Despite only having one complete game among her scant six regular season appearances, goalkeeper Savannah Hutchinson provided one of the most clutch performances of the year for the Mountaineers as they went on an amazing postseason run. She allowed just three goals in a run through the conference and national tournament to NAIA quarterfinals and was huge in a pair of tiebreaker shootouts.
On the men's side Blake Bodily helped lead the Huskies to the third round of the NCAA tournament.
INWsn College Women's Best XI - WEEK THIRTEEN (games 11.11 and beyond)
G - Ella Dederick - Washington State - Facing tough competition the Cougars' amazing NCAA tourney run was guided in the back by a performance that saw three shutouts in the first four rounds. Dederick made two saves in a 1-0 win against 14th ranked Memphis to open it up and then went back-to-back with five stops in their 3-0 third round win against West Virginia and two more in their 1-0 overtime quarterfinal victory against fifth ranked South Carolina. (Camarillo, CA)
PLAYER OF THE WEEK :: G - Savannah Hutchinson - Eastern Oregon - In the CCC tournament she made three saves in both the 1-0 quarterfinal win against Carroll and 3-0 semifinal victory against Corban for shutouts. She made just one save in the 2-1 championship win against Rocky Mountain. If that wasn't enough, she was the the star of the NAIA tournament run. She made three saves in 1-0 opening round win against Bethel and was then clutch in back-to-back shootout victories. After making six in-game saves she denied 13th ranked John Brown three times in the tiebreaker after a second round scoreless stalemate and then made another two shootout saves in the third round following a 1-1 draw against unbeaten and fourth ranked Central Methodist in which she made eight saves. In the quarterfinals she made two saves as the run came to a close in a tightly fought 1-0 loss to Marian. (Torrance, CA)
G - Maia Wetzel (Billings, MT) - Rocky Mountain - Made four saves in CCC 1-0 overtime quarterfinal win against College of Idaho and four more in a scoreless draw against Southern Oregon, advancing in a shootout in which she scored RMC's opener, stopped SOU's second and watch two more miss the target in a 3-1 tiebreaker win. She also had six saves in the 2-1 loss to Eastern Oregon in the final. In the NAIA tournament she made five stops in a 2-0 win in the opener and another seven in a scoreless draw in the second round in which they advanced via penalties against 12th ranked Midland thanks to an opening round conversion by Wetzel and saves in the fourth and fifth rounds.
D - Cassidy Quick (Meridian, ID) - Eastern Oregon - Helped lead the Mountaineers to the CCC championship with 1-0, 3-0 and 2-1 victories in which they allowed just eight total shots on goal.
D - Brielle Schneider (Kennewick, WA) - Walla Walla CC - Scored the go-ahead goal in a 1-1 NWAC semifinal draw against Highline in which they were knocked out in penalties.
M - Darby Doyle (Spokane, WA) - Western Washington - Helped lead the Vikings to the national championship match, finishing as runners-up in NCAA DII in addition to capturing the GNAC tournament championship. She set up the opening goal in a 2-1 GNAC semifinal win and started all six NCAA tourney games in which they posted five consecutive shutouts before falling 1-0 in overtime in the championship.
M - Chloe Gellhaus (Spokane, WA) - Seattle Pacific - Scored the opening goal in a 4-1 GNAC semifinal win against Western Oregon and tallied the opener in a the GNAC championship before falling 2-1 to Western Washington.
M - Kelcie Hedge (Post Falls, ID) - Santa Clara - Set up the first and third goals for the Broncos in a 3-1 second round victory versus Oklahoma State in the NCAA tournament after a narrow 1-0 overtime win against California in the opening round and before a 1-0 exit in the third round to USC.
F - Morgan Farrington (Meridian, ID) - Eastern Oregon - Scored in the 3-0 CCC semifinal win against Corban and set up the opening minute goal in their 2-1 championship victory against Rocky Mountain. Farrington also scored the 89th minute 1-0 game-winner in the opening round win against Bethel in the NAIA tournament.
F - Makamae Gomera-Stevens - Washington State - She was key in the Cougars' NCAA Campaign, scoring the lone goal in their 1-0 opening round win against 14th ranked Memphis to kick things off. In the second round she set up the opening goal in a 3-2 win against third ranked Virginia and then tallied the opening goal in a 3-0 win against West Virginia in the third round. (Kapolei, HI)
F - Morgan Weaver - Washington State - During the Cougars' fantastic NCAA tournament run to the semifinals Weaver tallied four goals and an assist. In the second round at third ranked Virginia she put them in front and later set up the 82nd minute 3-2 game-winner to move on to a third round 3-0 win against West Virginia in which she scored twice in the second half. Her fourth goal gave the Cougs the initial lead in the semifinal against powerhouse North Carolina before falling 2-1. (University Place, WA)
INWsn College Men's Best XI - WEEK THIRTEEN (games 11.11 and beyond)
G - Johan Garibay - Gonzaga - Made four saves for the Bulldogs for a 2-0 shutout in season finale at Pacific. (Stockton, CA)
G - Max Rose - Eastern Oregon - Helped lead the Mountaineers in a scoreless draw against Oregon Tech in the CCC quarterfinals and then made three consecutive saves in the fifth, sixth and seventh rounds of the shootout for a 4-3 tiebreaker decision. He made eight saves in the 2-2 semifinal against SOU, advancing again in a shootout 5-4 on a Raider miss. (Redcar, England)
D - Travis Swallow (Coeur d'Alene, ID) - Seattle Pacific - Helped lead the team in a final weekend jump from sixth to third in the GNAC with road sweep, winning 4-1 at MSU Billings and 1-0 at Northwest Nazarene.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK :: M - Blake Bodily - Washington - Was the key component for the Huskies' run to the third round of the NCAA tournament, tallying a goal and an assist in their 2-0 opening round win against Boston College and scoring the opening goal in a 4-1 win against Marshall in the second round.
M - Noah Bushey (Spokane, WA) - Florida Gulf Coast - Gave his side the lead in the ASUN championship game only to see season come to an end 2-1.
M - Allen Escalante (Walla Walla, WA) - Tacoma CC - Helped lead the Titans to the NWAC final, playing the full 90 in a 3-0 semifinal win against Columbia Basin and going on to do the same in a 1-1 draw in the championship in which Peninsula prevailed in the shootout tiebreaker.
M - Emmanuel Lopez (Wenatchee, WA) - Peninsula - Helped lead the Pirates to the NWAC Championship, starting both games as they won 4-0 in the semifinal against Chemeketa and topped Tacoma in penalties after a 1-1 draw in the final.
M - Theo O'Malley - Gonzaga - Scored both goals in 2-0 season finale win at Pacific. (Parker, CO)
M - Tino Pantaleon (Wenatchee, WA) - Evergreen - Helped lead the Geoducks to a 2-0 upset win over two seed Rocky Mountain in the quarterfinals and tallied a goal and assist to erase a two goal deficit against top seed Corban in the semifinals before falling in the final minute 4-3.
F - Jake Levine (Spokane, WA) - Northwest Nazarene - Scored the opening goal for the Nighthawks in a 2-1 overtime win against Concordia.
F - Noe Meza (Sunnyside, WA) - Seattle - After helping lead the Redhawks to the WAC tournament championship he helped set up the final tally in a 3-1 victory against Loyola Marymount in the opening round of the NCAA tournament and then scored the second half equalizer against eventual semifinalist Stanford in a contest that finished 1-1 before they were eliminated in a shootout tiebreaker.
About INWsn Best XI: Each week INWsoccernews will release lists of the week’s best performances (not necessarily positional as a traditional XI) for men’s and women’s soccer in the region, recognizing players at schools in the region or those from the area that play elsewhere in the nation. The list is extremely flexible and has no defined formation, despite featuring 11 players (when number of results/games allow). The Best XI was launched with the start of the site's collegiate coverage in 2012, continued through 2014 and was re-launched in 2017 after a two-year absence.
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