Meanwhile, it was a tough week for Washington State and Gonzaga. The Cougars were swept by the visiting schools from Los Angeles. The Gonzaga men went without a goal at home, falling to San Diego and getting a draw against Loyola Marymount. The lady Zags rebounded from another loss to the Sofia Huerta (Boise, ID) led Santa Clara Broncos with the lone bright spot for the trio with a win at San Francisco.
October 27 - November 2 | Upcoming games PT & conference matches unless noted (NL)
BIG SKY CONFERENCE
The conference wrapped things up on Friday, determining the final three teams and the seeding for the conference tournament. »»» View INWsn Round-Up [+]
MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE
Utah State 0-1 Boise State
Having lost all six previous games on Halloween, the Broncos needed to finally come up with a treat in order to ensure a postseason berth with two teams chasing them for the final spot in the tournament. Locked in a stalemate with the fifth-place Aggies, Kayla Tucker and Dani Brown combined for a nice goal to decide the contest. After winning the ball in midfield, Tucker drove up the field with Brown mirroring her run to make it a two-on-one with the final defender, whose commitment to Tucker allowed the cross to set Brown up for a shot the keeper could only get a piece of as it found its way into the goal. Janelle Flores made four saves for the win, which proved critical as seventh-place San Jose State would have passed the Broncos had they lost. MORE [+]
Colorado State 1-4 Wyoming
Air Force 0-2 Colorado College
UNLV 1-1 Nevada
New Mexico 2-1 San Diego State
San Jose State 4-0 Fresno State
Standings: X-San Diego State 9-2-0... X-Wyoming 8-3-0... X-New Mexico 7-2-2... X-Colorado College 7-3-1... X-Utah State 6-4-1... X-Boise State 6-5-0... San Jose State 5-5-1... UNLV 4-6-1... Air Force 4-6-1... Fresno State 3-8-0... Colorado State 2-9-0... Nevada 1-9-1 [Season ends Oct 31 | Six berths to MWC tournament, X-Clinched berth]
MWC TOURNAMENT (@ San Diego State)
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First Round - Tuesday, November 4
6 Boise State v 3 New Mexico 4:00
5 Utah State v 4 Colorado College 7:00
Semifinals - Thursday, November 6
BSU / UNM v 2 Wyoming 4:00
USU / CC v 1 San Diego State 7:00
Championship - Saturday, November 8 7:00
PAC-12 CONFERENCE - WOMEN
Thursday, October 30
Oregon 0-1 Stanford
Friday, October 31
UCLA 1-0 Washington State
The top-ranked Bruins outshot the Cougars 23-6 on the day, but only eight of them ended up on goal. Gurveen Clair's rare bobble of the ball just over two minutes into the second half as she dove to smother it was followed by a deflection of a defender to set up the deciding goal. MORE [+]
Arizona 2-1 Utah
Hayley Estopare (Bend, OR) set up the game-winning strike for the Wildcats in the 74th minute of the contest.
Arizona State 0-2 Colorado
Oregon State 0-5 California
USC 2-1 Washington
Sunday, November 2
USC 1-0 Washington State
The Los Angeles duo made it a sweep of the Washington schools with stunning last minute goal - literally - with just 38 seconds left. The hosts outshot USC 12-8 and Clair only needed to make two saves until that final moment when defender Susie White lost a 50-50 battle for the ball in the box and Clair was subsequently beat for the win. MORE [+]
Arizona 1-3 Colorado
Arizona State 2-1 Utah
Oregon 1-2 California
UCLA 6-0 Washington
Oregon State 0-7 Stanford
Standings: UCLA 9-0-1... Stanford 8-1-1... USC 6-4-0... California 5-3-2... Washington State 5-4-1... Washington 5-4-1... Colorado 5-4-1... Arizona 4-5-1... Arizona State 3-4-3... Oregon 2-7-1... Utah 1-7-2... Oregon State 0-10-0 [Season ends Nov 7 | No conference tournament]
Coming Up - ** FINAL GAMES **
::: Thursday, November 6
Stanford @ California 2:00
::: Friday, November 7
Washington @ Washington State 1:00
Utah @ Colorado 11:00
Arizona @ Arizona State 1:00
Oregon State @ Oregon 3:00
UCLA @ USC 7:30
PAC-12 CONFERENCE - MEN
Trailing by two in the second half, Timmy Mueller (Post Falls, ID) scored with six minutes left in the match to spark hopes of a rally, but it was all Oregon State could muster against visiting sixth-ranked UCLA.
WEST COAST CONFERENCE - WOMEN
Thursday, October 30
BYU 1-1 Saint Mary's
San Diego 1-0 Pacific
Gonzaga 0-3 Santa Clara
Sofia Huerta (Boise, ID) has long been a nemesis for the Zags. The bad news was that with two more goals she boosted her scoring tally to five goals and three assists in the last three years against the Bulldogs. The good news is it was the last time they will see the senior Bronco. She doubled the hosts lead with a shot from the right side of the box a minute before the intermission and put the match out of reach on a breakaway in the 74th. MORE [+]
Saturday, November 1
San Diego 3-3 Saint Mary's
BYU 4-0 Pacific
Gonzaga 3-2 San Francisco
The Bulldogs trailed by a pair of goals after 20 minutes, but roared back for the victory. In the 36th minute Karley Baggerly delivered a short ball to Heather Johnson (Kennewick, WA), who chipped the ball in for a one-goal deficit at the break. Mikayla Anderson (Spokane, WA) led the Zags to the win in the second half, finding the head of Lexi Clark (Spokane, WA) in the 64th on a cross followed by Johnson nodding in her corner in the 66th minute. MORE [+]
Portland 0-1 Santa Clara
Huerta added a third goal to her tally for the weekend, going on a long drive from midfield in the 85th minute before finishing from about six yards for the winner.
Loyola Marymount 1-3 Pepperdine
Standings: BYU 7-0-1... Pepperdine 5-1-2... Santa Clara 6-2-0... San Diego 5-3-0... Gonzaga 4-3-1... Portland 3-4-1... Loyola Marymount 2-5-1... Saint Mary's 1-4-3... San Francisco 2-5-1... Pacific 0-8-0 [Season ends Nov 8 | No conference tournament]
Coming Up - ** FINAL GAMES **
::: Saturday, November 8
Portland @ Gonzaga 1:00
BYU @ Pepperdine 1:00
Pacific @ San Francisco 1:00
Saint Mary's @ Santa Clara 1:00
San Diego @ Loyola Marymount 7:00
WEST COAST CONFERENCE - MEN
Friday, October 31
San Diego 2-0 Gonzaga
The unbeaten Toreros broke through in the 65th and added some insurance in the 77th to down the Zags. MORE [+]
San Francisco 2-1 Saint Mary's
Loyola Marymount 0-0 Portland
Santa Clara @ Pacific - PPD, moved to Sunday
Loyola Marymount 0-0 Gonzaga
In a back and forth contest that finished with 35 total shots, neither team was able to break the stalemate. Gonzaga had more shots on the mark with the visiting keeper needing to make nine saves on their 18 shots while Chris Lowrimore only needed to stop four of 17 for his clean sheet. MORE [+]
Santa Clara 4-1 Pacific
Down by two, Tyson Fox (Meridian, ID) set up the hosts' only goal in the 49th minute.
San Diego 2-0 Portland
Santa Clara @ Saint Mary's - Rescheduled
San Francisco @ Pacific - Rescheduled
Standings: San Francisco 3-0-0... San Diego 4-0-0... Santa Clara 2-1-0... Loyola Marymount 1-1-2... Gonzaga 1-2-1... Saint Mary's 1-2-0... Portland 0-3-1... Pacific 0-3-0 [Season ends Nov 15 | No conference tournament]
Coming Up
::: Friday, November 7
Gonzaga @ Saint Mary's 2:00
Portland @ Pacific 7:00
San Francisco @ Loyola Marymount 7:00
Santa Clara @ San Diego 7:00
::: Sunday, November 9
Pacific @ Gonzaga 1:00
Loyola Marymount @ Santa Clara 1:00
Saint Mary's @ Portland 1:00
San Diego @ San Francisco 3:00
DIVISION I NOTES
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