INW Best XI - Week 4: Comebacks & Overtime Thrillers Highlight Weekly Honors

It was quite a week around the region for big comeback performances and overtime victories. Players of the Week selections Lauryn Gamache and Luca Battistotti led Montana schools Rocky Mountain College and MSU-Billings to overtime victories this week. RMC rallied from two down for their win. Also registering surprising comeback victories were the Idaho Vandals and Central Washington.

For games through Sunday, September 17

WOMEN

G - Claire Howard - Montana :: Led the team in a scoreless draw against Washington State with six saves after suffering a narrow 1-0 loss at Oregon in which she also made six stops. (Santa Rosa, CA)

D - Marisol Guerrero - North Idaho :: Set up three goals in a 4-1 win at Wenatchee Valley after edging Yakima Valley 1-0 earlier in the week. (Reno, NV)

D - Payton Netz (Great Falls, MT) - Carroll :: Tallied a goal and an assist in a 3-0 victory against MSU-Billings and later matched that performance in a 7-0 win against Providence (Great Falls).

D - Sydney Weiler (Spokane, WA) - Whitworth :: Scored the second goal in a 3-0 win against Lewis & Clark in a match where the defense allowed just three shots, none on goal.

M - Kaylee Martinez (Othello, WA) - Columbia Basin :: scored both goals in a 2-1 victory at Wenatchee Valley. CBC went on to smash Blue Mountain 11-0 and edge Treasure Valley 1-0 later in the week.

M - Mackenzie Nolte - Central Washington :: Tallied three goals in a comeback against Fresno Pacific that finished in a 4-4 draw. (Marysville, WA)

F - Bridget Daley - Idaho :: Scored twice in an amazing 5-4 comeback win against ranked Memphis. She also scored the opening goal in a 6-0 win against short-handed Nevada. (Carlsbad, CA)

PLAYER OF THE WEEK :: F - Lauryn Gamache - Rocky Mountain :: Scored three unanswered goals for Rocky Mountain in a 4-3 overtime win in which she stole the ball from a defender to tally the winner. (St Louis, MO)

F - India Jencks - Gonzaga :: Tallied two goals in a 3-2 win against ranked Memphis. (Seattle, WA) after scoring two in their 5-1 win against Fairleigh Dickenson.

F - Alexis Stephenson (Pasco, WA) - Eastern Washington :: Tallied two goals and an assist in a 4-0 victory against Nevada.

F - Chloe Williams (Spokane, WA) - Eastern Washington :: Broke the all-time career points record for the Big Sky with a pair of goals in the team's 3-2 win against Fairleigh Dickenson. She also helped lead the team to a 4-0 win against Nevada.

MEN

PLAYER OF THE WEEK :: D - Luca Battistotti - MSU-Billings :: The defender set up the opening goal and tallied the game-winner on a corner for the Yellowjackets in a 2-1 overtime victory over 12th-ranked Upper Iowa. (San Rocco al Porto, Italy)

D - Ben White - Gonzaga :: Scored the equalizer and set up the third goal in a 4-1 road win at CSU-Bakersfield. (Tigard, OR)

M - Isaiah Arechiga (Kennewick, WA) - Columbia Basin :: Scored three goals in a 6-0 victory at Wenatchee Valley. CBC went on to also defeat Treasure Valley 3-1 later in the week.

M - Guillaume Kremer - MSU-Billings :: Set up two goals and tallied one himself in a 4-2 victory at Mary. (Metz, France)

M - Marco Kummerle - Rocky Mountain :: Scored twice, including the game-winner in a 3-1 win against Oregon Tech. (Pliezhausen, Germany)

M - Nick Lowrimore - Carroll :: Two assists in 2-1 win at Multnomah after trailing. Lowrimore also scored the opening goal in a 9-0 rout at Walla Walla. (Sandy, UT)

M - Hector Magana (Pasco, WA) - CC Spokane :: Scored two early goals and added an assist in a 5-1 victory against Wenatchee Valley.

F - Christoffer Bisbo - Providence [Great Falls] :: Tallied a goal and assist early in a 7-0 win at Multnomah and then blasted Walla Walla for five goals in an 8-0 win. (Silkeborg, Denmark)

F - JD Hauenstein (Spokane, WA) - MSU-Billings :: Scored the opening goal in a 4-2 victory at Mary and then tallied the opening goal in a 2-1 overtime win against 12th-ranked Upper Iowa.

F - Emmanuel Hidalgo (Mattawa, WA) - South Puget Sound :: Scored the first and the game-winning strike in a 3-2 victory against Tacoma.

F - Alain Murhula (Boise, ID) - Whatcom :: He set up the opening goal and then scored the third in a 3-1 victory at Everett.


About INWsn Best XI: Each week INWsoccernews will release lists of the week’s best performances 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. 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. The list is issued (typically) Wed-Fri during the college season. 

###