It has been a big week of celebration around the region as teams played in conference tournaments, claimed league championships and earned national tournament berths.
Boise State finally completed the elusive feat of capturing the Mountain West tournament championship by getting the better of their nemesis San Diego State to raise the trophy for the first time. Meanwhile, Seattle also celebrated the WAC championship and another NCAA tournament appearance.
Washington prevailed in the Apple Cup Series meeting against Washington State, but both heard their names called during the selection show and will host in the First Round, the Huskies hosting neighboring Seattle in what should be a packed house. Players from the region also advanced to the DI NCAA tournament with Santa Clara, Utah and Northern Colorado, which claimed the Big Sky championship against Eastern Washington after the pair knocked out the top two seeds in the semifinals.
Elsewhere, Pacific Lutheran finished off the Northwest Conference (DIII) race for the men's title, making it a sweep for men and women in the league. Also sweeping was Western Washington in the DII Great Northwest Athletic Conference.
-- For games through Sunday, November 10 --
BIG SKY CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
First Round - 10.06
(5) Northern Arizona 1-2 Northern Colorado (4)... An own goal gave the hosts the lead four minutes into the second half, but NAU tied it up in the 61st. The winning strike came in the fourth minute of overtime.
(6) Portland State 0-3 Eastern Washington (3)... Despite outshooting the Vikings 7-2 in the first half, the game went to the break scoreless. The Eags, though, finally broke through when Mya Elder-Hammond found Sariah Keister in the 55th. Freshman Maddie Morgan (Kennewick, WA) put the game away with two goals in three minutes, scoring the first via Saige Lyons in the 78th and the second in the 80th. Kelsee Winston (Pasco, WA) made five saves for one of only two shutouts of the tournament.
Semifinals - 10.08
(3) Eastern Washington 2-1 (OT) Sacramento State (2)... The unbeaten Hornets grabbed the lead five minutes before intermission, but Elder-Hammond was key again in getting things started for the Eagles, finding Madison Kem for the equalizer in the 61st. The two were deadlocked for the final half-hour and went well into overtime before Morgan stepped into the limelight again, scoring the winner - and third goal of the tourney - courtesy of Keister in the 102nd. The victory ended Sacramento State's record unbeaten run at 16 games.
Northern Colorado 2-1 (OT) Montana... The hosts again got on the board first, tallying in the 15th minute and holding the advantage until McKenzie Kilpatrick found Alexa Coyle (Bozeman, MT) inside the six in the 80th minute for the equalizer. The Bears, though, knocked off the regular season champions int he 100th minute.
Championship - 10.10
(3) Eastern Washington 0-1 Northern Colorado (4)... A goal from the hosts in the ninth minute proved to be the difference as Eastern was unable to find an equalizer in the remaining 80 minutes as Winston made six saves to keep the Eagles in it.
Eastern Washington's Morgan would finish as the leading scorer with her three goals as UNC's Taylor Bray was the only other play with a second goal - the championship winner. The two led the All-Tournament Team...
2019 Big Sky All-Tournament Team (notables) - full list
F - Alexa Coyle (Bozeman, MT) - Montana, Junior
M/D - Brittany Delridge (Missoula, MT) - Eastern Washington, R-Sophomore
M - Madison Kem - Eastern Washington, Freshman
F - Maddie Morgan (Kennewick, WA) - Eastern Washington, Freshman
G - Kelsee Winston (Pasco, WA) - Eastern Washington, Junior
WOMEN - DI SCHOOLS - LOCAL+
11.05 - Alabama 1-2 Vanderbilt... The sensational freshman campaign for goalkeeper AJ Crooks (Spokane, WA) came to a close in the quarterfinals (second round) of the SEC tournament against the second seed.
11.06 - Santa Clara 2-1 Saint Mary's... Kelsey Turnbow (Spokane, WA) scored the opening goal in the second minute courtesy of Kelcie Hedge (Post Falls, ID) as the Broncos picked up the win.
11.06 - BYU 3-0 Gonzaga... The Cougars showed just why they are atop the table, spoiling the Senior Night celebrations for the Zags with three first half goals on a frigid evening.
11.07 - New Mexico 0-6 Boise State... Enjoying home field in the postseason for the first time, the Broncos enjoyed the day and locked it up in a three-goal, two-minute span in the first half. Raimee Sherle (Meridian, ID) scored int he 24th and 25th minutes before Aubree Chatterton (Boise, ID) added a third in the 26th. Kristina Serres set up the latter two. Gabby Gillespie capped the first half scoring in the 44th and tallied again in the 85th to wrap things up. Sherle, in the meantime, finished her hat-trick in the 55th minute.
11.08 - Washington State 0-1 Washington... The Apple Cup Series contest was a close affair with a penalty converted by Summer Yates (Pasco, WA) in the 82nd minute serving as the difference. Aside from the penalty Ella Dederick made three saves for the Cougars.
11.08 - UTRGV 0-1 Seattle... Redhawks advance to final.
11.08 - McNeese 0-1 (OT) Northwestern State... After knocking off three seed Abilene Christian in the quarterfinals, the season came to an end for Havana Johnson (Coeur d'Alene, ID) in the semifinals.
11.09 - San Diego State 0-2 Boise State... Finally. The Broncos were finally able to claim the league championship after their attempts the last three years were upended. Sherle kept her hot streak going with the opening goal via Emily Currey in the 17th minute. Chatterton fed Mckenna Kynett five minutes into the second half for some insurance while Sydney Smith closed out the game, though she only needed two saves in the shutout. Last season the Broncos were knocked out in penalties by host San Jose State in the semifinals. The two years prior it was SDSU delivering the blow, winning 1-0 in the semifinals in 2017 and first round in 2016, 2-0.
11.09 - Gonzaga 3-2 Pacific... The hosts broke a stalemate in the 56th minute, but Madeline Gotta evened it up just five minutes later on a penalty and then set up Erin Healy in the 64th. Taylor Kernion struck for what proved to be the winner in the 82nd as the hosts tallied again a minute later.
11.09 - San Francisco 1-6 Santa Clara... Turnbow beat a defender and the keeper in the ninth minute to score the equalizer. She later added on another goal, and Hedge helped set up the final tally on her Senior Day.
11.10 - Utah Valley 1-2 (OT) Seattle... The Redhawks rally for the overtime win.
11.10 - Army 1-2 Navy... After guiding the Army defense to first round and semifinal wins against Colgate, 4-0, and two seed Holy Cross, 2-1, earlier in the week, the season came to an end for starting junior defender Mia Padon (Spokane, WA) and sophomore Dani Mendoza (Richland, WA).
Mountain West Standings (Final)
*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 (Final)
*BYU 8-0-1... Santa Clara 7-0-2... Pepperdine 7-2-0... Gonzaga 5-3-1... San Diego 4-5-0... San Francisco 3-5-1... Loyola Marymount 3-5-1... Portland 2-4-3... Saint Mary's 1-7-1... Pacific 0-9-0 (no tournament)
PAC12 Standings (Final)
*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)
Notable Receiving Automatic NCAA Berths: Boise State, Seattle, Northern Colorado
Notable Receiving At-Large NCAA Berths: Washington State, Washington, Santa Clara, Utah
NCAA BRACKET [+]
Notable First Round Games
11.15 Utah @ Duke - 3:00
11.15 Boise State @ BYU (2) - 5:00
11.15 Memphis @ Washington State - 5:00
11.16 Northern Colorado @ Colorado - 11:00 am
11.16 California @ Santa Clara - 1:00
11.16 Seattle @ Washington (4) - 6:00
WOMEN - GREAT NORTHWEST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
Thursday
Northwest Nazarene 0-3 Central Washington... The Wildcats took care of business, wrapping up the final berth into the postseason with a pair of goals from Teanna Lathum in the first half. Madison Bradley and Madison Hinkel combined to set up the first in the 16th and she scored the second on a fantastic effort, stealing the ball 30 yards out and driving to goal for the finish. Bradley also scored after stealing the ball, locking things up just over a minute into the second half. Emily Thomson registered six saves for the shutout.
MSU Billings 1-2 Simon Fraser... Trailing since the 14th minute against the one-win Clan, the Yellowjackets finally pulled level on a shot from outside the box by Haylee Gunter set up by Erin Reynolds in the 83rd minute. Thirty seconds before overtime would have been triggered the hosts found the winner.
Saint Martin's 0-3 Concordia... Michaela Prothe (Spokane, WA) set up the opening goal for the Cavaliers.
Western Washington 2-0 Seattle Pacific
Saturday
MSU Billings 5-1 Saint Martin's... The hosts grabbed the initial lead in the 12th minute, but the Yellowjackets went out with a bang. Defender Courteney Shovlin (Great Falls, MT) scored the equalizer in the 19th minute. Alexa Iacolucci scored the go-ahead goal a minute later via Claire Tevaseu and then set up Amanda Hemmen three minutes later on a corner. Gunter fed Julia Keller for the fourth goal in the 64th and another corner from Iacolucci found Reynolds in the 86th.
Northwest Nazarene 0-4 Seattle Pacific... Sierra Smith (Boise, ID) helped set up the opening goal 16 minutes in and Chloe Gellhaus (Spokane, WA) doubled the lead in the 25th. Claire Neder (Spokane, WA) scored the third in the 54th and set up the final goal a minute later.
Central Washington 1-3 Western Oregon... Kylee Dillon scored the opener off a Sophia Keenan corner just over two minutes in, but just seconds after the ensuing kickoff the hosts answered en route to the comeback win.
Simon Fraser 1-2 Concordia... Freshman Maggie Ames (Spokane, WA) scored the final goal of the season for the Cavaliers, giving them the game-winner in the 74th that helped complete a weekend move from seventh to fifth.
GNAC Standings
*1 - Western Washington 12-0-0... 36 pts
*2 - Seattle Pacific 9-3-0... 27
*3 - Western Oregon 7-3-2... 23
*4 - Central Washington 6-5-1... 19
Concordia 5-6-1... 16
MSU Billings 5-7-0... 15
NW Nazarene 3-7-2... 11
Saint Martin's 2-10-0... 6
Simon Fraser 2-10-0... 6
* Clinched tournament berth (4 total)
GNAC Tournament Schedule - Seattle, WA
Semifinals - Thursday 11.14
(4) Central Washington v Western Washington (1) 4:00
(3) Western Oregon v Seattle Pacific (2) 7:00
Championship - Saturday 11.16 - 1:00
WOMEN - NORTHWEST CONFERENCE
Wednesday
Puget Sound 0-0 Pacific Lutheran... With the league title already clinched, Cassidy Crosswhite (Spokane, WA) was in goal for the Lutes, but only needed one stop for the shutout against their rivals.
Saturday
Whitman 0-1 Lewis & Clark... The Pioneers scored seven minutes in and made it stand for the victory.
Whitworth 1-2 Willamette... Jadyn Baumgartner (Boise, ID) scored the opening goal for the Pirates, but the hosts tied it up five minutes before the break and grabbed a winner in the second half.
Pacific 0-0 George Fox
Pacific Lutheran 1-2 Linfield
Sunday
Whitworth 1-1 Lewis & Clark... Eleven minutes after falling behind, the Pirates found an equalizer through Annie Clark (Spokane, WA) in the 66th minute. Isabelle Arends went the distance with eight saves in goal.
Whitman 0-3 Willamette... The hosts scored twice in the first half and put things away with another in the second.
Linfield 0-0 George Fox
Puget Sound 3-0 Pacific
NWC Standings
*Pacific Lutheran 14-1-1... 43 pts
Puget Sound 11-2-3... 36
Willamette 10-4-2... 32
Lewis & Clark 8-6-2... 26
Linfield 8-6-2... 26
Whitworth 5-9-2... 17
Whitman 4-12-0... 12
George Fox 2-10-4... 10
Pacific 1-13-2... 5
* Clinched league championship (No tournament)
WOMEN - CASCADE COLLEGIATE CONFERENCE
CCC TOURNAMENT (Springfield, OR)
11.12 - Quarterfinals
(8) Corban v (1) Oregon Tech 5:00... Previously: OIT won 1-0 away.
(7) Carroll v (2) Eastern Oregon 5:00... Previously: EOU won 2-0 at home
(5) Southern Oregon v (4) Northwest 8:00... Previously: SOU won 1-0 away.
(6) College of Idaho v (3) Rocky Mountain 8:00... Previously: RMC won 2-0 at home.
11.13 - Semifinals
Highest Seed v Lowest Seed 7:00
Two Middle Seeds 7:00
11.15 - Championship - 2:00
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)
WOMEN - Additional Notes for Week 12 [games through 11.10]
11.06 - Northern State 1-4 Mary... Sidney Burrell (Rexburg, ID) tied things back up in the 40th minute and later added an insurance goal in the 66th and set up the final goal.
11.07 - Concordia (Neb) 0-4 Jamestown... Kamryn Fiscus (Yakima, WA) scored the opening goal and set up the second as the Jimmies rolled to the GPAC quarterfinal win.
11.08 - Regis 0-2 Westminster... Sarah Reiber (Yakima, WA) set up the opening goal in the first round of the RMAC tournament, but the Griffins were eliminated in the semifinals two days later 1-0 by Colorado-Colorado Springs.
11.09 - Embry-Riddle AU 2-1 Benedictine... Parker Lee (Kennewick, WA) scored the opening goal for the Eagles in the 54th minute as they won their season finale on the road, clinching a fifth consecutive Cal Pac regular season championship.
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MEN - GREAT NORTHWEST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
Thursday
Northwest Nazarene 0-2 Western Washington... The Vikings scored back-to-back goals in the 15th and 16th minutes to grab control of the game and move within a point of clinching the league title.
MSU Billings 0-1 (OT) Simon Fraser... Hopes of an upset win north of the border were on the minds of the Yellowjackets as Jessy Martin and the defense kept things scoreless until the hosts broke through on a corner kick in the 106th minute.
Saint Martin's 2-1 Concordia
Saturday
Northwest Nazarene 1-2 Simon Fraser... The match went scoreless for over an hour before the hosts tallied in the 66th and 70th. The Nighthawks got on the board in the 90th through a Lorenzo Valentini penalty.
MSU Billings 0-1 Western Washington... The Vikings struck in the 55th and, with a little help of a Yellowjacket red card five minutes later - made it stand for the championship-clinching victory.
Saint Martin's 2-4 Seattle Pacific
GNAC Standings
*Western Washington 9-0-1... 28 pts
Simon Fraser 6-3-1... 19
MSU Billings 5-5-1... 16
Saint Martin's 4-6-1... 13
Concordia 4-6-0... 12
Seattle Pacific 4-6-0... 12
NW Nazarene 2-8-0... 6
* League Champions (no tournament)
MEN - NORTHWEST CONFERENCE
With rivals squaring off and the league title at stake - Pacific Lutheran led Whitman by two points - the climb for the Blues quickly steepened as both Whitworth and the Lutes scored in the opening 10 minutes, and got even worse with PLU scoring another in the first half en route to claiming the league championship.
Saturday (all 1:30)
Whitman 1-3 Whitworth... Senior Day provided a big finish for the Pirates as Chase Reidt (Spokane, WA) scored off a cross from Eric Shaporda (Moses Lake, WA) in the sixth minute. Drew Williams pushed the lead to two via Britton Clifford in the 54th with what proved to be the winner. Zanskar Blair found Johnathan Guglielmetti for the final Pirate goal in the 73rd before the Blues got on the board in the 80th through Jordan Furukawa on a ball from Jacob Barsher.
Pacific Lutheran 2-0 Puget Sound... Jackson Moore (Spokane, WA) set up the opening goal in the ninth minute and tallied the game-winner off a rebound in the 24th to secure the league title and NCAA tournament berth.
Willamette 0-0 Linfield
Pacific 0-0 George Fox
NWC Standings
*Pacific Lutheran 10-1-2... 32 pts
Whitman 10-3-0... 30
Willamette 8-4-1... 25
Whitworth 7-6-0... 21
Puget Sound 6-6-1... 19
Linfield 3-9-1... 10
Pacific 2-9-2... 8
George Fox 2-10-1... 7
* League Champions (no tournament)
MEN - CASCADE COLLEGIATE CONFERENCE
CCC TOURNAMENT (Springfield, OR)
11.12 - Quarterfinals
(8) College of Idaho v (1) Corban 11:00 am... Previously: Corban won 2-0 at home.
(7) Evergreen v (2) Rocky Mountain 11:00 am... Previously: RMC won 1-0 away.
(5) Eastern Oregon v (4) Oregon Tech 2:00... Previously: OIT won 4-0 at home.
(6) Northwest v (3) Southern Oregon 2:00 ... Previously: SOU won 3-1 away.
11.13 - Semifinals
Highest Seed v Lowest Seed 4:00
Two Middle Seeds 4:00
11.15 - Championship - 11:00 am
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 (withdrew)
*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 12 [games through 11.10]
11.07 - CSU Dominguez Hills 1-2 Humboldt... Devin Hauenstein won the battle of the brothers against older brother JD, setting up both goals for the Jacks in the victory.
11.07 - Akron 1-0 West Virginia... Tor Saunders (Spokane, WA) made three saves for the Zips in shutout, clinching the program's 20th MAC regular season title and hosting rights for the conference tournament.
11.07 - Fort Lewis 1-0 Colorado Mesa... Peter Byrne (Missoula, MT) made seven saves for the shutout win as the sixth seeded Skyhawks downed number three to reach the semifinals.
11.09 - Santa Clara 1-1 Gonzaga... The Zags nabbed a second half equalizer when Cole Rovegno and Quinn Liebmann combined to set up Frankie Ljucovic in the 63rd minute on Senior Night.
11.09 - UNLV 2-1 Grand Canyon... Brayden Tucker (Spokane, WA) set up the lone Lopes goal in the 81st minute.
11.10 - Fort Lewis 1-2 (OT) Regis... Byrne made another seven saves, but the two seed Rangers prevailed in extra time.
WCC Standings (through Nov 6)
Saint Mary's 6-0-0... Loyola Marymount 5-1-0... Portland 3-3-0... Pacific 3-3-0... Santa Clara 2-3-1... Gonzaga 2-3-1... San Diego 2-4-0... San Francisco 0-6-0 (no tournament)
PAC12 Standings (through Nov 7)
Washington 7-2-0... Stanford 6-1-2... Oregon State 5-2-2... California 3-4-2... UCLA 1-6-2... San Diego State 1-8-0 (no tournament)
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