As teams chased postseason dreams in Week 11, Washington State smashed a pair of opponents behind the efforts of Morgan Weaver. Meanwhile, Seattle University claimed the WAC championship with a dramatic overtime victory. The Cascade Collegiate Conference season came to a close with four area teams advancing on the women's side and
-- For games through Sunday, November 3 --
WOMEN - DI AREA SCHOOLS
10.31 - Utah 1-4 Washington State... Morgan Weaver put an end to her scoring slump in the sixth minute and Grayson Lynch put the Cougs up two via Makamae Gomera-Stevens in the 34th. The Utes got on the board in the 61st, but Weaver combined with Brianna Alger to set up Elyse Bennett just a minute later and scored her second of the game courtesy of Molly Myers in the 66th.
11.01 - Boise State 0-1 Utah State... The hosts scored the lone goal int he 30th minute with a perfect shot despite being outshot by the Broncos 19-5 in the contest.
11.02 - Gonzaga 1-0 Saint Mary's... After a lengthy stalemate Samantha Heilman (Richland, WA) scored the deciding goal in the 75th minute for the Zags. Isabel Jones made four saves in the first half with Lyza Bosselmann going the second half without seeing a shot on frame.
11.02 - Utah Valley 2-3 (OT) Seattle... In overtime Kelsey Crosby (Spokane, WA) helped set up the game-winner finished by Paige Malm (Spokane, WA) in the 110th minute to give the Redhawks the WAC regular season championship.
11.03 - Colorado 1-4 Washington State... Weaver made Thursday's performance look simple, scoring all four goals on her Senior Night. The first came via Alger and Averie Collins (Bozeman, MT) just three minutes in and stood as the lone goal of the first half. Bridget Rieken (Coeur d'Alene, ID) found her two minutes into the second half to start a three-goal spree in 10 minutes. Gomera-Stevens set up the third in the 55th and Collins provided another a minute later.
Mountain West Standings (through Nov 3)
Boise State 8-3-0... San Diego State 8-3-0... Colorado State 7-3-1... New Mexico 6-4-1... San Jose State 5-4-2... Colorado College 5-6-0... Air Force 5-6-0... Fresno State 4-4-2... Wyoming 4-5-2... Utah State 3-7-1... Nevada 3-7-0... UNLV 2-8-1 (top six advance)
WCC Standings (through Nov 6)
BYU 7-0-1... Santa Clara 6-0-2... Pepperdine 6-2-0... Gonzaga 4-3-1... San Francisco 3-4-1... Loyola Marymount 3-4-1... San Diego 3-5-0... Portland 2-3-3... Saint Mary's 1-6-1... Pacific 0-8-0 (no tournament)
PAC12 Standings (through Nov 6)
Stanford 10-0-0... USC 7-3-0... UCLA 7-3-0... Washington 6-4-0... Cal 5-2-3... WSU 5-4-1... Arizona 4-5-1... Colorado 3-5-2... Utah 2-5-3... Oregon State 2-6-2... Oregon 1-7-2... Arizona State 0-8-2 (no tournament)
WAC Standings (Final)
Seattle 6-1-1... Cal Baptist 6-2-0... Utah Valley 5-3-0... Kansas City 4-2-2... CSU Bakersfield 4-4-0... UT Rio Grande Valley 3-4-1... New Mexico State 3-5-0... Grand Canyon 3-5-0... Chicago State 0-8-0 (top six advance)
WOMEN - GREAT NORTHWEST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
Thursday
Central Washington 1-2 MSU Billings... The Wildcats grabbed the lead 13 minutes in via Teanna Lathum, but the Yellowjackets evened things up in the final minute of the first half when a long ball from Emily Gaines (Leavenworth, WA) found Alexa Iacolucci for the equalizer. A save on a corner in the second half fell to Haylee Gunter for the rebound goal in the 75th minute to give MSUB the win, keeping them in the chase for the postseason behind the Wildcats.
Northwest Nazarene 2-0 Saint Martin's... Freshman Carolyn Moravec (Spokane, WA) scored her first of the year courtesy of Ashley Parton (Leavenworth, WA) in the seventh minute and five minutes later Tennyson Young (Meridian, ID) struck for some insurance on a corner. Alexis Montoya made four saves in the shutout.
Western Washington 2-1 Concordia... Darby Doyle (Spokane, WA) pulled the Vikings even at the hour mark as they rallied for the victory.
Western Oregon 3-1 Simon Fraser
Saturday
Concordia 0-1 Central Washington... Paige Devine scored 18 minutes into the match courtesy of Sydney Lowe and Emily Thompson made it stand for the win with five saves in the shutout, keeping the Wildcats in prime position in the race for the postseason after Thursday's loss.
Northwest Nazarene 0-4 Western Washington... Doyle had a career night for the Vikings, setting up the opening goal in the 23rd minute and scoring twice in the second half as they clinched the GNAC regular season championship.
Western Oregon 1-2 (OT) Seattle Pacific... Freshman Chloe Gellhaus (Spokane, WA) scored the opening goal at the half-hour mark and fellow freshman Marissa Bankey (Spokane, WA) netted the game-winner in the 108th minute.
Simon Fraser 0-2 Saint Martin's... Melissa Alvarado (Walla Walla, WA) scored both goals, tallying in the ninth and 14th minutes to propel them to their second win.
GNAC Standings
*1 - Western Washington 11-0-0... 33 pts
*Seattle Pacific 8-2-0... 24
*Western Oregon 6-3-2... 20
Central Washington 5-4-1... 16
MSU Billings 4-6-0... 12
NW Nazarene 3-5-2... 11
Concordia 3-6-1... 10
Saint Martin's 2-8-0... 6
Simon Fraser 1-9-0... 3
* Clinched tournament berth (4 total)
WOMEN - NORTHWEST CONFERENCE
Wednesday
Willamette 1-2 (OT) Lewis & Clark
Saturday
Pacific 0-2 Whitworth... With overtime looming against the bottom side in the league the Pirates snatched a victory with two goals in the final 45 seconds. Jadyn Baumgartner set up Hannah Miller and 29 seconds later Rachel Wofford finished off of a ball from Brixiada Mendoza. Isabelle Arends and Kaycie Priske split the shutout with two saves each.
Linfield 1-0 Whitman... The visitors snagged the victory with just over 10 minutes left in the contest.
George Fox 1-2 (OT) Pacific Lutheran
Lewis & Clark 2-1 (OT) Puget Sound
Sunday
Pacific 0-2 Whitman... The Blues closed out their home slate with a win, getting two goals from Pagan Hetherington in the first half. Quinne Woolley set up the first in the 35th and the second came from the spot in the 45th. Bryanna Schreiber and Allie Seracuse split the shutout with two saves each.
Linfield 1-2 Whitworth... Miller delivered a through ball to Mendoza three minutes in for the opener and Kendall Sharp set up the second from Baumgartner in the 45th for a two goal advantage. Arends made nine saves in preserving the win.
Willamette 0-1 (OT) Pacific Lutheran... Cassidy Crosswhite (Spokane, WA) made one save for the shutout victory for the Lutes, who had clinched the league title the day before with their win and Puget Sound's loss.
George Fox 0-1 Puget Sound
NWC Standings
*Pacific Lutheran 14-0-0... 42 pts
Puget Sound 10-2-2... 32
Willamette 8-4-2... 26
Lewis & Clark 7-6-1... 22
Linfield 7-6-1... 19
Whitworth 5-8-1... 10
Whitman 4-10-0... 9
George Fox 2-10-2... 7
Pacific 1-12-1... 4
* Clinched league championship (No tournament)
WOMEN - CASCADE COLLEGIATE CONFERENCE
Friday
Multnomah 0-1 College of Idaho... One goal and one save were all the Yotes needed to lock up the final postseason berth from the CCC. Madison Glascock (Twin Falls, ID) took advantage of a failed clearance, scoring the winner in the 55th minute. Kylee Atkins (Boise, ID) needed just one save for the clean sheet.
Rocky Mountain 11-0 Northwest Christian... Lauryn Gamache scored three of the four first half goals which were started by Hannah Borgel. She added another two in the second half with Borgel getting her second. Haley Nicholson (Whitefish, MT) scored twice and Amber Pearson tallied a goal and two assists.
Oregon Tech 4-3 (OT) Northwest... In a game that proved critical in the championship race, the Owls claimed the lead three times before ultimately getting the win in overtime when the then league-leading Eagles couldn't answer.
Southern Oregon 5-0 Evergreen
Saturday
Providence 3-4 (OT) Carroll... In a back-and-forth affair between the two Montana foes the hosts grabbed the initial lead via Taryn Neameyer in the 35th. Brittany Burman (Missoula, MT) tied it up for the Argos in the 41st but the hosts reclaimed the lead in the final minute of the half through Rachel Quade (Billings, MT). Eme McLaughlin (Great Falls, MT) tied it up again in the 52nd and Isabelle Martineau (Libby, MT) put Providence in front for the first time in the 64th. Kirsten Girolami, though, evened matters back up in the 76th for the Saints and provided the overtime winner courtesy of Neameyer in the 107th.
Warner Pacific 0-5 Eastern Oregon... The Mountaineers dominated throughout, but it took a penalty from Nan Kiebert (Sandpoint, ID) to break open the scoring in the 29th. Cailin Koupal scored via Mackinley Gregus a minute later. Jenna Jensen (Spokane, WA) and Lindsay Balkenbush (Spokane, WA) combined in the 41st to set up Mikenna Rasmussen (Kennewick, WA). Kaitlyn McLeod and Kayla Storm scored in the second half on balls from Morgan Farrington (Meridian, ID) and Sydney Gardner (Bend, OR). Cydni Cottrell (Pasco, WA) and Savannah Hutchinson shared the shutout without ever seeing a shot from WPC.
Southern Oregon 1-0 Northwest... Perhaps deflated by the first place showdown result the day before, suffered another loss that saw them drop from first to fourth.
Oregon Tech 3-0 Evergreen
Sunday
Warner Pacific 0-3 College of Idaho... Sydney Clements (Spokane, WA) found Brooklyn Ruwe (Boise, ID) with a through ball for the opener in the 16th minute and scored the second on a long run in the 31st. Kaitlyn Ramon (Meridian, ID) scored the final goal on a corner from Chloe Teets (Coeur d'Alene, ID) in the 43rd. Atkins and Shae Waters split the shutout with Waters make the lone save of the game as the Yotes climbed all the way up to the sixth seed.
Multnomah 0-11 Eastern Oregon... Kiebert scored twice in the first half and finished with a hat-trick and an assist. Gregus and Farrington scored once in each half. Also tallying in the game were Erika Skindlov, McLeod, Camie Edgington and Balkenbush. Cottrell and Hutchinson shared the shutout again with Cottrell making the lone save this time in 76 minutes of work.
Rocky Mountain 2-1 Corban... Gamache set up Mhari Smith for the opening goal nine minutes in and later tallied what proved to be the winner in the 67th via Alexis Robbins.
CCC Standings
*1 - Oregon Tech 10-0-2... 32 pts
*2 - Eastern Oregon 9-2-1... 28
*3 - Rocky Mountain 9-2-1... 28
*4 - Northwest 9-3-0... 27
*5 - Southern Oregon 7-3-2... 23
*6 - College of Idaho 6-4-2... 20
*7 - Carroll 6-5-1... 19
*8 - Corban 6-5-1... 19
Providence 4-8-0... 12
Evergreen 3-9-0... 9
Warner Pacific 3-9-0... 9
Northwest Christian 1-11-0... 3
Multnomah 0-12-0... 0
* Clinched tournament berth (8 total)
CCC TOURNAMENT (Springfield, OR)
11.12 - Quarterfinals
(8) Corban v (1) Oregon Tech 5:00
(7) Carroll v (2) Eastern Oregon 5:00
(5) Southern Oregon v (4) Northwest 8:00
(6) College of Idaho v (3) Rocky Mountain 8:00
11.13 - Semifinals
Highest Seed v Lowest Seed 7:00
Two Middle Seeds 7:00
11.15 - Championship - 2:00
WOMEN - Additional Notes for Week 11 [games through 11.03]
10.30 - Doane 2-3 (OT) Concordia (Nebraska)... Abby Maxwell (Spokane, WA) scored the second equalizer for Doane in the second half.
10.30 - Northwestern (Iowa) 1-2 Jamestown... Kamryn Fiscus (Yakima, WA) scored the equalizer for the Jimmies.
10.31 - Providence Christian 0-5 Embry-Riddle AU... Riley Martinson (Deer Park, WA) scored the opener and set up the second. Parker Lee (Kennewick, WA) tallied the third, Jennifer Inions (Prosser, WA) netted the fourth and Maggi McElrath (Bend, OR) finished things off with the last.
11.01 - Minnesota Duluth 0-4 Mary... Sidney Burrell (Rexburg, ID) scored the third goal for the Marauders.
11.02 - Loyola Marymount 0-3 Santa Clara... Kelsey Turnbow (Spokane, WA) set up the first goal 15 minutes in.
11.02 - Doane 1-5 Jamestown... Maxwell scored the lone goal for Doane to tie it up in the 14th. Nicole Morrison (Idaho Falls, ID) put the Jimmies back in front seven minutes later. Fiscus made it a two goal lead in the 31st and added another in the 56th.
11.02 - San Francisco State 1-3 Humboldt... Devin Hauenstein (Spokane, WA) set up the equalizer for the Jacks in the comeback win.
11.02 - Whittier 2-4 Redlands... Bria Bowton (Spokane, WA) set up the game-winner for the Bulldogs.
11.03 - Arizona State 1-2 California... Christina Edwards (Bend, OR) scored in the opening minute for ASU.
11.03 - Doane 1-1 Presentation... Maxwell again tallied for the Tigers, netting the opener via Michaela Thompson (Spokane, WA).
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MEN - GREAT NORTHWEST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
Thursday
Saint Martin's 3-4 (OT) Northwest Nazarene... In a thriller the Nighthawks tied the match up in the 39th minute when Landon Butler (Spokane, WA) and Ty Iannone combined to set up Skyler Munroe (Boise, ID). Five minutes into the second half Munroe put the hosts in front only to see SMU pull even in the 57th. Two minutes after things went level Munroe found Jake Levine (Spokane, WA) to put the Nighthawks back in front but the two ended up level again in the 70th and went to overtime. In extra time Munroe and Levine combined on a free kick to set up Braeden Anderson for the 100th minute strike to give NNU its first conference win.
Concordia 0-1 MSU Billings... Shantik Bedrosian and Liam Knox combined to set up Andres Perez in the 20th minute for the deciding goal and Jessy Martin made three stops for the shutout.
Seattle Pacific 0-4 Western Washington... Johan Espinoza (Wenatchee, WA) scored the third goal for the Vikings.
Saturday
Saint Martin's 2-1 (OT) MSU Billings... Perez scored his second of the weekend in the 26th minute via Yaniss Aka. Martin made five saves and it looked like the Yellowjackets were headed to victory when SMU got a late equalizer in the 86th and game-winner in overtime.
Concordia 1-3 Northwest Nazarene... Levine opened the scoring for the hosts via Grant Larson and Anderson just six minutes in with the Cavs tying it up in the 66th. Defender Brandon Parsio found Dominic Abdel-Ahad in the 73rd to put them back in front and Levine seven minutes later for some insurance.
Seattle Pacific 2-1 Simon Fraser
GNAC Standings
Western Washington 7-0-1... 22 pts
MSU Billings 5-3-1... 16
Simon Fraser 4-3-1... 13
Concordia 4-5-0... 12
Saint Martin's 3-5-1... 10
Seattle Pacific 3-6-0... 9
NW Nazarene 2-6-0... 6
- No conference tournament
MEN - NORTHWEST CONFERENCE
Friday
Pacific Lutheran 3-0 Pacific... Jackson Moore (Spokane, WA) scored the opening goal for the Lutes in the 23rd minute.
Puget Sound 1-0 (OT) George Fox
Saturday
Willamette 1-2 (OT) Whitworth... Trailing since the seventh minute the Pirates pulled level in the 72nd minute when Johnathan Guglielmetti tallied on a free kick. They went up a man moments later and would find the game-winner via Britton Clifford in the 98th.
Linfield 1-2 Whitman... Gerardo Perez (Kuna, ID) put the visitors in front in the 31st minute, but the Blues rallied in the second half. Sam Johnson tied it up in the 63rd and Jacob Barsher found Joe Wally for the winner in the 84th.
Sunday
Willamette 1-0 Whitman... Having had their postseason hopes spoiled the day before at Whitworth, the Bearcats rebounded on the road against the league leaders with a goal in the 23rd minute that dropped the Blues to second, two points back of PLU going into the final game against rival Whitworth.
Linfield 1-0 Whitworth... The visitors struck for the lone goal of the game on a breakaway in the 22nd minute for the win despite being outshot 20-5 in the match and only having two shots on frame.
Puget Sound 1-2 Pacific... Trailing by two, Luke Murdock's (Boise, ID) goal came too late in the 89th minute.
Pacific Lutheran 3-1 George Fox... Jackson Keller (Helena, MT) scored int he 14th to put the Bruins in front, but the Lutes rallied with three unanswered to grab the league lead going into the final gameday.
NWC Standings -- Final Match (all 1:30)
Pacific Lutheran 10-1-2... 32 pts -- @ Puget Sound
Whitman 10-3-0... 30 -- @ Whitworth
Willamette 8-4-1... 25 -- @ Linfield
Whitworth 7-6-0... 21 -- v Whitman
Puget Sound 6-6-1... 19 -- v Pacific Lutheran
Linfield 3-9-1... 10 -- v Willamette
Pacific 2-9-2... 8 -- @ George Fox
George Fox 2-10-1... 7 -- v Pacific
- No conference tournament
MEN - CASCADE COLLEGIATE CONFERENCE
On a wild final week that saw teams make massive jumps up the table while others remained still, the result saw three teams tied for the final berth - Carroll, College of Idaho and Evergreen. With head-to-head still deadlocked, the second tiebreak of fewest goals allowed in conference went to the Geoducks, who qualified on the final day for the sixth consecutive year. Two days later College of Idaho was also added to the postseason as Providence, seeded fourth, withdrew from the tournament for 'internal issues' that prevented them from participating.
Friday
Multnomah 0-4 College of Idaho... The O'Learys were unstoppable on the day. Jack O'Leary set up the opening goal from Jhonier Caicedo six minutes in and in the second half set up his younger brother Tom in the 53d and 55th. Bekir Cinac (Boise, ID) scored the second goal on a through ball from Matthew Sammartino (Eagle, ID). Zac Dean (Meridian, ID) recorded the shutout with two saves.
Rocky Mountain 4-1 Northwest Christian... Jens Zimmerman (Billings, MT) nodded in a corner from Nolan Sherwood four minutes into the match. From there Marco Kummerle took over in the scoring department. He tallied via Pablo Ferreira in the 10th and after NCU got on the board restored the two goal margin with a 20 yard free kick in the 44th. He set up the final goal in the second half from Dominick Portnell (Belgrade, MT).
Walla Walla 0-6 Corban... Freddy Rodriguez (Hermiston, OR) set up the third of three Corban goals in the first half as the Warriors rolled to the win.
Oregon Tech 0-2 Northwest... The win for the Eagles proved to be just enough as the trio of teams they leapfrogged in the table all failed to earn points on the weekend.
Southern Oregon 2-0 Evergreen
Saturday
Providence 2-1 Carroll... Seamus Quinn gave the Argos the lead 20 minutes into the contest and held the advantage through the second half when the hosts rallied for the win. Fernando Gutierrez tied it up in the 69th via Leonardo Almeida and Ben Dagg found Santiago Morazzani for the winner in the 75th.
Warner Pacific 0-3 Eastern Oregon... Elvis Pacon scored the opening goal courtesy of Erik Mattice. The Mountaineers pulled away in the second half on a pair of goals from Alexander Zuluaga. Joaquin Bermejillo set up the first in the 58th and Pavon the second int he 66th. Max Rose made four saves for the shutout.
Oregon Tech 2-1 Evergreen... Tino Pantaleon (Wenatchee, WA) set up the opening goal for Evergreen, which would advance to the postseason via tiebreakers despite the loss.
Southern Oregon 3-1 Northwest
Sunday
Warner Pacific 3-5 College of Idaho... After falling behind two minutes in Cinac scored a quick reply to tie it up for the Yotes in the fourth minute, and later delivered a corner int he 18th that Enrique Sanchez headed home for the lead. Ahmet Huremovic (Meridian, ID) pushed the lead to two on a 20 yard free kick in the 32nd. WPC got on the board just before the break but Cinac pushed the lead to three, delivering a free kick in the 48th to Jack O'Leary and a ball to Adam Prskavec three minutes later, but the two wins on the weekend were not quite enough to make the cut due to tiebreakers.
Multnomah 0-9 Eastern Oregon... Micah Hill scored the opening two goals and Patrick Larsen the next two in a four goal first half. Four other players got on the board in the second half with Josh Ebel leading the contingent with two goals and an assist as Alex Gutierrez, Felipe Madero and Jack Rose tallied. Rose and Antonio Gracia split the shutout with Gracia making the lone save as the Mountaineers capped a huge weekend that vaulted them from 11th to sixth and a playoff spot.
Rocky Mountain 1-3 Corban... Trailing by two Finn Lane put the Bears on the board in the 33rd, but that was all they would find on the day in the battle of the top two for the regular season league championship, completing the team's first-ever unbeaten regular season campaign and earning a seventh consecutive NAIA berth.
Walla Walla 1-4 Northwest Christian... Emmett Semple (Corvallis, MT) scored the lone goal for WWU in the 51st.
CCC Standings
*1 - Corban 12-0-1... 37 pts
*2 - Rocky Mountain 11-2-0... 33
*3 - Southern Oregon 10-2-1... 31
*X - Providence 8-5-0... 24
*4 - Oregon Tech 7-5-1... 22
*5 - Eastern Oregon 7-6-0... 21
*6 - Northwest 6-6-1... 19
*7 - Evergreen 6-7-0... 18 (tiebreaker, read above)
*8 - College of Idaho 6-7-0... 18 (Providence withdrawal)
Carroll 6-7-0... 18
Warner Pacific 5-6-2... 17
Northwest Christian 3-10-0... 9
Walla Walla 1-12-0... 3
Multnomah 0-13-0... 0
* Clinched tournament berth (8 total)
MEN - AREA DI & Additional Notes for Week 11 [games through 11.03]
10.30 - Gonzaga 0-3 Portland... The Pilots struck three times in the first half en route to the win.
11.01 - Colorado Mesa 0-0 Fort Lewis... Peter Byrne (Missoula, MT) made eight saves in the stalemate.
11.02 - Saint Mary's 3-0 Gonzaga... The Gaels tallied once in the first half and put the game away with two in the final 21 minutes.
11.03 - Colorado State Pueblo 0-2 Fort Lewis... Byrne made another four saves for his second clean sheet of the weekend and third consecutive in the league.
WCC Standings (through Nov 6)
Saint Mary's 5-0-0... Loyola Marymount 5-0-0... Portland 3-2-0... Santa Clara 2-3-0... Pacific 2-3-0... Gonzaga 2-3-0... San Diego 1-4-0... San Francisco 0-5-0 (no tournament)
PAC12 Standings (through Nov 7)
Washington 7-0-0... Stanford 5-1-1... Oregon State 4-2-1... California 2-3-2... UCLA 1-6-2... San Diego State 1-8-0 (no tournament)
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