-- For games through Sunday, October 20 --
WOMEN - BIG SKY CONFERENCE
Montana and Eastern Washington's shutout runs continue to highlight the top of the table. Both benefited as well from Sacramento State's unbeaten run continuing. The Griz battled them to a draw Friday before the Hornets went to Northern Colorado and handed them their second loss, allowing EWU to move up to second. The trio head into the final week-plus with unbeaten records as they jockeying for the conference tournament seeding heats up with many of the top four, who have all clinched berths, squaring off against one another. The race for the final two berths is also wide open with the next five teams separated by five points.
Friday
Sacramento State 0-0 Montana... Claire Howard stopped four for the Griz as they battled the Hornets, who kept their nationally-leading (tied) unbeaten streak going at 14 games. It was only the second time this season the conference's leading scoring Hornets had been shutout (scoreless draw at Hawaii).
Southern Utah 0-3 Eastern Washington... A deflected ball from Taylor Matheny (Richland, WA) was put away by Brooke Dunbar 10 minutes into the contest for the Eags. Brittany Delridge (Missoula, MT) chipped the goalkeeper in the 28th and four minutes a straight up header from Dunbar in the box dropped a few yards over to Delridge for a header of her own to finish the play inside the six. Kelsee Winston (Pasco, WA) finished the match without a save as the Eagles limited SUU to just three shots.
Northern Arizona 2-1 Idaho... The visitors took the lead in the 10th minute with Taylor Brust putting things level at the hour mark with a blast from around 50 yards out for the Vandals. NAU, though, struck for the winner in the 72nd.
Portland State 1-3 Northern Colorado
Sunday
Portland State 0-4 Montana... Howard made one save in the scoreless first half, and it would prove to be the only one needed as she cruised to an easy program record 25th shutout performance. The clean sheet was her eighth of the season and was her sixth in seven Big Sky games with a current run of four games (including two scoreless draws). Oh, and the Griz scored in this one too. Rita Lang launched a flurry in the 54th minute via Jaden Griggs. Two minutes later Avery Adams hit Taylor Stoeger to make it two with Lang striking for her second just another minute later courtesy of Caitlin Rogers. Sami Siems closed things out off a ball from Alexa Coyle.
Southern Utah 1-2 (OT) Idaho... Brooke Sosa found Berglind Baldursdottir in the final minute of the first half to give the Vandals the lead, and it appeared the six-game winless run was coming to an end until the visitors tallied with just over two minutes left. In overtime Brust struck for her second of the weekend, finding the back corner of the net on a 30-yard free kick in the 100th minute.
Northern Arizona 0-2 Eastern Washington... Having set up the opener Friday, Matheny this time was the beneficiary of a deflection, scoring the opener in the 20th minute. Eight minutes later she one-timed off the touchline a cross into the box that Sariah Keister deflected past the keeper. Winston made six saves for her fourth consecutive shutout.
Idaho State 0-0 Weber State... Outshot 14-9 in the game, Katie Hogarth made nine saves for the Bengals.
Sacramento State 1-0 Northern Colorado
Big Sky Standings -- Remaining Games
*Montana 5-0-2.. 17 pts -- @ NC, @ EWU
*Eastern Washington 5-0-1... 16 -- @ PSU, @ SAC, v UM
*Northern Colorado 4-2-2... 14 -- v UM
*Sacramento State 3-0-4... 13 -- v UI, v EWU
Northern Arizona 3-3-1... 10 -- v WSU, v ISU
Portland State 3-4-0... 9 -- v EWU, v UI
Weber State 1-3-3... 6 -- @ NAU, @ SUU
Idaho State 1-4-2... 5 -- @ SUU, @ NAU
Idaho... 1-4-2... 5 -- @ SAC, @ PSU
Southern Utah 0-6-1... 1 -- v ISU, v WSU
* Clinched tournament berth (6 total)
WOMEN - DI AREA SCHOOLS
10.18 Boise State 1-0 (OT) Wyoming... Despite dominating 18-4 in shots the Broncos were locked in a stalemate with their hosts, getting the winner on a Raven Sweeney corner that Emily Curry put away in the 103rd minute. Sydney Smith (Caldwell, ID) made three saves for the clean sheet.
10.18 Washington 2-1 Oregon State... Summer Yates (Pasco, WA) helped set up what proved to be the game-winner.
10.19 Washington State 1-0 Oregon... After an hour of scoreless soccer despite outshooting the Ducks 19-5 in the contest Morgan Weaver and Brianna Alger combined to find Elyse Bennett for the game-winner in the 67th minute. Ella Dederick finished the shutout without needing to make a save.
10.19 Gonzaga 0-2 Pepperdine... The Waves scored the opener in the ninth and added some insurance in the 38th as they handed the Zags their first conference loss.
10.19 Santa Clara 1-1 Portland... Larkin Russell (Spokane, WA) set up the equalizer for the Pilots in the 77th minute against the 22nd ranked visitors.
10.20 Boise State 1-0 Colorado State... Mckenna Kynett tallied the deciding goal 22 minutes into the contest courtesy of Raimee Sherle (Meridian, ID) and Smith made four saves for her third consecutive 1-0 shutout win.
Mountain West Standings
Boise State 7-1-0... San Diego State 6-2-0... Fresno State 5-2-1... Colorado State 5-3-0... New Mexico 5-3-0... Air Force 4-4-0... San Jose State 3-3-2... Wyoming 3-4-1... Colorado College 3-5-0... Nevada 2-6-0... Utah State 1-6-1... UNLV 1-6-1 (top six advance)
WCC Standings
BYU 3-0-1... Pepperdine 3-1-0... Santa Clara 2-0-2... Gonzaga 2-1-1... San Francisco 2-1-1... San Diego 2-2-0... Loyola Marymount 2-2-0... Portland 0-2-2... Saint Mary's 0-3-1... Pacific 0-4-0 (no tournament)
PAC12 Standings
Stanford 6-0-0... Washington 5-1-0... USC 4-2-0... WSU 3-2-1... UCLA 3-3-0... Cal 2-2-2... Colorado 2-3-1... Arizona 2-3-1... Utah 1-2-3... Oregon State 1-3-2... Arizona State 0-4-2... Oregon 0-4-2 (no tournament)
WAC Standings
Cal Baptist 5-1-0... Seattle 4-0-1... UT Rio Grande Valley 3-1-1... Utah Valley 3-2-0... Grand Canyon 2-3-0... CSU Bakersfield 2-4-0... New Mexico State 2-4-0... Kansas City 1-2-2... Chicago State 0-5-0 (top six advance)
WOMEN - GREAT NORTHWEST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
A tough week for MSU Billings allowed Western Oregon and Central Washington to move past them in the table. Concordia posted their first two wins of the season to catapult themselves up the list and in striking distance of playoff position with three weeks of the campaign left.
Thursday
Simon Fraser 2-3 Central Washington... One-win SFU gave the Wildcats a scare with a two goal lead in the opening 24 minutes. Molly Edvalds scored in the 28th and Paige Devine erased the deficit in the 35th. Midway through the second half Madison Bradley found Teanna Lathum for the 65th minute winner.
Concordia 1-0 (OT) Northwest Nazarene... An own goal on a scramble in the box was a heartbreaking conclusion for the Nighthawks. Alexis Montoya was leading them in the stalemate against the Cavaliers with 11 saves in the match before the unfortunate event.
MSU Billings 1-3 Western Oregon... Kiley Sandow put away a loose ball in the 27th minute to even things up for the Yellowjackets, but the hosts tallied twice in the second half for the win.
Saint Martin's 1-3 Seattle Pacific... Chloe Gellhaus (Spokane, WA) led the Falcons to the win, tallying the winner at the hour mark on a play set up by Asia Cayetano (Nampa, ID). Ten minutes - and a goal from SMU - later she ripped a ball from about 26 yards to provide some insurance.
Saturday
Seattle Pacific 1-0 (OT) Central Washington... The Falcons controlled the game with a 22-6 advantage in shots, but Emily Thomson took the match to overtime with six saves before SPU prevailed in the 92nd minute.
Northwest Nazarene 0-0 Western Oregon... Outshot 13-4 by the hosts, Montoya's five saves were crucial for the Nighthawks in earning the draw.
MSU Billings 1-2 Concordia... After a scoreless first half the Cavaliers grabbed a two goal lead in the 48th and 64th. Alexa Iacolucci found Amanda Hemmen in the 84th, but her header was all the Yellowjackets could muster.
Simon Fraser 1-2 Western Washington
GNAC Standings
Western Washington 7-0-0... 21 pts
Seattle Pacific 6-1-0... 18
Western Oregon 3-2-2... 11
Central Washington 3-2-1... 10
MSU Billings 3-4-0... 9
NW Nazarene 2-3-2... 8
Concordia 2-3-1... 7
Simon Fraser 1-6-0... 3
Saint Martin's 0-6-0... 0
* Clinched tournament berth (4 total)
WOMEN - NORTHWEST CONFERENCE
The top five went 7-1-1 on the week as only Willamette and Linfield played one another, creating a clear separation in the table.
Wednesday
Linfield 3-2 Pacific
Saturday
Pacific Lutheran 1-0 (OT) Whitworth... Isabelle Arends made seven saves for the Pirates before the Lutes broke through five minutes into overtime for the win.
Puget Sound 4-0 Whitman... Kylee Roath (Bend, OR) scored the first two goals for the Loggers.
George Fox 0-0 Lewis & Clark
Willamette 0-1 Linfield
Sunday
Puget Sound 4-1 Whitworth... The Loggers scored twice in each half en route to a four goal lead before Gabriella Coprivnicar (Boise, ID) finished off a cross from Kendall Sharp (Yakima, WA) in the 80th minute.
Pacific Lutheran 2-0 Whitman... Savannah Brown (Kennewick, WA) scored the second goal for the Lutes.
George Fox 0-1 (OT) Willamette
Lewis & Clark 3-0 Pacific
NWC Standings
Pacific Lutheran 10-0-0... 30 pts
Puget Sound 8-1-1... 25
Willamette 7-2-1... 22
Linfield 6-3-1... 19
Lewis & Clark 4-5-1... 13
George Fox 2-6-2... 7
Whitworth 2-7-1... 7
Pacific 1-8-1... 4
Whitman 1-9-0... 3
- No tournament
WOMEN - CASCADE COLLEGIATE CONFERENCE
Oregon Tech won two to move up to second, but the big meeting of the week was Eastern Oregon prevailing at Rocky Mountain in a top four showdown, leaving RMC in a three-way tie for fourth.
Friday
Carroll 2-0 Warner Pacific... A corner led to Charly Clements scoring the opening goal in the 29th minute. A minute later a through ball from Brenna Rohnkohl was put away by Katie Martin (Clancy, MT). Sydney Green made one save for the shutout.
Eastern Oregon 2-1 (OT) Rocky Mountain... In a showdown of two of the top sides Morgan Farrington (Meridian, ID) put the Mountaineers in front five minutes into the match. The hosts answered in the 42nd when Haley Nicholson (Whitefish, MT) connected with Lauryn Gamache, and the two were deadlocked from there until Mackinley Gregus found Farrington in the 102nd minute.
Providence 3-0 Multnomah... The Argos broke through in the 32nd when Kate Sisler found Adriana Contreras. In the second half Eme McLaughlin (Great Falls, MT) tallied in the 62nd and 89th to put the match away. Jenna Evertz needed just one save for the shutout.
Southern Oregon 1-3 Corban... Skyla Vogelpohl (Boise, ID) set up the opening goal for the Warriors in the win.
Oregon Tech 2-0 Northwest Christian
Saturday
Carroll 5-0 Multnomah... Brynn Walker (Helena, MT) scored the opener in the sixth and Martin tallied the second in the 28th. Carsyn Kraft (Clancy, MT) made it three for the first half in the 36th. Makayla Welch (Boise, ID) and Blair Stapleton (Billings, MT) tallied in the second half. Green and Sarah Conway (Belt, MT) combined for the shutout.
Providence 1-2 Warner Pacific... After a scoreless first half the hosts scored back-to-back in the 52nd and 54th. The Argos got a late goal on a corner from Shawnae Inama (Missoula, MT) that was knocked home by Ashlee Howell (Polson, MT).
Northwest 1-0 Evergreen
Oregon Tech 1-0 Corban
Southern Oregon 4-0 Northwest Christian
Sunday
College of Idaho 0-2 Rocky Mountain... Tiara Duford (Polson, MT) scored the opening goal in the 36th minute with Gamache providing some insurance in the final minute of the half. Maia Wetzel (Helena, MT) made seven saves in the shutout.
CCC Standings
*Northwest 8-0-0... 24 pts
Oregon Tech 6-0-2... 20
Eastern Oregon 6-1-1... 19
Rocky Mountain 5-2-1... 16
Carroll 5-4-1... 16
Corban 5-4-1... 16
Providence 4-6-0... 12
Southern Oregon 3-3-2... 11
Evergreen 3-5-0... 9
Warner Pacific 3-5-0... 9
College of Idaho 2-4-2... 8
Northwest Christian 1-9-0... 3
Multnomah 0-8-0... 0
* Clinched tournament berth (8 total)
WOMEN - Additional Notes for Week 9 [games through 10.20]
10.16 Dakota Wesleyan 0-5 Jamestown... Kamryn Fiscus (Yakima, WA) scored the fourth goal for the Jimmies.
10.17 Alabama 1-1 Ole Miss... AJ Crooks (Spokane, WA) made five saves for the Tide in the draw.
10.18 Southwest Minnesota 0-3 Mary... Patricia Martin (Helena, MT) set up the opening goal from Sidney Burrell (Rexburg, ID) in the 21st and scored the second nine minutes later.
10.18 Cal Maritime 0-11 Embry-Riddle AU... Jennifer Inions (Prosser, WA) tallied a goal and assist. Riley Martinson (Deer Park, WA) and Maggi McElrath (Bend, OR) both scored a goal and Parker Lee (Kennewick, WA) registered an assist.
10.19 Doane 2-0 Mount Marty... Michaela Thompson (Spokane, WA) set up the opening goal of the contest.
10.19 Occidental 2-1 Redlands...
10.20 Baylor 4-0 TCU... Camryn Wendlandt (Coeur d'Alene, ID) set up the second goal.
10.20 Sioux Falls 0-1 Mary... Martin scored the game-winner for the Marauders.
10.20 Sierra Nevada 0-5 Embry-Riddle AU... Lee registered an assist in the match.
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MEN - GREAT NORTHWEST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
Simon Fraser's usual role of being the dominant team has been greatly challenged this season. In addition to suffering a streak-breaking home loss earlier this season their trip to Northwest Nazarene and MSU Billings this week proved a difficult task as they were only able to find one goal, though still earned a big four points that could prove crucial at the end.
Thursday
Simon Fraser 1-0 Northwest Nazarene... Having lost 9-0 on aggregate a year ago, the Nighthawks nearly picked up points for just the third time in 10 games (0-7-2) against SFU since they were the last team to defeat the Clan in BC in 2014 prior to this season. A 21st minute goal, however, was enough for the Canadian side to get the win. Sawyer Price made five saves in the loss.
Western Washington 1-0 Saint Martin's... Johan Espinoza (Wenatchee, WA) scored the deciding goal for the Vikings in the 26th minute.
Seattle Pacific 0-2 Concordia
Saturday
Simon Fraser 0-0 MSU Billings... The Yellowjackets picked up a point for only the second time in the last eight meetings with the Clan. Jessy Martin made seven saves in the match for the draw.
Western Washington 3-0 Northwest Nazarene... Espinoza helped set up the opening goal five minutes in. The Vikings added another in the 45th and locked it up in the 62nd.
Concordia 2-3 Saint Martin's
GNAC Standings
Western Washington 4-0-1... 13 pts
Simon Fraser 3-1-1... 10
MSU Billings 3-1-1... 10
Concordia 3-2-0... 9
Saint Martin's 2-3-1... 7
Seattle Pacific 1-4-0... 3
NW Nazarene 0-5-0... 0
- No conference tournament
MEN - NORTHWEST CONFERENCE
The top two - Pacific Lutheran and Whitman - swept on the week while the Puget Sound and Willamette each split, allowing Whitworth to gain ground with a pair of victories and pull within a point of third with five games left.
Saturday
George Fox 0-1 Whitworth... A ball into the box from Zanskar Blair in the 15th minute was put away by Eric Shaporda (Moses Lake, WA). Bo Broyles would only need one save to make it stand as the winner in his shutout.
Pacific 0-2 Whitman... Jourdan Furukawa found Adam Joss for the opener six minutes in and Austin Betschart added some insurance via Jacob Barsher in the 71st. Owen Davis-Bower made four saves for the clean sheet.
Pacific Lutheran 2-1 Willamette... Jackson Moore (Spokane, WA) scored the game-winner for the Lutes in the 59th.
Puget Sound 4-1 Linfield... Luke Murdock (Boise, ID) scored the second and third goals for the Loggers in the 50th and 53rd.
Sunday
George Fox 0-3 Whitman... Jimmy Jacobson converted a penalty in the 42nd and Oscar Harding scored twice in the second half via Furukawa and Erik Nielsen to propel the Blues to the win. Davis-Bower made two saves in the shutout.
Pacific 0-2 Whitworth... Drew Williams (Spokane, WA) scored the opening goal 17 minutes in off a chest trap and Britton Clifford added some insurance in the late stages when he put away the rebound of his initial shot that was blocked by a defender in the 74th. Broyles made two saves for the shutout.
Pacific Lutheran 2-1 (OT) Linfield
Puget Sound 1-2 Willamette
NWC Standings
Pacific Lutheran 7-0-2... 23 pts
Whitman 7-2-0... 21
Puget Sound 5-3-1... 16
Willamette 5-3-1... 16
Whitworth 5-4-0... 15
Linfield 2-6-1... 7
George Fox 1-7-1... 4
Pacific 0-7-2... 2
- No conference tournament
MEN - CASCADE COLLEGIATE CONFERENCE
Rocky Mountain gained a little ground on Corban with a pair of wins as Corban dropped their first points of the season in a draw with Southern Oregon. Warner Pacific used a pair of wins against Carroll and Providence to climb the ladder from ninth to fourth.
Friday
College of Idaho 2-1 Walla Walla ... The Wolves gave the Yotes a bit of a challenge as Ben Bechor tallied the lone goal of the first half in the 28th for the visitors and they were unable to find a second until Bekir Cinac (Boise, ID) put away a rebound off a save in the 58th. A free kick from Emmett Semple (Corvallis, MT) in the 89th was knocked home by Vincent Weibel (Walla Walla, WA) to give the hosts a late dash of hope.
Eastern Oregon 1-4 Rocky Mountain... Elvis Pavon gave the visiting Mountaineers the lead in the opening minute of the contest and they held the advantage throughout the half. The opening six minutes of the second half, though, were a different matter as Pablo Ferreira was unstoppable. He found Nolan Sherwood two minutes in and 30 seconds later scored himself. After another four minutes transpired he connected with Quique Garcia for a two goal lead. Sky Swenson finished things off in the 79th.
Carroll 0-1 Warner Pacific... A low cross from Oscar Padilla (Weiser, ID) in the 43rd minute found Omar Alcazar coming up the middle for the game-winner on the Knights' only shot on frame in a tight contest that saw just three total shots on goal.
Providence 12-1 Multnomah... The Argos tallied seven goals in the opening half-hour of the contest. Manuel Garcia found Ole Cloppenburg for the first and Alain Murhula (Boise, ID) the second. Leonardo Almeida, Carlos Heredia and George Holloway scored the next three before Murhula netted his second and then turned provider for Almeida's second. Murhula finished a hat-trick in the 72nd to kick off the second half scoring and Colin McKenzie (Livingston, MT) netted the ninth before Noa Miller put the hosts on the board. Fernando Gutierrez tallied via Garcia and set up William Velasquez before netting again to finish off the scoring.
Southern Oregon 2-2 Corban
Oregon Tech 3-1 Northwest Christian
Saturday
Carroll 6-1 Multnomah... Rory Bloy scored 62 seconds in for a quick Saints start. Paolo Georgiades made it two 30 seconds later and then combined with Dade McDevitt (Rathdrum, ID) to set up Bloy for his second in the eighth. Keegan Lyons and Santiago Morazzani added goals over the next four minutes for a five goal lead at intermission. The hosts got on the board in the 51st and Bloy finished a hat-trick in the 63rd.
Providence 2-3 (OT) Warner Pacific... Garcia picked up where he left off, setting up the opening goal with a 30-yard ball to Gutierrez in the 38th minute for the Argos before giving them a two goal lead in the 58th himself. The Knights, though, answered late with a penalty and equalizer in the final six minutes to earn overtime where they netted the winner in the 94th.
Oregon Tech 0-1 Corban... Miguel Rodriguez (Milton-Freewater, OR) scored the deciding tally just six minutes into the match.
Southern Oregon 5-1 Northwest Christian... Kelly Gieber (Bend, OR) set up the SOU opener in the 15th minute but the two went into the break even on a 45th minute equalizer. Gieber scored the winner in the 52nd as the Raiders rolled onto the win.
Northwest 0-3 Evergreen... Tino Pantaleon (Wenatchee, WA) scored the opening goal in the eighth minute.
Sunday
Eastern Oregon 6-0 Walla Walla... Erik Mattice tallied in the eighth minute with Joaquin Bermejillo and Felipe Madero scoring in the final two minutes of the half. Seven minutes into the second half Mattice set up Javier Moran, who went on to find Calvin Mitchell and score a second over the next 12 minutes. Max Roe and Antonio Gracia combined for the shutout.
College of Idaho 0-8 Rocky Mountain... Ferreira notched another goal and assist, kicking things off with the opener in the seventh minute. Sherwood scored the next two goals and finished with a hat-trick. Swenson scored the fourth via Ferreira and Marco Kummerle finished things off with the final two. Three keepers combined for the shutout.
CCC Standings
*Corban 9-0-1... 28 pts
Rocky Mountain 8-1-0... 24
Providence 6-4-0... 18
Southern Oregon 6-2-1... 15
Warner Pacific 5-3-1... 16
Northwest 4-4-1... 13
Oregon Tech 5-4-0... 15
Evergreen 5-4-0... 15
Carroll 5-5-0... 15
College of Idaho 4-5-0... 12
Eastern Oregon 3-6-0... 9
Northwest Christian 2-8-0... 6
Walla Walla 1-8-0... 3
Multnomah 0-9-0... 0
* Clinched tournament berth (8 total)
MEN - AREA DI & Additional Notes for Week 9 [games through 10.20]
10.16 Gonzaga 0-4 Washington [NL]... The Huskies dominated the non-league contest. Blake Bodily (Eagle, ID) set up the opening goal and scored the second just before halftime. Tyler Smith (Spokane, WA) set up the third third.
10.18 Fort Lewis 4-3 (OT) Dixie State... Matt Baldridge (Missoula, MT) set up the game-winner.
10.19 San Francisco 1-2 Gonzaga... Garrett Wilson scored the opening goal 18 minutes in with a header on Cole Rovegno's corner. Demitrius Kigeya made it two early in the second half courtesy of Isaiah Jackson. The Dons answered in the 73r, but the Zags held on for the win.
10.19 Florida Gulf Coast 2-0 Liberty... Noah Bushey (Spokane, WA) set up the second goal in the 43rd minute.
10.20 Fort Lewis 0-2 Westminster... Skyler Kjellander (Boise, ID) set up the second goal in the opening minute of the second half.
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