The regular season is quickly coming to a close for most leagues. The Big Sky was the first for the area programs as Montana won a big showdown against Eastern Washington with the league title at stake. In other dramatic moments, a local duo helped lead the Santa Clara women to a stunning three-goal comeback for a 4-3 victory against Pepperdine.
-- For games through Sunday, October 27* --
WOMEN - BIG SKY CONFERENCE (* includes ppd 10.30 makeup)
Friday
Eastern Washington 4-1 Portland State... McKaley Goffard (Kennewick, WA) put the Eagles in front eight minutes in, but the Vikings answered in the 17th to even it back up. Kendall Pope (Kennewick, WA) would restore the EWU lead via Saige Lyons in the 26th and Maddie Morgan (Kennewick, WA) would make the lead two in the 40th. A penalty from Madison Kem in the 87th capped things for the game as Eastern outshot their hosts 13-0 in the second half.
Idaho 0-1 (OT) Sacramento State... The Vandals were out to spoil the unbeaten run for the Hornets, but the scoreless stalemate ended in favor of the hosts in the final 110th minute.
Idaho State 1-2 (OT) Southern Utah... For a moment it looked like the Bengals were taking a turn in a positive direction, but they fell to a winless SUU side in the final weekend. The hosts scored in the 25th with Michaela Didericksen tallying via Morgan Hall (Preston, ID) in the 39th. SUU grabbed the win in the 98th.
Weber State 1-1 Northern Arizona
Sunday
Eastern Washington 0-1 Sacramento State... The Eagles missed out on clinching the Big Sky title as the Hornets finished out their unbeaten season with a free kick goal in the 72nd minute.
Montana 1-1 Northern Colorado... Rita Lang scored 14 minutes into the match for the Griz, but an own goal in the 36th left them a point back of Eastern in the table going into their regular season finale. It was the first ball to get past Claire Howard, who had five saves, in five games, ending her four-game shutout streak.
Idaho State 2-3 (OT) Northern Arizona... Natasha Camacho-Bier scored the opener for the Bengals in the 28th minute via Didericksen, but the hosts answered just two minutes later and claimed the lead in the 32nd. Jazmin Lopez would bring them back level in the 62nd minute, but NAU prevailed in the eighth minute of overtime.
Idaho 1-0 Portland State... A ball from Maddie Haas (Lewiston, ID) found Malia Morales for the deciding tally in the 75th minute as the Vandals jumped up to seventh in the table, narrowly missing out on the postseason by a single point. Julia Byerlein made five saves in the shutout.
Weber State 0-0 Southern Utah
Wednesday
Montana 1-0 Eastern Washington... In a quirk of destiny, the postponed match proved to be the deciding contest with the outcome determining the Big Sky champion and third place finisher. Despite the Eagles, who merely needed a draw, having the better of play, the match was extremely tight with no good looks either way and was deadlocked going into the late stages of the contest when Montana found the conference-winner. A corner from Avery Adams in the 79th minute found the head of Kendall Furrow - an unexpected sub due to an injury - at the near post to give the Griz a conference-leading fourth unbeaten regular season title (1997, 1999, 2014, 2019). Only five other programs have accomplished the feat - once each. Claire Howard finished the day with just one save for her seventh shutout in Big Sky play, allowing just two goals in nine games.
Big Sky Standings
*Montana 6-0-3.. 21
*Sacramento State 5-0-4... 19 pts
*Eastern Washington 6-2-1... 19
*Northern Colorado 4-2-3... 15
*Northern Arizona 4-3-2... 14
*Portland State 3-6-0... 9
Idaho... 2-5-2... 8
Weber State 1-3-5... 8
Idaho State 1-6-2... 5
Southern Utah 1-6-2... 5
* Clinched tournament berth (6 total)
WOMEN - DI AREA SCHOOLS
10.23 - Gonzaga 3-0 Loyola Marymount... Samantha Heilman (Richland, WA) put the Zags in front 24 minutes in courtesy of Taylor Kernion and the Bulldogs locked up the result in the second half. Maddie Cooley set up Madeline Gotta in the 67th and 10 minutes later Maggie Conners made it three via Gabriela Maas. Isabel Jones and Lyza Bosselmann split the shutout with three combined saves.
10.24 - Washington State 0-3 USC... The seventh ranked Trojans netted twice in the opening 17 minutes and added a third in the 55th.
10.25 - Colorado College 1-0 Boise State... The visitors surprised the Broncos, getting a goal with eight minutes remaining to snare the victory despite BSU holding an 18-8 advantage in shots.
10.26 - Santa Clara 1-0 Gonzaga... In a showdown of contenders a local product dashed the hopes of the Zags. A third minute goal from Kelsey Turnbow (Spokane, WA) proved to be the difference in the contest as the consistent presence of the Bulldogs attack was turned away by the unbeaten Broncos.
10.26 - UTRGV 1-2 Seattle... Kelsey Crosby (Spokane, WA) helped set up what proved to be the game-winner in the 23rd minute.
10.26 - San Francisco 1-2 (OT) Portland... Larkin Russell (Spokane, WA) set up the overtime winner for first conference victory.
10.27 - Washington State 1-2 UCLA... The Cougs finished the trip to California with another ranked opponent and got on the board first via MacKenzie Frimpong-Ellertson in the 33rd minute against the 18th ranked Bruins. The hosts, though, rallied with two in the second half.
10.27 - Air Force 2-3 Boise State... Raimee Sherle (Meridian, ID) provided the Broncos with the go-ahead goal twice, netting the opener in the 20th minute courtesy of Mckenna Kynett. She scored the second in the 61st, but the visitors evened it up again six minutes later. Kristina Serres found Emily Curry for the winner in the 85th.
10.27 - Washington 2-0 USC... Summer Yates (Pasco, WA) led the Huskies to a big win over the seventh ranked Trojans, setting up the opener in the 38th minute and scoring on a free kick in the 66th minute.
Mountain West Standings (through Nov 1)
Boise State 8-2-0... San Diego State 8-2-0... Colorado State 7-3-0... Fresno State 5-3-2... New Mexico 5-4-1... Air Force 5-5-0... San Jose State 4-4-2... Wyoming 4-5-1... Colorado College 4-6-0... Nevada 3-7-0... Utah State 2-7-1... UNLV 1-8-1 (top six advance)
WCC Standings (through Nov 1)
BYU 5-0-1... Santa Clara 4-0-2... Pepperdine 4-2-0... Gonzaga 3-2-1... San Francisco 3-2-1... Loyola Marymount 3-3-0... San Diego 2-4-0... Portland 1-3-2... Saint Mary's 1-4-1... Pacific 0-6-0 (no tournament)
PAC12 Standings (through Nov 1)
Stanford 9-0-0... USC 6-3-0... UCLA 6-3-0... Washington 6-3-0... Cal 4-2-3... WSU 4-4-1... Arizona 4-4-1... Colorado 3-4-2... Oregon State 2-5-2... Utah 1-5-3... Oregon 1-6-2... Arizona State 0-7-2 (no tournament)
WAC Standings (through Nov 1)
Cal Baptist 6-2-0... Seattle 5-1-1... Utah Valley 5-2-0... Kansas City 3-2-2... UT Rio Grande Valley 3-3-1... CSU Bakersfield 3-4-0... Grand Canyon 3-4-0... New Mexico State 2-5-0... Chicago State 0-7-0 (top six advance)
WOMEN - GREAT NORTHWEST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
Thursday
Central Washington 1-0 Northwest Nazarene... It was a tight one as it took well over an hour to find a winner. A header from Bella Brown found Sophia Keenan for the finish in the 79th minute for the Wildcats, spoiling a 10-save effort by Alexis Montoya of the Nighthawks. Emily Thomson finished with four in the shutout.
Saint Martin's 2-1 (OT) MSU Billings... A through ball from Haylee Gunter found Julia Keller for the opener 49 minutes in to give the Yellowjackets the initial advantage. The visitors, though, answered just four minutes later and found the winner in the 110th.
Seattle Pacific 0-3 Western Washington... Darby Doyle (Spokane, WA) scored the second goal for the Vikings.
Western Oregon 1-0 Concordia
Saturday
Seattle Pacific 4-1 MSU Billings... Claire Neder (Spokane, WA) scored the second goal in the eighth minute and Makena Rietz (Walla Walla, WA) set up the third just after the hour mark. Trailing by four the Yellowjackets spoiled the shutout when Courteney Shovlin (Great Falls, MT) connected with Keller in the 87th.
Western Washington 2-1 Central Washington... The Vikings scored in the fourth minute and doubled the lead in the 55th before Olivia Sloan (Spokane, WA) fed Keenan in the 67th to pull within one.
Concordia 1-0 (OT) Simon Fraser
Western Oregon 1-0 Saint Martin's
GNAC Standings
*Western Washington 9-0-0... 27 pts
Seattle Pacific 7-2-0... 21
Western Oregon 5-2-2... 17
Central Washington 4-3-1... 13
Concordia 3-4-1... 10
MSU Billings 3-6-0... 9
NW Nazarene 2-4-2... 8
Saint Martin's 1-7-0... 3
Simon Fraser 1-7-0... 3
* Clinched tournament berth (4 total)
WOMEN - NORTHWEST CONFERENCE
Wednesday
Whitman 1-0 (OT) Whitworth... The rivals were locked in a stalemate despite Whitworth holding a clear advantage in shots. The Blues, though, grabbed the surprising victory in Spokane in the 103rd minute when Pagan Hetherington set up Mahrija Selava for the winner. Allie Seracuse made five saves for the shutout.
Saturday
Whitworth 1-0 George Fox... The Pirates rebounded, getting the victory on a goal in the 30th minute that came from the clearance of a corner that turned into a breakaway. Gabriel Coprivnicar (Boise, ID) tallied the winner via Kendall Sharp (Yakima, WA). Isabelle Arends and Kaycie Priske combined for the shutout.
Lewis & Clark 0-2 Pacific Lutheran... Brianna Hunting (Kennewick, WA) set up the opening goal for the Pirates in the 26th and Cassidy Crosswhite (Spokane, WA) made two saves for the shutout.
Willamette 1-0 Pacific... Julia Fecteau (Bend, OR) set up the deciding tally in the 44th.
Linfield 0-5 Puget Sound
Sunday
Whitman 2-1 George Fox... A corner from Hetherington in the second minute was redirected past the keeper by Riley Glendinning to put the Blues on the board and Sofia Ellington (Bend, OR) struck in the 23rd for what proved to be the winner.
Pacific 0-4 Pacific Lutheran... Hunting helped set up the opening goal in the 11th minute and scored the third for the Lutes.
Linfield 0-4 Lewis & Clark
Willamette 1-1 Puget Sound
NWC Standings
Pacific Lutheran 12-0-0... 36 pts
Puget Sound 9-1-2... 29
Willamette 8-2-2... 26
Linfield 6-5-1... 19
Lewis & Clark 5-6-1... 16
Whitworth 3-8-1... 10
Whitman 3-9-0... 9
George Fox 2-8-2... 7
Pacific 1-10-1... 4
- No tournament
WOMEN - CASCADE COLLEGIATE CONFERENCE
Friday
Rocky Mountain 3-0 Providence... Mhari Smith scored in the ninth minute and again in the 61st courtesy of Alyssa Schneider. Lauryn Gamache also tallied in the 53rd and Maia Wetzel (Helena, MT) made four saves for the shutout.
Evergreen 0-5 College of Idaho... Five different players scored for the Yotes with Madison Glascock (Twin Falls, ID) starting it off in the 24th via Chloe Teets (Coeur d'Alene, ID). Alexa Rierson (Twin Falls, ID) made it two three minutes later off a rebound and Cheyanne Rede (Boise, ID) nodded home the third in the final minute of the half. Emma Powley (Bend, OR) converted from the spot int he 68th and Rede added a second off a long run in the 86th. In a light day of action Kylee Atkins (Boise, ID) and Shae Waters split the shutout.
Northwest 2-1 Eastern Oregon... In a showdown of contenders Rylee Rassier (Spokane, WA) scored the opening goal in the 23rd and the Eagles doubled the lead in the 52nd with what proved to be the winner. Sarah Mitchell scored in the 64th courtesy of Nan Kiebert (Sandpoint, ID), but that was all the Mountaineers could muster in the rally.
Multnomah 0-4 Oregon Tech
Warner Pacific 0-3 Southern Oregon
Saturday
Northwest 1-2 (OT) College of Idaho... The Yotes registered arguably the upset of the season thus far as they dinged the league leaders. Brynna Herridge (Meridian, ID) started things off, flicking a Teets corner home in the 24th. The Eagles evened it up in the 73rd but Sydney Clements (Spokane, WA) delivered a through ball to Brooklyn Ruwe (Boise, ID) for the winner in the 100th to snag the win despite being outshot 24-8. Atkins made nine saves for the Yotes.
Evergreen 0-3 Eastern Oregon... Mackinley Gregus scored via Kiebert in the 20th for the lone strike of the first half. Anna Hager (Yakima, WA) tallied in the 50th and Morgan Farrington (Meridian, ID) found Erika Skindlov (Coeur d'Alene, ID) for the final tally in the 58th. Cydni Cottrell (Pasco, WA) and Savannah Hutchinson split the shutout.
Corban 3-0 Northwest Christian... Klarissa Barajas (Kennewick, WA) scored the opening goal in the 54th and final goal in the 72nd, adding an assist as well in setting up the second in the 69th. Katie Hiller (Pocatello, ID) set up the final goal.
Warner Pacific 0-4 Oregon Tech
Sunday
Rocky Mountain 1-0 Carroll... Tiara Duford (Polson, MT) scored the winning goal on a corner in the 52nd minute and Wetzel made four saves for the shutout.
Multnomah 0-7 Southern Oregon
CCC Standings
*Northwest 9-1-0... 27 pts
*Oregon Tech 8-0-2... 26
*Eastern Oregon 7-2-1... 22
*Rocky Mountain 7-2-1... 22
*Corban 6-4-1... 19
*Southern Oregon 5-3-2... 17
*Carroll 5-5-1... 16
College of Idaho 4-4-2... 14
Providence 4-7-0... 12
Evergreen 3-7-0... 9
Warner Pacific 3-7-0... 9
Northwest Christian 1-10-0... 3
Multnomah 0-10-0... 0
* Clinched tournament berth (8 total)
WOMEN - Additional Notes for Week 10 [games through 10.27]
10.23 - Pepperdine 3-4 Santa Clara... Down three, Kelcie Hedge (Post Falls, ID) scored in the 62nd and Kelsey Turnbow (Spokane, WA) tallied two minutes later. Turnbow was fouled in the 70th for a penalty converted by a teammate and Hedge set up the game-winner in the 76th to complete amazing comeback.
10.24 - Alabama 2-1 Missouri... AJ Crooks (Spokane, WA) made five saves in road win with lone goal allowed on a penalty.
10.24 - Jamestown 3-0 Dordt... Kamryn Fiscus (Yakima, WA) scored the opener in the third and Nicole Morrison (Idaho Falls, ID) made it two in the 11th.
10.25 - McNeese 2-0 Houston Baptist... Havana Johnson (Coeur d'Alene, ID) scored the second goal.
10.27 - New Mexico Highlands 0-5 Westminster... Bailey Kroll (Meridian, ID) set up the opening goal in the 13th and scored the second in the 53rd. Abby Keeley (Boise, ID) pushed the lead to four in the 77th.
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MEN - GREAT NORTHWEST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
Thursday
Western Washington 2-1 MSU Billings... The Vikings scored in the 42nd and added some needed insurance in the 62nd as Bryan Maxwell (Spokane, WA) put the Yellowjackets on the board in the 74th via Shantik Bedrosian and Luca Battistotti).
Seattle Pacific 3-1 Saint Martin's... Sebastian Navarro (Yakima, WA) scored the lone goal for SMU in the 39th when they were down two.
Simon Fraser 2-1 Concordia
Saturday
Northwest Nazarene 0-1 MSU Billings... The two sides were stuck in a stalemate until Theo Lamare and Andres Perez combined to set up Ignacio Crespo in the 73rd. Jessy Martin only needed one save for the shutout.
Concordia 4-3 (OT) Seattle Pacific
Western Washington 2-1 Simon Fraser
GNAC Standings
Western Washington 6-0-1... 19 pts
Simon Fraser 4-2-1... 13
MSU Billings 4-2-1... 13
Concordia 4-3-0... 12
Saint Martin's 2-4-1... 7
Seattle Pacific 2-5-0... 3
NW Nazarene 0-6-0... 0
- No conference tournament
MEN - NORTHWEST CONFERENCE
Saturday
Whitworth 2-0 Puget Sound... An own goal gave the Pirates the initial advantage 16 minutes in and the defense made it hold - Bo Broyles only made one save in the game - until a rebound off a save in the 78th was put away by Johnathan Guglielmetti.
Whitman 2-0 Pacific Lutheran... Oscar Harding broke the stalemate in the 56th minute and Jacob Barsher added some insurance with a shot from outside the box in the 73rd. Owen Davis-Bower made three saves for the clean sheet.
Linfield 0-2 Pacific
Willamette 1-0 George Fox
Sunday
Whitworth 1-2 Pacific Lutheran... The Lutes tallied on a penalty in the first half, but Scott Penner headed in a corner from Zanskar Blair in the 55th to even it up. A Lutes strike six minutes later, though, gave them the win.
Whitman 4-0 Puget Sound... Peter Stephens put away a rebound in the 28th and doubled matters on another rebound seven minutes later. In the second half Sam Johnson beat a defender before tallying in the 65th and Rolan Panza finished off a free kick from Barsher in the 85th. Davis-Bower made one save.
George Fox 1-0 Linfield... Jackson Keller (Helena, MT) set up the deciding goal in the 41st.
Pacific 1-2 Willamette
NWC Standings
Whitman 9-2-0... 27 pts
Pacific Lutheran 8-1-2... 26
Willamette 7-3-1... 22
Whitworth 6-5-0... 18
Puget Sound 5-5-1... 16
George Fox 2-8-1... 7
Linfield 2-8-1... 7
Pacific 1-8-2... 5
- No conference tournament
MEN - CASCADE COLLEGIATE CONFERENCE
Friday
Evergreen 3-0 College of Idaho... The Geoducks tallied all three in the first half and held on despite the Yotes outshooting them 7-1 in the second half.
Walla Walla 0-6 Carroll... Paolo Georgiades scored the opener in the 10th minute and later added an assist. Rory Bloy made the lead two in the 13th minute and went on to score the fourth and fifth goals in the second half. Santiago Morazzani finished the first half scoring and Birgir Stefansson tallied the other two in the 25th and 78th. Kaden Connor (Boise, ID) and Melle de Reuver shared the quiet day in goal.
Rocky Mountain 2-1 Providence... Sky Swenson scored the lone goal of the first half in the 32nd for the visitors and Alain Murhula (Boise, ID) tied it up for the Argos in the 80th. The contest appeared headed to overtime when Sam Davidson found Nolan Sherwood for the 89th minute winner.
Northwest 1-2 Eastern Oregon... Jorge Chavez put the Mountaineers on the board first and Erik Mattice found Oscar Munoz to make it two in the 26th.
Multnomah 0-9 Oregon Tech... Brennan Gazdik (Boise, ID) scored the second goal via Cade Roske (Pocatello, ID) and Kyle Sanchez (Post Falls, ID) set up the third.
Warner Pacific 1-3 Southern Oregon... Daniel McDevitt (Rathdrum, ID) scored the second goal in the 74th minute.
Saturday
Northwest 2-1 College of Idaho... The Eagles scored the opener in the 42nd minute but the Yotes pulled even off a Jack O'Leary free kick in the 76th. Another free kick in the 81st, though, gave the visitors the win.
Evergreen 2-3 Eastern Oregon... Mattice found Munoz for the lone goal of the first half in the 23rd and Javier Moran made it two via Alexander Zuluaga in the 53rd. A 79th minute Geoducks goal was followed up by an equalizer from Tino Pantaleon (Wenatchee, WA) in the 85th before Mattice netted the game-winner in the 88th.
Warner Pacific 0-0 Oregon Tech
Corban 3-2 Northwest Christian
Sunday
Walla Walla 0-6 Providence... Fernando Gutierrez scored the opener in the 23rd and the fourth in the 62nd minute. Manual Garcia, Gudmundur Gudmundsson, Bryan Gonzalez and Leonardo Almeida also scored with Murhula setting up a pair of goals and Seamus Quinn registering a trio of assists. Andrew Davey (Spokane, WA) recorded the clean sheet with one save.
Rocky Mountain 2-0 Carroll... Swenson tallied the opener via Sherwood in the 39th with Marco Kummerle and Milo Downey combining to set up Pablo Ferreira in the 55th. Kristofer Wennin made eight saves in the shutout.
Multnomah 0-6 Southern Oregon
CCC Standings
*Corban 10-0-1... 31 pts
*Rocky Mountain 10-1-0... 30
*Southern Oregon 8-2-1... 25
Providence 7-5-0... 21
Oregon Tech 6-4-1... 19
Evergreen 6-5-0... 18
Carroll 6-6-0... 18
Warner Pacific 5-4-2... 17
Northwest 5-5-1... 16
Eastern Oregon 5-6-0... 15
College of Idaho 4-7-0... 12
Northwest Christian 2-9-0... 6
Walla Walla 1-10-0... 3
Multnomah 0-11-0... 0
* Clinched tournament berth (8 total)
MEN - AREA DI & Additional Notes for Week 10 [games through 10.27]
10.25 - SIU Edwardsville 0-3 Akron... Tor Saunders (Spokane, WA) made two saves in shutout performance.
10.25 - Colorado School of Mines 1-2 (OT) Fort Lewis... Matt Baldridge (Missoula, MT) set up the game-winner in the opening minute of overtime.
10.25 - Houston Baptist 4-3 (OT) Grand Canyon... Cameron Weller (Spokane, WA) scored late equalizer in first career game for the Lopes in the 89th minute only to see the visitors prevail on a penalty in overtime.
10.25 - Air Force 1-2 Seattle... Noe Meza (Sunnyside, WA) scored the opening goal in the win.
10.26 - Gonzaga 2-1 San Diego... A Theo O'Malley shot from about 15 yards put the Zags in front in the 53rd minute, but the hots pulled even in the 65th. Demetrius Kigeya wasted no time putting the Bulldogs back ahead, stealing the ball and beating the keeper less than two minutes later for the winner.
10.27 - SD School of Mines 0-5 Fort Lewis... Peter Byrne (Missoula, MT) made four saves in the shutout.
10.27 - Utah Valley 1-2 (OT) Seattle... Meza scored the equalizer on an 86th minute penalty and then set up the overtime winner in the 93rd.
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