Wednesday, August 29, 2018

College Notebook 8.29.18: Getting Into the Swing of Things

The action picked up in the second week of non-league play around the region as more teams either kicked off their slate with official games or finally saw the air quality allow for games. Overall, it was a pretty good week in Idaho as most of the schools posted wins or players from the state had outstanding performances.

Through games of Monday, August 27

Women's Scores & Notes

Thursday, August 23

Montana 1-3 Arizona State :: Ellie Otteson took advantage of a deflected ball on a clearance to tie things up in the 25th minute, but the Sun Devils reclaimed the lead nine minutes later and locked up the result in the second half.

Friday, August 24


Grambling 1-3 Idaho :: Morgan Crosby (Spokane, WA) led the Vandals to the win with a pair of goals. The first came 13 minutes in via Myah Merino and Maddie Haas (Lewiston, ID). Kayla Watanabe made it two in the 33rd. Crosby pushed the lead to three early in the second half before the visitors got on the board late via a penalty.

South Dakota 1-1 Eastern Washington :: The two were scoreless through the first half before the visitors got on the board in the 53rd. Jenny Chavez, though, tied it up in the 66th courtesy of Allison Raniere and Alexis Stephenson (Pasco, WA).

Idaho State 1-2 Texas-El Paso :: Trailing two in the second half Lauren Bollinger put away a shot from Corinne Sanderson (Corvalis, MT) in the 62nd, but that was all the Bengals could muster.

Cal State Fullerton 0-3 Washington :: Summer Yates (Pasco, WA) scored the second goal in the victory.

College of Idaho 4-2 Sierra Nevada :: Cameron Coyle (Boise, ID) scored the first and last goals of the game in the sixth and 72nd minutes. Tied in the second half, Emma Powley (North Bend, OR) put the Yotes back in front and Emily Aspden, who set up the first goal, finished a long run in the 71st.

Boise State 0-3 UC Santa Barbara :: The Gauchos tallied once in the first half and added two more in the second to lock it up.

Eastern Oregon 1-0 Embry-Riddle :: Nan Kiebert (Sandpoint, ID) scored the deciding goal via Taylor Boyer in the 54th minute with Cydni Cottrell (Pasco, WA) making seven saves for the shutout.

Sacramento State 2-2 Fresno State :: Senior captain Caitlin Prothe (Spokane, WA) scored the opening goal for the Hornets in the 41st minute.

Baylor 1-3 South Florida :: Trailing by three Camryn Wendlandt (Coeur d'Alene, ID) spoiled the shutout in the second half for the hosts.

Texas State 1-2 McNeese :: Havana Johnson (Coeur d'Alene, ID) scored the opening goal in the eighth minute for McNeese.

Carroll 0-3 MacEwan

Portland State - CAN - Gonzaga :: Cancelled due to AQI.
Washington State - PPD - Iowa :: Postponed due to weather.

Saturday, August 25

College of Idaho 11-0 Simpson :: Once they got going, they couldn't stop. Jocelyn Cook-Cox (Spokane, WA / NIC) scored two of the first three with Erika Thompson (Boise, ID) tallying in between and the final goal. Also getting on the board were Madison Glascock (Twin Falls, ID), Cameron Coyle (Boise, ID), Maddie Brown (Greenleaf, ID / CC Spokane), Alexa Rierson (Twin Falls, ID), Laura Staropoli, Jaelyn Yizar (Pocatello, ID) and Megan Aumeier (Idaho Falls, ID).

Corban 1-2 Willamette :: Lexi McQueary (Kennewick, WA) tallied an equalizer for the Warriors, but it was not enough versus the host Bearcats.

Northwest 1-4 Keiser :: Rylee Rassier (Spokane, WA) scored an equalizer in the eighth minute via Katie Michkiosky (Wenatchee, WA), but the hosts pulled away in the second half.

Carroll 0-5 Alberta

Sunday, August 26


Washington State 2-0 Minnesota :: Morgan Weaver set up a close-range shot from Mak Gomera-Stevens six minutes into the contest and a corner from Maddy Haro in the 77th was nodded home by Mykiaa Minniss. With two saves - her first coming in the second half - Ella Dederick earned her 20th career shutout to move within one of the program's number two spot.

Grambling 1-2 Eastern Washington :: After falling behind in the 13th minute the Eagles answered quickly with a goal from Devan Tally in the 16th. The two remained deadlocked until Mya Elder-Hammond found Allison Raniere for the winner in the 81st.

Boise State 2-0 Cal Poly :: Raimee Sherle (Meridian, ID) scored in the 23rd with McKenna Kynett adding some insurance with five minutes left. Tara Fisher made seven stops for the shutout.

Spokane 6-0 Everett :: In another NWAC friendly, the Bigfoot ladies dominated with six different goalscorers. Julia Adair and Sabrina Castaneda scored in the first half on assists from Sydney Clements. Kalle Crouch, Megan Wilkerson, Sammi Dubois and Molly Thies tallied int he second half with Wilkerson, Castaneda and Gaby Kennedy recording assists. Micky Ramirez needed just one save for the shutout.

Arkansas 2-3 OT McNeese :: Havana Johnson (Coeur d'Alene, ID) set up what looked like the winner in the 89th only to see her side forced into overtime 22 seconds later. She was there, though, in the 107th to net the winner herself on a rebound.

Yakima Valley 0-3 MSU Billings (EXH) :: Alexa Iacolucci, Julia Keller and Cassidy O'Dell scored in the exhibition match. Three keepers combined in the shutout.

Idaho State 0-5 New Mexico :: The Bengals trailed by four before the break in the one-sided affair.

Utah 1-1 UC Irvine :: Makayla Christensen (Meridian, ID) scored the equalizer for the Utes with just over six minutes remaining.

Carroll 0-1 Lethbridge

Monday, August 27

Eastern Oregon 5-0 Arizona Christian :: Mackinley GreGus scored the first two in the opening six minutes on balls from Taylor Boyer and Nan Kiebert (Sandpoint, ID). Jenna Jensen (Spokane, WA) found Morgan Farrington (Meridian, ID) in the 10th to push the lead to three before GreGus completed her hat-trick in the 13th. Abri Cardenas finished things up in the 71st. Cydni Cottrell (Pasco, WA) and Val Gaffney (Colbert, WA) saw little work with a save each.

North Texas 0-1 Santa Clara :: Maria Sanchez (American Falls, ID) scored the deciding goal for the Broncos in the 74th minute.

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Men's Scores & Notes

Thursday, August 23

Pacific Lutheran 1-3 Saint Martin's :: Cole Mattson (Yakima, WA) set up the first and Sebastian Navarro (Yakima, WA) the second as Brandon Madsen tallied three times in the first half. Joe Sammartino (Boise, ID) scored the lone goal for the Lutes in the second half.

Friday, August 24

Gonzaga 2-2 Bradley :: Joe Corner tied things up in the 32nd minute for the Bulldogs on a ball from Quinn Liebmann and three minutes before the break Demitrius Kigeya put them in front. A penalty, though, allowed the hosts to knot it up as the two finished even.

Whitworth 3-2 OT Eastern Oregon :: Ethan Kem tallied the lone goal of the first half on a long free kick and then set up defender Kyle Morris six minutes into the second half. The hosts roared back with Austin Pederson setting up Alex Gutierrez in the 64th and Connor Young in the 76th, but the Pirates claimed the victory when Jonah Snyder found Tyler Pangia six minutes into overtime.

Saturday, August 25

Whitworth 2-3 Northwest Nazarene (EXH) :: Logan Wood scored twice in the first half and Rafael Junqeira tallied the winner for the hosts in the second half. Whitworth scoring not available.

Rocky Mountain 1-2 (OT) Westmont :: Sky Swenson opened the scoring in the 21st via Nolan Sherwood, but the hosts tied it with a penalty in the 80th and found a winner two minutes into overtime.

Sunday, August 26

Spokane 2-6 Everett :: In another NWAC friendly, the Bigfoot held the lead at the break on a 28th minute goal from Jared Mehaffey (Spokane, WA). Everett, though got three in the first 11 minutes of the second half, including a Spokane own goal, to grab the lead. Julian Gutierrez scored in the 69th, but the hosts added three more in the final eight minutes.

Evergreen State 2-0 Pacific :: Emilio Meraz-Rodriguez (Pasco, WA) scored the opener 11 minutes into the contest with Tino Pantaleon (Wenatchee, WA) setting up the second half goal.

Carroll 0-3 Westminster :: Three first half goals decided the contest between the former conference foes.

Monday, August 27


Cal Poly 0-0 Gonzaga :: Ben Willis made eight saves for the Bulldogs as they played to the scoreless draw in their home opener.

Rocky Mountain 8-0 Marymount :: Nolan Sherwood, Sky Swenson and Sam Davidson scored in the first half. After goals from Marco Kummerle and Milo Downey, Davidson added two more for a hat-trick before setting up Adrian Lopez for the final goal. Kristofer Wennin (79 minutes, two saves) and Ryan Cornwall (Billings, MT) split the shutout.


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