INW Collegiate Recap 2013 – Week 1

Though some teams are still in the process of playing preseason scrimmages and exhibitions, a good portion of programs in the region kicked off their collegiate campaigns over the past week.

Among the early action was a series of games between the Division I trio in Idaho and another set featuring the Washington foursome of Gonzaga, Eastern Washington, Seattle and Washington State.

Amanda Ellsworth

The reigning Big Sky champions of Idaho State proved themselves the top side, sweeping Boise State and the University of Idaho on the weekend. The Bengals opened the weekend up with a 2-1 overtime victory Friday in which Madeline Gochnour broke the deadlock in the 70th minute only to see Brooke Heidemann (Meridian, ID) tie things up four minutes later. Seven minutes into extratime Amanda Ellsworth gave the hosts the win [MORE]. Two days later Ellsworth again was the catalyst in a 2-0 win against the Vandals, this time with all the scoring in the first half. She set up Jessica Sanchez in the 39th minute and scored herself two minutes later courtesy of Lia Margolis for the unofficial crown as the best in the Gem State [MORE]. It was the second loss of the week for Idaho, which fell 3-0 at Weber State two days prior [MORE].

In the Evergreen State, the action kicked off Friday with Gonzaga posting a 1-0 victory 17 miles down the road in Cheney against Eastern Washington. Mikayla Anderson (Spokane, WA) scored the lone tally in the 41st minute [MORE]. Meanwhile, Washington State had made the trek across the state to face Seattle University, who took the initial lead via a Julia Besagno penalty 21 minutes in. The Cougars pulled even at the half-hour mark through Kailiana Johnson and grabbed the win with a pair of goals in the first four minutes of the second half, both set up by Kourtney Guetlein. Jocelyn Jeffers tallied in the first minute back in action and Micaela Castain added the second in the 49th [MORE]. Two days later the Redhawks traveled across the state themselves to face Eastern Washington. After a scoreless first half, Spokane native Julia Moravec collected the ball from Stephanie Verdoia and fired it in for the lead with Verdoia adding the second via Mary Hill in the 77th for a 2-0 victory [MORE].

Schools in Montana also hit the pitch last week. The regular season Big Sky co-champion Grizzlies got off to a good start with a pair of draws. On Friday Montana played to a 1-1 draw at home with a Mary Makris (Emigrant, MT) corner finding the head of Ashley Robertson in the 63rd minute for the go-ahead goal only to see Air Force answer five minutes later [MORE]. On Sunday, the Grizzlies played another 110 minutes, this time with goalkeeper Kendra McMillen making three saves in the scoreless draw against Wyoming [MORE].

Oliver Gore

Off to an even bigger start, though, is Rocky Mountain College, which features one of the top amateur talents in the nation at the moment in Oliver Gore, who was a finalist for the Premier Development League MVP honor this past summer. Gore set up the opener and then tallied twice himself Saturday in a 3-0 victory against the University of Mary [MORE] and then added another goal and assist in a 2-1 victory Sunday in a second win against UM [MORE].

Also getting their season under way this week from the Gem State was North Idaho College. The Cardinal men won two in Wyoming against Dodge City CC and Northwest College. Shane Stanley (Sagle, ID), Isaiah Van Voorhis (Liberty Lake, WA) and Adam Garman (Coeur d'Alene, ID) scored in a 3-1 victory against the DCCC Saturday and edged host Northwest Sunday, 3-2 in overtime [MORE]. Jamaican Rodger Bucknor was key in the second win with the opening goal and the assist on the overtime winner from Robert Wilson (Boise, ID). John Ray (Boise, ID) scored the second goal. The ladies dominated in the first contest, drubbing DCCC 7-3 with Tiffany Draper (Meridian, ID) notching a hat-trick; Jaimee Hulst (Helena, MT) tallying twice; and Meghan Pagano (Sandpoint, ID) and Keilin Farrand each finding the back of the net once. The second game was the complete opposite from the 10-goal opener as they finished in a scoreless stalemate with Northwest in a game in which the Cardinal players hit the woodwork five times, including two from Taylor Peterson (Missoula, MT). Whittni Mundel (Spokane, WA) was in goal for the first half.

Headlining a number of exhibitions and scrimmages this week was a 1-1 draw between the Gonzaga men and Whitworth, a pair of Spokane programs that had not played one another in quite some time. The Division I Zags took the initial lead only to see DIII Whitworth answer in the second and hold on for the draw despite being outshot 17-1 [INW REPORT].

Other exhibition results:

Aug 16 … W … Univ of Oklahoma … 0 :: 0 … Idaho … Exhibition [MORE]

Aug 18 … W … Univ of Oklahoma … 1 :: 2 … Gonzaga … Exhibition
GU: Sarah Carter (Tori Lee) 82, Tori Lee 89
UO: GU Own Goal 74 [MORE]

Aug 20 … W … College of Idaho … 0 :: 9 … Idaho State … Exhibition
ISU: Lanie Ward (Amanda Ellsworth) 5, Laura Benson 13, Allysa Kenney (Mikaela Carrillo) 38, Kiley Godfrey 40, Whitney Peterson 43, Amanda Ellsworth 51, Amanda Ellsworth 51, Jessica Sanchez 61, Lauren Bermudez (Allyssa Kenney) 75 [MORE]

Aug 23 … M … Northwest Nazarene … 0 :: 6 … Oregon State … Exhibition

Aug 24 … W … Rocky Mountain … 0 :: 3 … Univ of Mary … Exhibition

Aug 24 … W … Columbia Basin CC … 0 :: 3 … Eastern Oregon … Scrimmage

Aug 25 … W … Carroll College … 0 :: 3 … MSU-Billings … Exhibition

MSUB: Chelsea Shuman 28, Alisa Sagdahl 36, Dana Lubieniecki (Alisa Sagdahl) 68 [MORE]

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