Monday, October 8, 2012

INW Collegiate Recap: Lower division scan of GNAC, NWC, CCC & Frontier

Around the lower levels of the college game, close contests seemed to be the theme of the week, particularly in the Northwest Conference where six of the eight women's matches went to extra time. The Whitworth women suffered their first conference loss in one of the overtime contest while on the men's side the Pirates kept their unbeaten status intact with an overtime winner. Other highlights on the weekend featured Carroll College earning a scoreless draw against 10th-ranked CSU-San Marcos only to be downed for the first time by conference foe Westminster two days later.

GREAT NORTHWEST CONFERENCE – DII – WOMEN

Thursday
Northwest Nazarene 1 :: 2 MSU-Billings
Two breakaways propelled the Yellowjackets to the victory. Teegan Koster fed Heidi Greenback in the 33rd minute and in the 71st Jackie Hill (Boise, ID) and Jaucelyn Richter (Billings, MT) combined to put Alisa Sagdahl through to double the lead. Five minutes later the visiting Crusaders made an attempt at a rally, but could only get one back on a scramble in front of goal that finished with Jenny Field (Nampa, ID) chipping one in from five yards. – MORE   

Seattle Pacific 1 :: 0 Central Washington
Deadlocked into overtime, Ali Martin picked the ball up on a turnover and sent Megan Lindsay (Spokane, WA) through for the game-winner in the 98th minute.

Western Washington 2 :: 0 Simon Fraser
Jamie Arthurs (Richland, WA) needed only two saves to earn a school record-tying 31st career shutout.

Saint Martin’s 0 :: 2 Western Oregon

Saturday
Saint Martin’s 1 :: OT :: 2 Northwest Nazarene
After a lengthy stalemate a Lexi Fesenbeck corner found Whitney Wood (Coeur d’Alene, ID) for the opener in the 72nd minute, but eight minutes later Ashley Richardson (Yakima, WA) finished from 15 yards out, sending the match to overtime. Fesenbeck would score a goal of her own in the 101st minute, tallying from five yards out on a cross from Kellynn McDaniel (Boise, ID). – MORE 

Western Oregon 1 :: OT :: 0 MSU-Billings
The Yellowjackest were stunned at home for only their second loss of the year, falling on a goal in the 109th minute that was over the reach of Alexandria Johnson. – MORE 

Simon Fraser 0 :: 2 Seattle Pacific
Megan Lindsay (Spokane, WA) led SPU to the victory with a goal and an assist in the second half, combining with Riley Dopps in the 47th minute to find the head of Ali Martin eight yards out. She found the lower corner of far post herself on a 16 yard effort from the left side in the 77th minute to secure the victory. 

Sunday
Western Washington 1 :: 0 Central Washington
Four saves from Jamie Arthurs (Richland, WA) put the keeper atop the career shutout list for both the school and the conference with number 32 of her career.

Standings [+]  

Coming Up This Week
Thursday
Saint Martin’s @ Western Washington – 3:00
MSU-Billings @ Central Washington – 4:00
Northwest Nazarene @ Seattle Pacific – 7:00
Western Oregon @ Simon Fraser – 7:30
Saturday
Northwest Nazarene @ Central Washington – 11:00
MSU-Billings @ Seattle Pacific – 1:00
Western Oregon @ Western Washington – 4:00
Saint Martin’s @ Simon Fraser – 7:00

GREAT NORTHWEST CONFERENCE – DII – MEN

Saturday
MSU-Billings 0 :: 1 Northwest Nazarene
Eleven minutes into the contest the host Crusaders took the lead when Sal Sanchez delivered a cross into the box headed in from five yards out by Evan McNiel. The defense stood strong the rest of the way as Alfredo Ontiveros needed only two saves to keep the shutout intact. – MORE   

Seattle Pacific 5 :: 3 Saint Martin’s
Simon Fraser 2 :: 1 Western Washington
U-Mary 1 :: 1 Sioux Falls


Standings [+]  

Coming Up This Week
Thursday
Northwest Nazarene @ Saint Martin’s – 3:00
MSU-Billings @ Seattle Pacific – 4:30
U-Mary @ Simon Fraser – 5:00
Sioux Falls @ Western Washington – 7:30
Saturday
MSU-Billings @ Saint Martin’s – 1:00
Sioux Falls @ Simon Fraser – 3:30
U-Mary @ Western Washington – 7:00
Northwest Nazarene @ Seattle Pacific – 7:00

NORTHWEST CONFERENCE – DIII – WOMEN

Saturday
Whitworth 1 :: OT :: 2 Linfield
Katrin Grant’s hot streak continued, taking a ball from Aaren Sherpe and firing home from close range in the 40th minute to give the Pirates the halftime lead. The hosts, however, evened things up three minutes into the second half and found the winner in the 10th minute of overtime on a corner. – MORE 

Lewis & Clark 0 :: 3 Puget Sound
Willamette 1 :: OT :: 2 Pacific-U
George Fox 0 :: OT :: 1 Pacific Lutheran


Sunday
Whitman 1 :: OT :: 2 Linfield
George Fox 1 :: 6 Lewis & Clark
Puget Sound 1 :: OT :: 0 Pacific-U
Pacific Lutheran 3 :: OT :: 2 Willamette


Standings [+] 

Coming Up This Week
Wednesday
Whitman @ Whitworth – 1:30
Lewis & Clark @ Willamette – 7:00
Pacific @ George Fox – 7:00
Saturday
Whitworth @ Puget Sound – Noon
George Fox @ Willamette – Noon
Lewis & Clark @ Linfield – Noon
Whitman @ Pacific Lutheran – Noon
Sunday
Whitworth @ Pacific Lutheran – Noon
Willamette @ Linfield – Noon
Lewis & Clark @ Pacific – Noon
Whitman @ Puget Sound - Noon

NORTHWEST CONFERENCE – DIII – MEN

Wednesday
St John’s 2 :: 0 Linfield (non-conf)

Thursday
Puget Sound 2 :: 2 Pacific Lutheran

Friday
Whitman 0 :: OT :: 1 Whitworth
Robby Ubben, Whitworth
All four of Robby Ubben’s strikes have been game-winners, this time coming with four minutes remaining in overtime after Sam Engle stole the ball from the visitors at midfield and finding Ubben at the top of the box. Kyle Nowak made five saves in the shutout while Michael Bathurst had four for Whitman before allowing the winner. – MORE  

Willamette 3 :: 2 Linfield

Pacific-U 3 :: 5 George Fox
Grady Bryson (Montana City, MT) equalized for Pacific, but the hosts pulled away with four of the next five goals before Bryson added an assist in the 78th minute.

Sunday
St John’s 1 :: 3 Puget Sound  (non-conf)

Standings [+]     

Coming Up This Week
Friday
Linfield @ Pacific – 7:00
Saturday
Whitman @ Pacific Lutheran – 2:30
Willamette @ George Fox – 2:30
Whitworth @ Puget Sound – 2:30
Sunday
Willamette @ Pacific – 2:30
Linfield @ George Fox – 2:30
Whitman @ Puget Sound – 2:30
Whitworth @ Pacific Lutheran 2:30

CASCADE CONFERENCE – NAIA – WOMEN

Friday
College of Idaho 4 :: 0 Eastern Oregon
The Yotes controlled the match from the outset, taking the lead in the eighth minute through an 18-yard effort into the far upper corner from Katy Radko (Meridian, ID). In a pair of back-to-back goals, Kayla Bigelow (Boise, ID) found Jessica Ayala (Eagle, ID) to double the lead in the 29th minute and Brianna Blair (Nampa, ID) pushed it to three less than a minute later. Sarah Hicks (Boise, ID) wrapped up the scoring in the 55th via a Brittney Lacey (Boise, ID) through ball. – MORE 

Southern Oregon 3 :: OT :: 2 Warner Pacific
The Knights took the lead after just nine minutes and held onto it for nearly an hour before the visitors equalized. The Raiders then took the lead in a wild finish courtesy of Julie Zamzow (Boise, ID) with only 24 second remaining. But a goalkeeping handling error with six seconds left allowed a long effort from Ranie Gramm (Missoula, MT) to send the match to overtime. Nine minutes into extra time, though, SOU found the winner through Stephanie Carr on a tap-in after another misplayed long ball.

Corban 1 :: 4 Northwest-U
Acacia Johnson led the hosts to the win with a hat-trick, scoring the first four minutes in and adding two more in the second half. Lindsey Field (Ontario, OR) found her for a nine-yard finish in the 52nd on a diagonal cross from 20 yards out and Annie-Brynn Stauffer (Spokane, WA) delivered a ball from the left side up the middle to Johnson in the 63rd.

Northwest Christian 3 :: OT :: 2 Evergreen
A hat-trick from Melyssa Weber guided NCU to the win, but not before a two-goal comeback by the Geoducks in the second half that was kick-started by Haley Lightfoot in the 69th minute.

Oregon Tech 0 :: 2 Concordia
In an utterly dominant performance Tori Talbutt only had to make one save, stopping Tech’s lone shot. Hanna Scott scored the opener for the hosts 13 minutes in and Ashley Ames (Liberty Lake, WA) doubled the lead eight minutes later.

Saturday
Northwest Christian 1 :: 2 Northwest-U
The hosts took the lead on the hour mark from the penalty spot after a handball in the box with Rachel Saleen (Boise, ID) converting. NCU equalized in the 84th but gave up the lead again two minutes later.

Corban 5 :: 1 Evergreen
A goal from Haley Lightfoot (Spokane, WA) in the 78th minutes was mere consolation after a hat-trick and assist propelled Corban to a five-goal lead.

Oregon Tech 3 :: 0 Warner Pacific

Sunday
Southern Oregon 0 :: 2 Concordia

Standings [+]   

Coming Up This Week
Friday
Northwest Christian @ Oregon Tech – 1:00
Warner Pacific @ Eastern Oregon – 2:00
Corban @ Southern Oregon – 3:00
Evergreen @ Northwest-U – 3:00
Concordia @ College of Idaho – 3:00
Saturday
Warner Pacific @ College of Idaho – 3:00
Sunday
Concordia @ Eastern Oregon – 1:00
Northwest Christian @ Southern Oregon – 1:00

CASCADE COLLEGIATE CONFERENCE – NAIA – MEN

Saturday
Warner Pacific 4 :: 1 College of Idaho
Ricky Carmolinga (Spokane CC) gave the Knights the opening goal in the 18th minute with the assistance of Memo Moran, who doubled the advantage in the first minute of the second half. A Michael Meyer (Idaho Falls, ID) corner kick found Chenjerai Simpson in the 53rd minute, but that was all the hosts could find in an attempt to rally. – MORE   

Northwest Christian 0 :: 2 Evergreen
Corban 1 :: 2 Northwest-U
Concordia 4 :: 1 Oregon Tech


Standings [+]    

Coming Up This Week
Tuesday
Northwest Christian @ Warner Pacific – 1:00
Concordia @ Corban – 3:00
Northwest-U @ Oregon Tech – 6:00
Wednesday
Evergreen @ College of Idaho – 3:00
Saturday
Concordia @ Evergreen – 1:00
Warner Pacific @ Northwest-U – 3:00
Corban @ College of Idaho – 3:00
Northwest Christian @ Oregon Tech – 4:00

FRONTIER CONFERENCE – NAIA – WOMEN

Friday
#10 CSU-San Marcos 3 :: 0 Westminster

Saturday
#20 Carroll 0 :: 0 #10 CSU-San Marcos
Outshot 19-5, the Saints held on against the top-10 team for the scoreless draw. Sophomore goalkeeper Briana Carlin was the star of the contest in her debut, making eight saves. – MORE   

Sunday
Rocky Mountain 2 :: 1 Jamestown College
A fantastic season continues as the Battlin’ Bears overcame an early deficit on the road in North Dakota, giving coach Richard Duffy his 100th victory with the program in 11 years (100-72-7). Jaelene Zygmond (Billings, MT) found the school’s new all-time scoring leader Kirsty Montignani for her 18th of the season in the29th minute  to level the game six minutes after falling behind. Lauren Brophy (Helena, MT) provided the winner in the 37th as RMC held on for the victory. – MORE  |  MORE      

Monday
#20 Carroll 0 :: 2 #23 Westminster
Westminster has the solution for Carroll’s stingy defense, scoring twice in the course of two weeks against the Saints, who have not allowed more than a goal in their 10 other contests. In Montana a week ago, though, Carroll came out on top 3-2. This time the host Griffins found the solution themselves defensively and took the lead just before the intermission when Jessica Harris nodded in a corner from Lorin Wathen in the 39th minute and got some insurance when Justine Jones (Boise, ID) let loose from about 25 yards in the 62nd minute.  – MORE  

Standings [+]   

Coming Up This Week
Friday
Embry-Riddle (AZ) @ Great Falls – 5:00
Sunday
Rocky Mountain @ Westminster – 11:30
Embry-Riddle (AZ) @ Carroll – 1:00

FRONTIER CONFERENCE – NAIA – MEN

Friday
Great Falls 3 :: 1 Walla Walla College
The Argonauts trailed after the first quarter hour, but responded with three unanswered goals before the intermission and cruised to the road win. Juan Guzman connected with Danny Delgadillo for the equalizer and Hugo Gonzalez put the Argos in front. Anderson Cardoso set up Manuel Espinoza to provide some insurance. – MORE 

Saturday
Trinity Lutheran College 1 :: OT :: 2 Westminster

Sunday
Great Falls 2 :: 0 Whitman College
The Argonauts knocked off the Division III side with Anderson Cardoso providing his second assist of the weekend, finding Gonzalez for his second game-winner of the visit to Walla Walla, Wash. Delgadillo connected with Miguel Mendez (Bonners Ferry, ID) for the insurance strike for the weekend sweep. – MORE 

Rocky Mountain 3 :: 1 Jamestown College
The Battlin’ Bears gave up the opener to the North Dakota side in the 18th minute but Nick Heffernan found Brandon Loeffler (Butte, MT) for the equalizer in the 38th minute for an even scoreline at the break. Loeffler would turn provider in the 70th, finding Oliver Gore for the first of two second half tallies. He picked up the brace with four minutes remaining to secure the win. – MORE  | MORE    

#12 Ashford 0 :: OT :: 1 Westminster

Standings [+]    

Coming Up This Week

Sunday
Rocky Mountain @ Westminster – 12:30
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