Thursday, October 3, 2019

INWsn College Best XI - Week 6: Spokane Duo Light it Up for Pacific Lutheran, Yakima Valley

Pacific Lutheran headed to the east side to take on the 'Whits' and midfielder Jackson Moore played a key role in guiding the Lutes to a pair of wins that put them in command of the Northwest Conference as Puget Sound slipped up, scoring two goals and adding three assists in a dominant 5-0 win at Whitworth and 3-1 victory at preseason favorite Whitman. On the ladies side midfielder Corynn Vigil broke out for five goals as they outlasted Treasure Valley 5-2 and slipped by Blue Mountain 1-0.

INWsn College Women's Best XI - WEEK SIX (games 9.23 to 9.29)

G - Kaysha Bailey (Lewiston, ID) - North Idaho - Made nine saves in scoreless draw against Columbia Basin, marking the first time the Hawks had been shutout.

G - Claire Howard - Montana - Five saves in 1-0 shutout win at Idaho. (Santa Rosa, CA)

D - Klarissa Barajas (Kennewick, WA) - Corban - Scored twice in a 3-0 victory at Warner Pacific. She added a pair of assists in a 4-0 win against Multnomah.

D - Taryn Baxter (Spokane, WA) - Mercyhurst - Freshman started and helped lead the Lakers to a pair of shutout wins at Pittsburgh-Johnstown and versus Seton Hill.

D - Amanda Hemmen - MSU Billings - Helped lead the defense, playing the full 180 minutes in 1-0 win against Western Oregon and 2-1 upset win against defending champion Concordia.  (Renton, WA)

D - Mikayla Hunter (Kennewick, WA) - Columbia Basin - Scored on a free kick and helped lead the Hawks in a 4-1 win at Spokane.

M - Jazmin Lopez - Idaho State - Scored go-ahead goal in a 3-2 overtime loss to Portland State and tallied the equalizer on a free kick in 2-2 draw against Sacramento State. (Santa Ana, CA)

PLAYER OF THE WEEK :: M - Corynn Vigil (Spokane, WA) - Yakima Valley - Scored four goals in a 5-2 victory against Treasure Valley and the lone goal in a 1-0 win against Blue Mountain.

F - Elexus Nochebuena (Blackfoot, ID) - Treasure Valley - Tallied an assist and a goal in the Chukars 5-2 loss to Yakima Valley before leading them to 3-2 comeback win against Wenatchee Valley with assist on equalizer and scoring winner.

F - Mya Spencer (Ephrata, WA) - Columbia Basin - Scored a pair of goals with headers on corners to propel the Hawks to a 4-1 win at Spokane.

F - Kelsey Turnbow (Spokane, WA) - Santa Clara - Helped set up both goals in a 2-0 win against UC Santa Barbara and scored the opening goal in 2-0 win over UC Riverside.


INWsn College Men's Best XI - WEEK SIX (games 9.23 to 9.29)

G - Peter Byrne (Missoula, MT) - Fort Lewis - Posted a pair of road shutouts with three saves in 1-0 win at Colorado Christian and two in 2-0 win at MSU Denver as they went to 3-0-1 in the RMAC.

D - Carlos Campo - CC Spokane - Helped lead the Bigfoot defense in 2-0 shutout versus Columbia Basin.  (Colombia)

D - Skyler Kjellander (Boise, ID) - Westminster - Helped lead Westminster to pair of road shutout wins 3-0 at UC Colorado Springs and 1-0 at Regis, registering an assist on the game winner in second game.

D - Sebastian Ramos (Richland, WA) - Columbia Basin - Goal and assist in a 3-1 win against North Idaho.

M - Ignacio Castillo (Quincy, WA) - Wenatchee Valley - Provided the game-winner in the 4-3 victory against Treasure Valley as well as registering an assist in that game and their 3-0 win against Blue Mountain.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK :: M - Jackson Moore (Spokane, WA) - Pacific Lutheran - Two goals and an assist in a 5-0 win at Whitworth. A day later at Whitman he tallied assists on the equalizer and winner in 3-1 victory.

M -  Patrick Larsen - Eastern Oregon - Key in comeback win with assist on first equalizer, the goal to tie it up again and then the assist on the 3-2 overtime winner.  (Pascagoula, MS)

F - Jake Levine (Spokane, WA) - Northwest Nazarene - Scored twice in a 3-0 win against Mary.

F - Luis Navarrete (Wenatchee, WA) - Wenatchee Valley - Tallied a goal and assist in 3-0 win against Blue Mountain and scored the opening two goals as well as set up another in a 4-3 win against Treasure Valley.

F - Diego Gomez (Sunnyside, WA) - Skagit Valley - Scored the first three goals in 4-1 win at Whatcom.

F - Theo Lamare - MSU Billings - Scored the opener in 3-1 win at Mary and then scored opener and set up 2-1 overtime winner in home game against Mary.  (Lorient, France)


About INWsn Best XI: Each week INWsoccernews will release lists of the week’s best performances (not necessarily positional as a traditional XI) 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 (when number of results/games allow). 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.

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