Friday, October 25, 2019

NWAC East Update 10.24.19: Warrior Women Clinch NWAC East Title

 In a pair of doubleheaders in Spokane and Coeur d'Alene eight of the top nine teams were in action across the women's and men's tables. In women's action a draw at North Idaho between the Cardinals and Columbia Basin allowed unbeaten Walla Walla to clinch the NWAC East title with a tightly contested 2-0 win at Spokane that saw just five shots on goal combined. On the men's side a draw between Spokane and Walla Walla and a CBC win at NIC essentially set the three teams headed to the postseason as Spokane became the second to clinch and Wenatchee Valley holds a six point lead for the final berth with games left versus the bottom two.

W - Columbia Basin 1-1 North Idaho... Sofia Schnepf scored the opening goal via Autumn Stewart to give the Cardinals the advantage, but the Hawks pulled even in the 32nd through Shayne Ashe (Lewiston, ID).

W - Walla Walla 2-0 Spokane... In a tight contest the Warriors grabbed the lead 14 minutes in when a throw-in deep in the offensive end came to Caitlin Crist (Twin Falls, ID). With a defender on her back the striker turned and fired from the right side of the box, finding the far side netting with a perfect shot. With Spokane pushing for an equalizer the Warriors took advantage of another restart in the offensive end with Crist sending a ball through the six that Sariah Valencia (Grandview, WA) knocked home at the far post in the 90th minute. Josey Gunter (MaCammon, ID) finished with one save for the Warriors.

Women's NWAC East Table

*1 - Walla Walla 11-0-1... 34 points
* Columbia Basin 8-1-3... 27
Spokane 8-4-0... 24
North Idaho 6-3-3... 21
Yakima Valley 5-3-3... 18
Treasure Valley 2-9-0... 6
Wenatchee Valley 0-10-1... 1
Blue Mountain 0-10-1... 1
* Clinched playoff berth (3 total)


M - Columbia Basin 2-0 North Idaho... Brian Licona (Sunnyside, WA) scored 21 minutes into the contest and Jason Cortes (Kennewick, WA) added some insurance in the 59th for the Hawks. Danny Puga (Pasco, WA) made three saves to record the clean sheet.

M - Walla Walla 1-1 Spokane... David Uribe (Pasco, WA) smashed a header from the penalty spot on a corner from Nelson Centeno in the 11th minute to give the Sasquatch the lead. Jose Peralta (Boardman, OR), though, nailed a perfect free kick in the 23rd minute from the left side of the penalty arc to tie it up, swerving the ball around the wall and inside the right post. Spokane kept Antonio Campos (Hermiston, OR) busy the rest of the way, forcing four saves while Dylan Abad finished with zero as the free kick was the only shot on target for the Warriors.

Around the NWAC: Diego Gomez (Sunnyside, WA) set up the opening goal and tallied the third for Skagit Valley in a 3-1 win against Shoreline... Joel Witts (Bend, OR) made four saves for Rogue in a scoreless draw at Southwestern Oregon... Isaac Reyna (North Bend, OR) tallied late for Lane in 2-1 loss to Clark.


Men's NWAC East Table

*Columbia Basin 8-1-1... 25 points
*Spokane 6-1-3... 21
Wenatchee Valley 5-2-3... 18
Walla Walla 2-2-6... 12
North Idaho 3-5-2... 11
Blue Mountain 1-5-4... 7
Treasure Valley 0-9-1... 1
* Clinched playoff berth (3 total)

COMING UP...

Friday
W - Wenatchee Valley @ Treasure Valley 12:00
W - Yakima Valley @ Blue Mountain 2:00
M - Wenatchee Valley @ Treasure Valley 2:15
Saturday
W - Yakima Valley @ Treasure Valley 11:00
W - Wenatchee Valley @ Blue Mountain 12:00
W - North Idaho @ Walla Walla 12:00
W - Spokane @ Columbia Basin 12:00
M - Spokane @ Columbia Basin 2:15
M - North Idaho @ Walla Walla 2:15
Wednesday, Oct 30
W - Blue Mountain @ Treasure Valley 11:00
W - Walla Walla @ Columbia Basin 1:00
W - Yakima Valley @ Wenatchee Valley 3:00
W - North Idaho @ Spokane 4:00
M - Blue Mountain @ Treasure Valley 2:15
M - Walla Walla @ Columbia Basin 3:15
M - North Idaho @ Spokane 6:15

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