All six games on the women's sides were one-sided affairs, but the highlight among them was Yakima Valley's first victory in divisional play against an opponent other than Blue Mountain. The Yaks were off to a great start with only two losses in five games, but aside from the 15-1 win over Blue Mountain the other three had been draws.
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9/29 North Idaho 11-0 Blue Mountain
Linnea Pretzer (Idaho Falls, ID) scored four with Katie Knaack (Coeur d'Alene, ID) tallying three and Zoe Lee (Ammon, ID) two. Chelsea Love (Newman Lake, WA) and Natalie Goetz (Coeur d'Alene, ID) also got on the board while Kinzie Hunter finished with one save.
9/29 Spokane 4-0 Treasure Valley
Shannon Frucci (Spokane, WA) scored the opener via Riley Couch (Sandpoint, ID) and Cheris Brown (Spokane, WA) made it two five minutes before the break courtesy of Jamie Fassler (Prosser, WA). Molly Thies (Dryden, WA) found Sabrina Castaneda (Nampa, ID) 10 minutes into the second half and Brown capped the scoring with her second 11 minutes from time. Michelle Czarapata was untested with one save.
9/30 Spokane 14-0 Blue Mountain
Sabrina Castaneda scored four and Peyton Vasquez (Bois, ID) tallied three in the blowout with Julia Adair (Spokane, WA) notching two. Peyton Vasquez, Shannon Frucci, Cheris Brown, Sierra Everman (Spokane, WA) and Halle Porter also tallied. Nicole Rowley (Cheney, WA) got the clean sheet.
9/30 Columbia Basin 0-4 Walla Walla
Four different players scored for the Warriors with Dominique Velazquez (Othello, ID) and Haley Wammock (Yakima, WA) scoring in the first half. Chelsea Marozik (Richland, WA) converted a penalty and Hannah Thompson (Richland, WA) scored in the second half. Paige Kubista (Nampa, ID) needed just one save for the shutout.
9/30 Wenatchee Valley 1-5 Yakima Valley
Mired near the bottom of the table despite a good start due to three draws, the Yaks finally got their first win, exploding for five goals to leapfrog the Knights in the table. Katie Balauro (Spokane, WA) converted a penalty in the 22nd and Harley Hendry (Hauser, ID) scored in the 33rd for a two-goal lead at the break. Ally Megill fed Madison Cecil four minutes after intermission to push the advantage to three before Kalea Bokma (Wenatchee, WA) tallied for WVC in the 66th. The Yaks locked up the win with Megill scoring via Balauro with four minutes left and then setting up Courtney Abrams (Yakima, WA) two minutes later.
9/30 North Idaho 5-1 Treasure Valley
The Cardinal ladies scored two in the first half via Natalie Goetz and Ellory Ferris (Ellensburg, WA). Amber Spaulding put the hosts on the board a minute into the second half, but Chelsea Love answered immediately a minute later. Ferris and Linnea Pretzer locked up the result in the 71st and 74th.
INW Players Elsewhere: Nothing of note.
NWAC EAST STANDINGS (W-L-T... Points)
Walla Walla 7-0-0... 21
North Idaho 5-1-0... 15
Spokane 4-1-1... 13
Columbia Basin 3-3-1... 10
Yakima Valley 2-2-3... 9
Treasure Valley 1-4-2... 5
Wenatchee Valley 1-5-1... 4
Blue Mountain 0-7-0... 0
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9/29 Spokane 7-0 Treasure Valley
Chase Reidt (Spokane, WA) converted a penalty five minutes in and then Ian Schimandle (Cheney, WA) scored two consecutive in the 11th and 18th before going on to complete a hat-trick in the second half. Jesus Meraz-Rodriguez (Pasco, WA) made it four just before the break and after Schimandle's third tally Hector Magana (Pasco, WA) set up Dawson Mulder (Sandpoint, ID) and Hardy Lopez (Idaho Falls, ID) in the final eight minutes. Caleb Garbuio only needed to make one save for the shutout.
9/29 North Idaho 1-2 Blue Mountain
The Timberwolves stunned North Idaho for their first victory, getting goals from Giovanni Madrigal (Hermiston, OR) and Anthony Carrillo (Hermiston, OR) scored for Blue Mountain. Cade Roske (Pocatello, ID) tallied the lone Cardinal goal.
9/30 Columbia Basin 1-2 Walla Walla
In the highlight match of the week between two of the title contenders, the Warriors handed the Hawks their first loss. Juan Martinez (Milton-Freewater, OR) scored six minutes before intermission and Enrique Leal (Hermiston, OR) made it two on a ball from Dan Mende (Chubbuck, ID) two minutes after. The insurance tally proved to be the winner with Israel Gonzalez (Grandview, WA) scoring for the visitors 10 minutes later, but it was all they could muster against the WWCC defense with Alex Grimaldo (Caldwell, ID) making three saves in the win.
9/30 Spokane 6-0 Blue Mountain
Six different players scored in this blowout, but Chase Reidt tallied three assists. Ian Schimandle scored the opener two minutes in before Reidt connected with Cole Johnson (Spokane, WA) in the 26th and Dominic Welch (Spokane, WA) in the 37th for a three-goal advantage at half. Hector Magana, Arturo Bahena and Jesus Meraz-Rodriguez scored in the second half with Caleb Garbuio making three stops in the clean sheet.
9/30 North Idaho 2-2 Treasure Valley
It was a tough weekend for the Cardinals, who fought back with a pair of equalizers to get a draw on the road. Hadir Saad (Twin Falls, ID) put the Chukars on the board in the eighth with Cade Roske tallying 10 minutes later for NIC. An own goal put TVCC back in front in the 27th. Omar Hernandez (Idaho Falls, ID) tallied the equalizer in the 53rd.
INW Players Elsewhere: Nothing of note
NWAC EAST STANDINGS (W-L-T... Points)
Columbia Basin 5-1-0... 15
Walla Walla 4-2-0... 12
Spokane 4-1-0... 12
Treasure Valley 2-3-1... 7
North Idaho 1-3-1... 4
Wenatchee Valley 2-4-0... 3
Blue Mountain 1-5-0... 3
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