
Concordia handed powerhouse Simon Fraser just its second loss in the last 18 league games and first loss at home to a GNAC opponent since 2014, opening the door for MSU Billings to move atop the table ahead of the Clan along with Western Washington.
Thursday
Northwest Nazarene 2-5 Seattle Pacific... The hosts grabbed a two goal lead in the opening 11 minutes and made it three five minutes before the break. Lorenzo Valentini scored in the 58th to give the Nighthawks some hope, but SPU kept them at bay before adding two in the 81st minute - one set up by Travis Swallow (Coeur d'Alene, ID) - to push the lead to four. Valentini scored a second via Braeden Anderson in the 87th.
MSU Billings 5-1 Saint Martin's... A corner from Sebastian Navarro (Yakima, WA) led to the opener for the hosts in the sixth minute, but the Yellowjackets responded quickly and often to take command. Shantik Bedrosian and Yaniss Aka combined to set up Bryan Maxwell (Spokane, WA) in the seventh minute to tie it up. Christian Thode then put them in front in the 13th via Andres Perez, who tallied courtesy of Bedrosian four minutes later. Thode scored again on a breakaway in the 42nd to close out the half. Perez also nabbed a second strike, tallying off a Paul Cuevas (Yakima, WA) cross in the 48th.
Concordia 2-1 (OT) Simon Fraser
Saturday
MSU Billings 1-0 Seattle Pacific... Bedrosian broke the stalemate in the 79th minute and Jessy Martin made four saves for the clean sheet.
Northwest Nazarene 2-3 (OT) Saint Martin's... Garrison Lee put the Nighthawks in front in the 27th minute on the lone goal of the first half, but the hosts pulled in front with goals in the 63rd and 65th. Valentini tallied his third of the weekend for NNU to tie it back up, but Navarro set up the overtime winner for Saint Martin's.
Concordia 0-2 Western Washington
GNAC Standings
MSU Billings 3-1-0... 9 pts
Western Washington 2-0-1... 7
Simon Fraser 2-1-0... 6
Concordia 2-1-0... 6
Saint Martin's 1-2-1... 4
Seattle Pacific 1-3-0... 3
NW Nazarene 0-3-0... 0
MEN - NORTHWEST CONFERENCE
Rivalry day made things a bit interesting at the top of the table as a late strike from Puget Sound cost leader Pacific Lutheran two points, allowing Whitman to make up some ground with their overtime win against Whitworth.
Saturday
Whitworth 2-3 (OT) Whitman... Jadon Bachtold gave the Blues a two goal lead at the break with Oscar Harding finding him in the 18th and Jimmy Jacobson in the 41st. The Pirates rallied in the second half though with Scott Penner connecting with Zanskar Blair in the 54th and Chase Reidt (Spokane, WA) converting from the spot in the 61st to force overtime. The hosts claimed the victory in the 103rd through Erik Nielsen.
Puget Sound 1-1 Pacific Lutheran... Luke Murdock (Boise, ID) tied the match up for the Loggers with just seven seconds left in regulation.
Linfield 1-2 Willamette
George Fox 1-1 Pacific
NWC Standings
Pacific Lutheran 5-0-2... 17 pts
Whitman 5-2-0... 15
Puget Sound 4-2-1... 13
Willamette 4-2-1... 13
Whitworth 3-4-0... 9
Linfield 2-4-1... 7
George Fox 1-5-1... 4
Pacific 0-5-2... 2
MEN - CASCADE COLLEGIATE CONFERENCE
The Corban Warriors took care of business on their road trip to Montana with a pair of victories to remain perfect through eight games. Rocky Mountain enjoyed an easy week to keep things close and Southern Oregon won both home games to stay within two as well.
Friday
College of Idaho 0-2 Southern Oregon... Kelly Gieber (Bend, OR) set up the opening goal for the Raiders in the eighth minute.
Eastern Oregon 0-4 Oregon Tech... Cade Roske (Pocatello, ID) set up the opening goal for the Owls in the 12th minute.
Corban 6-3 Providence... The visitors jumped in front with goals in the 12th and 18th minutes, but the Argos rallied to grabbed the lead before the break. George Holloway scored in the 28th and Alain Murhula (Boise, ID) tied matters up in the 38th. Gudmundur Gudmundsson tallied the go-ahead goal with eight seconds left in the half. The second half, however, belonged entirely to the Warriors.
Northwest Christian 0-2 Carroll... Paolo Georgiades set up Rory Bloy to break the stalemate four minutes into the second half and then combined with Damian Fraga (Hanford, WA) in the 71st to find Leo Georgiades. Kaden Connor (Boise, ID) made four stops for the shutout.
Evergreen 5-2 Multnomah... Tino Pantaleon (Wenatchee, WA) scored for the Geoducks in the win.
Northwest 1-1 Warner Pacific... Enrique Leal (Hermiston, OR) set up the opener for the Knights in the 35th.
Saturday
College of Idaho 2-1 Oregon Tech... Jack O'Leary found Ahmet Huremovic (Meridian, ID) for the opener in the 12th minute and later scored off a ball from Ben Bechor in the 68th.
Eastern Oregon 0-2 Southern Oregon... Two goals for the Raiders in the final 20 minutes decided the contest.
Corban 2-1 Carroll... Trailing at the break Nick Lowrimore tied things up in the 47th minute only to see the Warriors reclaim the lead just over a minute later.
Northwest Christian 0-3 Providence... Holloway scored in the 30th and 79th on balls from Murhula and the second came via an own goal from NCU. Hernan Perez made three saves for the shutout.
Evergreen 3-2 Warner Pacific... Leal set up the opener for the Knights in the 23rd minute, but Pantaleon put the Geoducks in front with assists on goals in the 33rd and 57th. Hunter VanCleave (Missoula, MT) pulled the hosts back even in the 75th en route to the win.
Northwest 4-0 Multnomah... Noah Prophet (Cheney, WA) set up the second and third goals for the Eagles.
Sunday
Walla Walla 0-12 Rocky Mountain... Marco Kummerle scored the first two goals, finishing with four in total. Nolan Sherwood struck for the next two and finished with three along with a pair of assists. Sky Swenson set up five goals and scored one of his own. Also tallying were Sam Davidson, Daylen Storaci (Pasco, WA), Lachlan Gilchrist and Seth Kalberer. Jonah Gronmayer registered a pair of assists. Three keepers combined in the shutout.
CCC Standings
Corban 8-0-0... 24 pts
Rocky Mountain 6-1-0... 18
Southern Oregon 5-2-0... 15
Providence 5-3-0... 15
Northwest 4-3-1... 13
Oregon Tech 4-3-0... 12
Evergreen 4-4-0... 12
Carroll 4-4-0... 12
Warner Pacific 3-3-1... 10
College of Idaho 3-4-0... 9
Eastern Oregon 2-5-0... 6
Northwest Christian 2-5-0... 6
Walla Walla 1-6-0... 3
Multnomah 0-7-0... 0
MEN - AREA DI & Additional Notes for Week 8 [games through 10.13]
10.12 Gonzaga 0-1 Loyola Marymount... Johan Garibay was having an excellent night with five saves to send the match to overtime where the hosts prevailed three minutes in for the WCC-opening win.
10.13 Colorado Mesa 2-0 UC Colorado Springs... Peter Vandam (Missoula, MT) scored the opening goal for CMU in the 37th minute.
10.13 South Dakota SM 0-4 Westminster... Skyler Kjellander (Boise, ID) set up the second and fourth goals.
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