It was a historic day Sunday in Las Vegas as Raimee Sherle set the Mountain West career goals record while leading the Broncos to a win against UNLV. In all, it was a pretty good day for the DI schools from the state with both Idaho and Idaho State also picking up victories as well in Big Sky play.
Here's a recap of the weekend's action...
## Women's Scores & Notes ##
Big Sky Conference
Sunday - Portland State 2-3 Eastern Washington :: The defending champion Eagles rebounding from their league-opening loss, but had to work for it as they fell behind after 11 minutes. Jenny Chavez would tie things back up 39 minutes in when she nodded in a corner from Allison Raniere. Level at the break, an own goal from the Vikings 54 seconds into the second half put the Eags in front before Chavez delivered a ball to Taylor Matheny in the 54th for what proved to be the winner.
📽️ | Check out the highlights from today's thrilling 3-2 victory over Portland State!#GoEags #BigSkySoccer pic.twitter.com/z9hG95egoT— EWU Soccer (@EWUSoccer) September 23, 2018
Sunday - Northern Colorado 2-1 (OT) Montana :: The celebration of 25 years of Griz soccer was spoiled by a overtime dagger in the 105th minute by the visitors in the league opener for both sides. Kennedy Yost (Pocatello, ID) scored in the 42nd on a free kick to put Montana in front, but a loose ball in the air at the top of the box unable to be corralled by keeper Claire Howard allowed an equalizer with just under three minutes remaining.
Yost scores with just over 3 minutes left in the first half! Griz up 1-0 over Northern Colorado pic.twitter.com/G15aRETjUm— Montana Griz Soccer (@MontanaGrizSOC) September 23, 2018
Sunday - Southern Utah 0-1 Idaho State :: The Bengals ended a seven-game conference losing streak and registered their first shutout since September of 2017 with the result. Meaghan Bare (Coeur d'Alene, ID) created the winner with a shot from the left side of the box that the keeper dropped to save at the near post, but the rebound deflected to the top of the box where Christina Krieger knocked into the exposed goal. Laule'a Phillips made five saves for the shutout.
GOOOOOOOAAALLLL @ISUBengals ! @IdahoStateSoccr leads 1-0 with 25:15 to go. And Bristol the Tee Fetching Dog is happy!!!! pic.twitter.com/h17QDPeHBY— Smitty (@smittyfaure) September 23, 2018
Sunday - Sacramento State 0-2 Idaho :: After the Bridget Daley show Friday, it was a more balanced effort Sunday with Myah Merino scoring via Taylor Brust in the 14th minute and Hadley Sbrega scoring off a cross from Kayleigh Frederick in the 56th. Makayla Presgrave (Saint Maries, ID) needed to only make two saves as the Vandal defense allowed just three shots by the Hornets.
2-0 start to Big Sky play with a 2-0 win against Sacramento State! Check out the goals that got it done. pic.twitter.com/WoewPudCMd— Idaho Vandals Soccer (@VandalsSoccer) September 23, 2018
Big Sky Standings: Idaho 2-0-0... Northern Arizona 1-0-1... Weber State 1-0-1... Northern Colorado 1-0-0... Eastern Washington 1-1-0... Sacramento State 1-1-0... Idaho State 1-1-0... Montana 0-1-0... Portland State 0-2-0... Southern Utah 0-2-0
Mountain West Conference
Sunday - Boise State 3-0 UNLV :: One player that did not need Lady Luck in Las Vegas on Sunday was Raimee Sherle (Meridian, ID). After missing out on the scoring Friday she provided all of it, setting program records. And it all happened the span of 3:11 at the start of the second half. Emily Curry found her for the first in the 47th and Kristina Serres the second two minutes later to become the all-time scoring leader for the Broncos. Only 26 more seconds passed before she completed the hat-trick in the 51st, moving the junior within four of the Mountain West career record. Though the ranking of her hat-trick in the speed table is currently unknown, the record holder at 2:02 is Abby Wambach (Florida, 2000). Though UNLV had 10 shots, Tara Fisher only had to contend with one on frame. MWC Standings [+]
It took @raimee_sherle 3:11 to earn her hat trick.— Boise State Soccer (@BroncoSportsSOC) September 23, 2018
Still working to see where exactly that stacks up in @NCAASoccer history, but just to be in the vicinity of the legendary @AbbyWambach... 😱😱#BleedBlue pic.twitter.com/gJ4qIInTS7
Great Northwest Athletic Conference
Saturday - Seattle Pacific 2-0 Central Washington :: The Falcons tallied in the 18th and 50th to register the victory.
Saturday - MSU Billings 0-4 Concordia :: Kasey Ames (Liberty Lake, WA) kicked off the scoring for the Cavaliers 23 minutes in off a corner kick. They went on to add three more in the second half.
Saturday - Western Oregon 1-0 Northwest Nazarene :: A goal just 65 seconds into the match decided things as the Nighthawks were stymied by the visitors, who allowed just six shots, none of which were on target.
GNAC Standings [+]
Northwest Conference
Saturday - Pacific 1-4 Whitman :: Rylee Neville (Boise, ID) delivered a cross to Renee van Bergeijk for the opening score five minutes into the match and Emily Rigsby (Boise, ID) made it two in the 32nd. The Boxers got on the board in the 38th to keep it close, but Camille Marshall restored the two goal margin in the 66th and Sofia Ellington (Bend, OR) capped the scoring in the 84th.
Sunday - Puget Sound 2-0 Lewis & Clark :: Lura Morton (Moscow, ID) scored the opening goal 13 minutes into the contest and Elizabeth McGraw (Moses Lake, WA) added some insurance in the 35th.
Sunday - Pacific 0-1 Whitworth :: The Pirates got a goal from Rachel Wofford in the 40th minute courtesy of a ball slotted up the middle by Kelly Wucherer. Four saves in the contest from Molly Webster made it stand up for the victory.
NWC Standings [+]
Cascade Collegiate Conference
Saturday - Carroll 4-1 Northwest Christian :: McKenna Payne tallied on a free kick from about 22 yards to put the Saints in front 11 minutes into the contest. They held the advantage until a free kick from about the same range tied it up in the 52nd for the Beacons. Nine minutes later, however, the Saints went on a scoring binge. Talya Vaira (Great Falls, MT) kicked it off with a floating strike from distance that found the upper corner. She then went on to deliver a pair of corners in the 62nd and 68th that found the head of Payton Netz (Great Falls, MT).
Saturday - College of Idaho 1-0 Rocky Mountain :: Maia Wetzel (Helena, MT) registered 10 saves for the Battlin Bears, but it was not quite enough as Maddie Brown (Greenleaf, ID / CC Spokane) scored in the 41st minute on a ball from Madison Glascock (Twin Falls, ID) for the win. Shae Waters made three saves for the Yotes in the shutout.
Saturday - Providence 0-1 Corban :: The Warriors took the lead in an evenly played first half in the 40th minute and the Argos doubled their shot tally in the second half looking for an equalizer, but were unable to find one.
Saturday - Warner Pacific 0-6 Northwest University :: A second blowout on the weekend, the Eagles rolled to the win with Rylee Rassier (Spokane, WA) and Katie Michkiosky (Wenatchee, WA) scoring the first two goals.
Sunday - Oregon Tech 2-3 (OT) Eastern Oregon :: In a back-and-forth affair the Mountaineers equalized twice in the second half via Taylor Boyer before MacKinley Gregus got the win in the 100th minute. Boyer tallied the first on a penalty and netted the second on a corner and Gregus ripped a ball into the far upper corner from the left wing.
CCC Standings [+]
Around the Nation
Sunday - Santa Clara 2-0 UC Santa Barbara :: Kelsey Turnbow (Spokane, WA) scored the second goal for the Broncos in their road win to move to 9-1-1 on the season.
Sunday - Wayne State 0-2 Mary :: Caylin Cathey (Billings, MT) scored the opening goal five minutes before the intermission and Megan Lowery (Hayden, ID) netted her first of the year two minutes after to propel the Marauders to the win.
Sunday - Westminster 3-2 (OT) Regis :: Abby Keeley (Boise, ID) scored the first equalizer for the Griffins in their road win.
## Men's Scores & Notes ##
Great Northwest Athletic Conference
Saturday - MSU Billings 2-1 Western Washington :: A pair of freshmen scored the goals for the Yellowjackets, but it was senior Guillaume Kremer setting up both. He delivered a ball across the field to the right side where Andres Perez fired the ball into the far upper corner on his 18th birthday for the opener 25 minutes in. The winner came with just over six minutes left in the match when Kremer's delivery from the corner was headed in by Austin Shafer.
Saturday - Simon Fraser 6-1 Saint Martin's :: Sebastian Navarro (Yakima, WA) helped set up the long goal for the Saints in the loss.
GNAC Standings [+]
Northwest Conference
Saturday - Puget Sound 1-1 Whitworth :: Luke Murdock (Boise, ID) put the Loggers in front five minutes before intermission, but Chase Reidt (Spokane WA, CC Spokane) wasted no time in the second half finding an equalizer, sending a volley far post 21 seconds in off a cross from Drew Williams (Spokane, WA).
Saturday - Pacific Lutheran 1-0 Whitman :: A goal in the 42nd minute was the difference in the contest despite the Blue outshooting PLU 13-8 in the contest.
Sunday - Pacific Lutheran 0-3 Whitworth :: The opening goal came in the final minute of the first half on a fantastic effort from Aaron Yanagi to reach back mid-air and get his head on the ball on the far side of the six off a corner kick to send it into the six. With a crowded area, a PLU defender stuck his leg out to clear, but the ball deflected goalward, slipping by inches past the head of a Scott Penner and the outstretched arms of the keeper to find the back of the net for an own goal. In a wild and sometimes odd match Jesus Nunez made a few big saves to keep the visitors off the board, finishing with six saves, and Drew Williams (Spokane, WA) added two in the second half for the win. He took a ball from Azzam Azzam and drove in to score the first in the 59th and headed in a popped up clearance attempt in the 86th from about 10 yards.
Sunday - Puget Sound 0-1 Whitman :: A penalty kick converted by Peter Stephens and four saves from Owen Davis-Bower was all the Blues needed to get back in the win column.
NWC Standings [+]
Cascade Collegiate Conference
Saturday - Carroll 2-1 (OT) Northwest Christian :: Deadlocked for over an hour, the hosts got on the board in the 63rd. The Saints quickly answered though with Kyle Thomson (Bigfork, MT) scoring from about 10 yards off a rebound five minutes later. Ten minutes into overtime a corner from Alessio Georgiades was nodded home by Jose Porras.
Saturday - College of Idaho 0-3 Rocky Mountain :: Nolan Sherwood scored the lone goal of the first half via Mason Luse (Billings, MT) in the 36th minute. Sky Swenson made it two in the 67th and Quique Garcia capped the game in the 86th. Kristofer Wennin made four saves for the shutout.
Saturday - Providence 0-1 Corban :: Marc Girones made six saves for the Argos, but a goal in the 49th minute decided the contest.
Saturday - Multnomah 3-2 Evergreen State :: Emilo Meraz-Rodriguez (Pasco, WA) scored the opening goal five minutes in for the Geoducks who added a second before intermssion, but were stunned in the second half by a Multnomah rally.
Sunday - Oregon Tech 1-2 Eastern Oregon :: Alex Gutierrez and Steven Beaudry combined to deliver a cross that Connor Young headed in for the initial lead eight minutes in. The Owls tied it up in the 40th, but the Mountaineers got the winner through Carlos Solorio in the 83rd.
CCC Standings [+]
Around the Nation
Sunday - Humboldt State 0-1 CSU Dominguez Hills :: In a battle of brothers, JD Hauenstein (Spokane, WA) had a shot ring off the woodwork as his Toros won the match. His brother's day did not go as well with Devin (Spokane, WA) being sent off with four minutes remaining.
Sunday - Metro State Denver 0-1 Colorado Mesa :: Peter Vandam (Missoula, MT) set up the winning goal in a 1-0 victory against MSU Denver.
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