Aside from Friday's two contests, goals were a hard thing to come by in a tight set of matches for the men this week as two went scoreless and another two were 1-0 affairs. At the end of the day Spokane was still unbeaten and Walla Walla - somehow - still winless.
On the women's side a tough week for Yakima Valley allowed Columbia Basin to move into second and Spokane third in what is turning into an exciting race for second in the NWAC East as unbeaten Walla Walla holds a five-point lead despite dropping their first points of the season to the Yaks on Wednesday. Climbing into that race was North Idaho with a pair of wins as the foursome sit within a four point span of one another.
Wednesday
W - Wenatchee Valley 1-2 Columbia Basin... The Hawks grabbed the lead 10 minutes in when Bailey Whitney (Warden, WA) found Rebecca Wheeler for the opening goal, but the Hawks found themselves in a tough situation 10 minutes later when Danielle Chang was sent off. The Knights tied things up in the 52nd minute through Yalina Vargas (Brewster, WA) on the side's lone shot on target in the contest. CBC, however, reclaimed the lead in the 68th via Alyssa Lovell courtesy of Cassidie Andrews, and held on for the win.
W - Yakima Valley 1-1 Walla Walla... Aubree Skone (Warden, WA) connected with Eileen Reyna to give the Warriors the lead five minutes before intermission. In the second half Makayla Higbee (Rathdrum, ID) struck for the Yaks, who were able to keep the Warriors off the board the rest of the way, taking the first points of the season off of Walla Walla.
Friday
W - Treasure Valley 0-2 North Idaho... Sophia Schnepf (Rathdrum, ID) scored back-to-back goals in the 56th and 57th minute - the second coming from Maya Lewis - to give the Cardinals the victory. Kaysha Bailey (Lewiston, ID) made seven saves for NIC in earning the clean sheet.
W - Blue Mountain 0-6 Spokane... Lizzy Gonzalez (Caldwell, ID) scored the first two with Megan Wilkinson (Pasco, WA) finding her for the first in the fifth minute and Frankie Schade (Spokane, WA) the second in the 26th. Schade then netted two for herself in the 51st and 60th with Gonzalez returning the favor on the first. Morgan Skone (Moses Lake, WA) and Leah Kincaid (Spokane, WA) capped the scoring in the final 10 minutes as Brianna Krygier (Spokane, WA) closed out the one save shutout.
Saturday
W - Blue Mountain 0-2 North Idaho... Another key performance from Schnepf as she put away a ball from Sydney Moore (Spokane, WA) in the 29th for the lead and later found Halley Marschall (Yakima, WA) for the second in the 53rd minute. Hailey Mize (Caldwell, ID) claimed the shutout with two saves.
W - Wenatchee Valley 1-2 Walla Walla... Coming off their first dropped points, the Warriors got a bit of a scare as the Knights grabbed the early lead through Emilie Tangeman (Spokane, WA) in the 15th minute. Lyndsey Ellingsen (Pasco, WA), though, found Jessica Maher (Richland, WA) in the 37th for the equalizer and then Emmy Williams (Middleton, ID) struck in the 73rd for the game-winner.
W - Yakima Valley 0-1 Columbia Basin... Minus a suspended Chang, the Hawks scrapped out the narrow win to move to second in the table, getting the game-winner three minutes into the second half from Whitney on an assist from Megan Haugen (Richland, WA). RiaJo Schwartz (Wapato, WA) was also key in the victory with eight saves in goal for the shutout.
W - Treasure Valley 0-6 Spokane... For the second consecutive day Gonzalez scored the opening two goals. Wilkinson found her for the first in the seventh and Skone in the 16th. Caitlin Hopkins (Spokane, WA) got on the board in the 26th and Wilkinson closed out the first half by finding Skone in the 41st and scoring one of her own in the 44th. Skone added a second goal in the 71st as Mikayla Ramirez finished out a quiet day with one save. PHOTOS [+] VIDEO [+]
Around the NWAC: Lane's Bailey Johnson (Idaho Falls, ID) scored the opening goal only to see Clark rally for 5-1 win. They rebounded with Johnson scoring the opening two goals in the first 16 minutes of a 3-0 win against Southwest Oregon... Carissa Miller (Wenatchee, WA) scored in Peninsula's 7-0 win over Everett.
Women's NWAC East Table
Walla Walla 8-0-1... 25 points
Columbia Basin 6-1-2... 20
Spokane 6-3-0... 18
Yakima Valley 5-2-2... 17
North Idaho 5-3-1... 16
Treasure Valley 2-7-0... 6
Wenatchee Valley 0-8-1... 1
Blue Mountain 0-8-1... 1
Wednesday
M - Wenatchee Valley 0-1 Columbia Basin... Juan Mendoza (Yakima, WA) found Mario Negrete (Sunnyside, WA) in the 54th minute of the contest for what proved to be the winner and a key goal for the Knights in the table given the results the rest of the weekend. Danny Puga (Pasco, WA) made five saves for the shutout. Alexis Calderilla (Wenatchee, WA) made three saves in the loss.
Friday
M - Treasure Valley 0-7 North Idaho... The Cardinals had a standout performance, tallying more than twice in a contest for the first time this season. Noah Dreves (Spokane, WA) got things going with the first two goals with Shane Watkins finding him on a counter in the 10th minute and Kai Flugel (Nampa, ID) on a cross five minutes later. Will Kokernak (Lewiston, ID) struck in the 31st with a header and Flugel finished out the scoring via Greyden Lee (Rathdrum, ID) at the close of the half. Lee hit Alwayne Anglin on a counter in the 57th minute with Bob Green and Tyler Moore (Sandpoint, ID) wrapping things up.
M - Blue Mountain 0-4 Spokane... Defender Carlos Campo got the hosts off to a quick start just four minutes in and two minutes later Christian Bahena made it two via Nelson Centeno. Bahena struck for a second in the 31st and PJ Graham capped the contest with six minutes left. Dylan Abad finished with two saves in the shutout.
Saturday
M - Blue Mountain 0-0 North Idaho... Dalton Mauzay (Cheney, WA) made three saves for the Timberwolves and Isaiah Damschen (Spokane, WA) two for the host Cardinals as they battled to the scoreless stalemate.
M - Wenatchee Valley 0-0 Walla Walla... Another game, another draw for the Warriors. This time shots on goal were at a premium as both Calderilla of WVC and Antonio Campos (Hermiston, OR) of WWCC finished with two saves in the scoreless affair.
M - Treasure Valley 0-1 Spokane... The Bigfoot controlled much of the contest, but it looked like the things were going scoreless across the board until a looping ball over the midfield from Jonathan Perez was lifted off the bounce and over the out of position keeper by Jose Quinonez (Hailey, ID) in the 79th minute. Abad only needed one save for the shutout. PHOTOS [+] VIDEO [+]
Around the NWAC: Diego Gomez (Sunnyside, WA) scored the opening two goals for Skagit Valley in their 3-2 win against Everett. He scored the opener again in a 3-1 win against Edmonds with Edgar Ramirez (Yakima, WA) tallying the winner... Theodore Baiye (Clarkston, WA) scored the game-winner in the 73rd minute for Peninsula in 2-1 win against Everett.
Men's NWAC East Table
Spokane 6-0-2... 20 points
Columbia Basin 5-1-1... 16
Wenatchee Valley 3-2-3... 12
North Idaho 3-3-2... 11
Blue Mountain 1-3-4... 7
Walla Walla 0-2-5... 5
Treasure Valley 0-7-1... 1
COMING UP THIS WEEK...
Wednesday
W - Walla Walla @ Blue Mountain 1:00
W - Spokane @ Wenatchee Valley 1:00
W - North Idaho @ Yakima Valley 2:00
W - Columbia Basin @ Treasure Valley 2:00
M - Walla Walla @ Blue Mountain 3:15
M - Spokane @ Wenatchee Valley 3:15
M - Columbia Basin @ Treasure Valley 4:15
Saturday
W - Walla Walla @ Treasure Valley 11:00
W - Blue Mountain @ Columbia Basin 12:00
W - North Idaho @ Wenatchee Valley 12:00
W - Spokane @ Yakima Valley 12:00
M - Walla Walla @ Treasure Valley 1:15
M - North Idaho @ Wenatchee Valley 2:15
M - Blue Mountain @ Columbia Basin 2:15
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