Saturday, Oct. 8

Volleyball: SPU Grabs First Place With 3-2 Win

Pricco

Cailin Fellows slammed 20 kills and Angie Pricco had a career-high 13 block assists - just one off the GNAC single-match record - as Seattle Pacific pulled out a 21-25, 25-17, 25-14, 21-25, 15-10 win over Western Washington Saturday at Brougham Pavilion.

That result, along with Alaska Anchorage's four-set loss at Northwest Nazarene, vaulted the Falcons (12-4, 8-1) into sole possession of first place.

Western Washington (9-4, 7-2) and Alaska Anchorage (11-6, 7-2) are tied for second.

Kaitlyn Tuholski and Haley Abbott each had 14 kills in Northwest Nazarene's 25-19, 25-13, 18-25, 29-27 win.

The Crusaders (9-5, 6-3) are tied for fourth with Western Oregon (7-6, 6-3) which defeated Saint Martin's, 25-10, 25-23, 22-25, 25-18.

Central Washington (10-7, 4-5) defeated Alaska Fairbanks, 21-25, 25-13, 25-19, 25-19 and Montana State Billings (9-8, 3-5) swept Simon Fraser, 25-22, 25-19, 26-24 to complete Saturday's slate.

Fellows' kill total was just one off her career high. Pricco shattered her old career high for blocks of eight. She missed the GNAC of 14 set by CWU's Rachael Schurman against SPU in 2007 by one.

Outside hitter Lindsey Wodrich had a double-double of 12 kills and 11 digs. It was her seventh double-double of the season and the 26th of her career.

Libero Anna Herold passed 2,000 digs and moved into the No. 2 spot on the all-time GNAC digs list. She had 30 on Saturday giving her 2,016. She moved ahead of former Seattle University star Maggie Safranski, who had 2,008 from 2002-05.

Setter Shelby Swanson joined the GNAC all-time Top 20 for assists. Her 49 on Saturday gave her 2,120 for her career, pushing her ahead of former WWU star Kari Rice, who finished with 2,110. Swanson made it a double-double on Saturday with 16 digs.

Western Washington was led by Marlayna Geary with 17 kills. Kayla Erickson had 14 and Emily Jepsen had 10, but the Vikings were outhit .201 to .103 as SPU came up with 19 blocks.

Four players were in double figure kills for Northwest Nazarene in its win. In addition to Tuholski who had her second triple-double (14 kills, 22 assists, 13 digs) of the season and Abbott who had eight blocks, Carly Dranginis had 13 kills and Reisa Fessler had 10.

Alaska Anchorage was led by Jackie Matthisen with 18 kills. Robyn Burton had 15 and a .542 hitting percentage (15-2-24) and Nikkie Viotta had 10.

Danielle Reese had 12 kills and Krissi Kemper had 11 in Western Oregon's victory.

The Wolves also got 23 digs from Megan Triggs and five blocks from Becky Blees as they held the Saints to a .133 hitting percentage.

Kristyn Ross and Teilissa Tua had 13 each for Saint Martin's (3-12, 2-7). Brianna Bautista led SMU defensively with 30 digs.

Jordan Offutt led Central Washington to its win with 17 kills. The Wildcats, who outhit the Nanooks .239 to .101, also got 13 kills and six blocks from Erin Smith. Carlee Marble had 45 assists and Emmy Dolan had five blocks.

Casey Tidwell had 14 for Alaska Fairbanks (2-15, 2-7). Keri Knight added 11 kills and Jordyn Montgomery had a match-high 18 digs.

Monica Grimsrud paced Montana State Billings with 11 kills and Melissa Porter had seven blocks in its victory over Simon Fraser.

Kristjana Fridfinnson had 11 kills for the Clan (0-13, 0-9), which lost its 18th consecutive match dating back to a 3-2 win over Alaska Fairbanks on Oct. 21, 2010.

Cross Country: UAA Sweeps Titles at Western Classic


Chelimo	Keino

Alaska Anchorage men's and women's cross country teams remained perfect with team and individual victories at the 38th annual Western Classic Invitational Saturday in Bellingham.

The undefeated Seawolves were led by 2010 All-Americans Micah Chelimo and Ruth Keino in the races at East Lake Padden Park.

The sixth-ranked UAA women registered their fourth win of the season with 45 points. The University of Victoria (B.C.) came in second with 57 points. GNAC foes Simon Fraser (107) and host Western Washington finished fourth and fifth.

Collecting her fourth-straight win of the season was Keino who completed the 6K race with a time of 21:11. SFU's Jessica Smith finished third in a time of 21:31.

The UAA men, who are ranked No. 12 in the latest national poll, placed all five scorers in the top 16 for its fourth consecutive win on the year.

The Seawolves tallied 33 points to defeat second-place Victoria (43). WWU came in third with 86 points. Saint Martin's finished fifth with 131 points.

Chelimo earned his second individual win of the season with a 10K time of 31:05. UAA's Yonatan Yilma claimed his fourth Top 3 finish of the season with a third-place result at 31:24.

Western Classic (Oct. 8 at Bellingham): Men- Alaska Anchorage 33, Victoria 43, Western Washington 86, Club Northwest 127, Saint Martin's 131, British Columbia 164, Simon Fraser 213, Central Washington 227, Trinity Western 244, Club Northwest 258, Club Northwest #2 308. Individuals (10,000 Meters) - 1. Micah Chelimo, UAA, 31:05; 3.Yonatan Yilma, UAA, 31:24; 4. Alfred Kangogo, UAA, 31:30; 5. Kyle Van Santen, SMU, 31:31; 6. Tyler Cannon, WWU, 31:31; 8. Spencer Hunt, SMU, 31:43; 9. Dylan Anthony, UAA, 31:50. Women - Alaska Anchorage 45, Victoria 57, Club Northwest 101, Simon Fraser 107, Western Washington 126, Trinity Western 156, British Columbia 159, Saint Martin's 231, Central Washington 251. Individual (6,000 Meters) - 1. Ruth Keino, UAA, 21:10; 3. Jessica Smith, SFU, 21:32; 3. Jessica Smith, SFU, 21:32; 7. Miriam Kipng'eno, UAA, 22:08; 9. Ivy O'Guinn, UAA, 22:11; 10. Lindsey Butterworth, SFU, 22:20.

WOU's Everetts Places Third in Rose City Classic

Western Oregon's Janelle Everetts placed third in the Rose City Classic at Fern Hill Park in Portland Saturday covering the three-mile course in a time of 17:36.

Everetts paced the women's team for the third straight race. Chris Olsen was WOU's top finisher for the Wolf men who entered just three athletes in the “friendly” with the University of Portland. He placed seventh in a time of 20:59.

Rose City Classic (Oct. 8 at Portland): Women – No team scores. WOU Finishers (Three Miles ) - 3. Janelle Everetts 17:36; 6. Amanda Wright 18:19; 9. Nicole Anderson 18:29; 9. Megan Everetts 18:41; 10. Rachel Shelley 18:52.; 13. KayAnna Cecchi 19:36; 14. MacKenzie Naffzigger 19:39, 15. Lauren Copenhagen 20:00, 16. Ashley Taylor 20:16; 17. Audrey Hellesto 20:38. Men – No team scores. WOU Finishers – 7. Chris Olsen 20:59; 8. Brady Beagley 21:09; 14. Ryan Hansen 25:45.

Nanooks Win Women's Team Title at Hawaii Hilo Invite

Alaska Fairbanks won the women's team title Saturday in the University of Hawaii Hilo Invitational run at the Naniloa Volcanoes Resort Golf & Country Club.

Theresia Schnurr was UAF's top placer finishing third in the 5,000 meter in a time of 18:21.

The Nanooks also got a fourth from Raphaela Sieber and a fifth from Crystal Pitney in edging BYU-Hawaii 37-43.

Tyler Kornfield led UAF in the men's race placing sixth in a four-mile time of 21:28. The Nanooks only had two runners in the Top 10, but still managed to finish second in back of BYU-Hawaii.

Hawaii Hilo Invitational (Oct. 8 at Hilo): Men - BYU Hawaii 19, Alaska Fairbanks 55, Hawaii Pacific 64, Chaminade 91. Individuals (Four Miles) - 1. Deavila Spencer, BYUH, 20:51; 6. Tyler Kornfield, UAF, 21:28; 9. Andrew Arnold, UAF, 21:54. Women - Alaska Fairbanks 37, BYU-Hawaii 43, Hawaii 61, Hawaii Pacific 92, Chaminade 146, Hawaii Hilo 153. Individuals (5,000 Meters) - 1. Lacey Lynn Krout, BYUH, 18:21; 3. Theresia Schnurr, UAF, 18:35; 4. Raphaela Sieber, UAF, 19:23; 5. Crystal Pitney, UAF, 19:26.

Men's Soccer: SPU Hands No. 16 Antelopes 1-0 Loss

Sean Russell

Freshman Sean Russell scored the lone goal late in the first half just seven minutes after entering the game for Seattle Pacific which upended 16th-ranked Grand Canyon 1-0 in a NCAA West Region game at the GCU Soccer Field.

Earlier in the day, Cal Baptist got a goal in the 36th minute from Osvaldo Bastida in a 1-0 win over Western Washington at GCU.

Seattle Pacific won for the eighth time in its last nine outings, improving its overall record to 8-2-1. GCU dropped to 7-3-1 and had its unbeaten streak stopped at five games. Earlier this season it also lost to Simon Fraser.

Russell collected a short clearance by the Antelopes defense and took a touch at the top of the box before directing a strike into the lower left corner at 42:24. That was the third collegiate goal for the midfielder and his second game-winner.

Goalkeeper Zach Johnson preserved the narrow margin with three saves en route to his sixth shutout. Adam Garcia had one save for GCU, which was outshot by a slim 9-8 margin.

The Cal Baptist-Western Washington game was also evenly played with both teams putting just two shots "on goal". Lancer goalkeeper Joey Pacheco had two saves to post the shutout.

“We didn't really play that well, but we had some chances and weren't able to make them,” said WWU coach Travis Connell.

Viking midfielder Kellan Brown had a one-on-one chance in the 15th minute, but Pacheco made an outstanding save.

In the 36th minute, Bastida reaching the net from the right side of the box, his fourth goal of the season

Late in the first half, the Vikings' Caden Sowers just missed on a cross from Oscar Jimenez and with five seconds left in the game Keith Ferris headed a corner kick just wide.

Cal Baptist had a 10-8 edge in shots and WWU had a 4-3 advantage in corner kicks.

MSUB Wins In Overtime, NNU Loses In Extra Period

Freshman defender Isaac Kerr scored the game-winning goal in overtime to lift Montana State Billings to a 3-2 victory over Sioux Falls in a neutral site contest at Bismarck, S.D.

The second game of the doubleheader also went into overtime. The University of Mary won that one defeating Northwest Nazarene 4-3.

The Yellowjackets, who got a goal from Haakon Taylor at 71:34 to force the overtime, have won three straight to improve to 5-7 on the season.

MSUB dented the scoreboard first in the 17th minute when Thomas Chameraud sent a perfect through ball to the feet of Justin Enger who cashed in with a shot just outside the six-yard box.

USF didn't counter until the second half, but scored two goals in a five-minute span. The first came in the 59th minute when Brice Holiday scored on header off a free kick from Ryan Keohane.

The second came in the 64th minute when Keohane put a low shot to the left of Eoin Hurley, who ended the match with one save.

Eight minutes later Taylor took advantage of a free ball in front of the net and scored in the wide open net to get the equalizer.

As the game drifted into overtime, MSUB was fouled late in the 91st minute, that's when Chameraud sent a free kick into the box and onto the head of Kerr who flicked the ball on goal and past the keeper for his second game-winner this week.

The Yellowjackets held a 14-7 advantage in total shots and a 7-3 advantage in shots on goal. The Yellowjacket defense also managed to keep USF off the corners, holding a 3-0 edge in corner kicks.

Mary got a goal with eight seconds left in regulation then scored in the 12th minute of overtime as it overcame 1-0, 2-1 and 3-2 deficits to defeat Northwest Nazarene.

Stephen Marshall gave the Crusaders a 1-0 lead at 10:39 on a penalty kick. Then Ibk Modupe-Ojo put NNU ahead 2-1 at 39:52.

In the second half after the Marauders had tied it at 2-2, Salvador Sanchez reclaimed the lead for NNU (5-6-1) at 66:45 on an assisted goal.

The lead lasted for all but eight seconds of the period before Andrew Newhouse tied it during a scramble in the box. Mary (1-7-2) scored the game-winner at 1:01.57 as two passes led to a goal by Joe Wood.

"I am shocked with the way the result has gone today," NNU head coach Coe Michaelson said. "To give up a goal with eight seconds left in a game we controlled the whole way. I can't fault our effort.

"We gave away too many free kicks and they were very difficult to defend with the balls they knocked into the box and all the runners they committed. We didn't play poorly. We were just a bit unlucky."

Clan Stays Perfect With 5-1 Win At Hawaii Pacific

Chris Bargholz had a pair of goals to lead Simon Fraser to a 5-1 win at Hawaii Pacific Saturday as the Clan stayed unbeaten with their 11th consecutive victory.

The loss was just the third of the season in 12 starts for the PacWest Conference leaders.

SFU got on the board in the 19th minute as Josh Bennett scored the opening goal. Bargholz added another goal at 26:30 before the Sea Warriors broke through at 40:19.

SFU, however, then tacked on three more goals in the second half as Bargholz scored again at 47:49, followed by goals by Carlo Basso at 68:00 and Roman Doutkevich at 78:40.

SFU ended the contest with a 13-5 shot advantage. Sheldon Steenhuis had one save in recording the win.

Women's Soccer: Brookshire Scores Twice For MSUB

Brookshire

Jennifer Brookshire scored two goals and Jaucelyn Richter and Jackie Hill each had two assists to lead Montana State Billings to a 6-1 road victory at Northwest Nazarene Saturday.

The Yellowjackets (8-1-2, 5-0-2) stayed unbeaten in conference games with the win building a 3-0 halftime lead on an own goal and goals by Brookshire and Heidi Greenback.

MSUB added three second half goals by Brookshire, Jennifer Larsen and Jennifer Johnson before NNU got a 87th minute goal by Erika Kristensen to break up the shutout.

MSUB took just eight shots in scoring its five individual goals, just one more than NNU (4-7-2, 2-5-0) launched. Yellowjacket goalie Danielle Gordon had four saves.

Western Oregon (4-5-2, 3-3-1)got an unassisted goal by Lindsay Bauman in the 71st minute to snap a 1-1 tie in a 2-1 road win at Saint Martin's (1-8-2, 1-6-0).

Cassandra Olson scored in the final second of the first half to give the Wolves a 1-0 lead at the break. Saint Martin's pulled even at 62:08 as Ashley Richardson headed in a cross from Sasha Dini.

The Wolves doubled the Saints' shot total (14-7) and its corner kick numbers (4-2). Save-wise, Brittney Rigtrup stopped two shots for the Wolves. Ashley Engel had six for SMU.

Women's Golf: Elstrott, Vikings Win SMU Invitational

Elstrott

Sophie Elstrott successfully defended her individual title and Western Washington won the team championship for the second straight year at the Saint Martin's Women's Golf Invitational.

The Vikings, ranked No.8 in the National Golf Coaches Association/NCAA Division II Preseason Top 25, shot a final-round 316 for a 36-hole total of 631.

Victoria placed second at 645 (319), one stroke ahead of Hawaii Hilo (646), which shot 313 Saturday, the low round of the two-day tournament. Saint Martin's ended up sixth at 655 and Simon Fraser with ninth at 745.

Elstrott finished with a 2-over par 75 to place first at 2-over 148. That was five strokes better than Victoria's Megan Woodland and Concordia's Sunny Powers, who tied for second at 153. Karly Olsen of Saint Martin's tied for fourth at 158.

In addition to Elstrott, WWU was led by Claire Rachor and Alexandria Taylor who tied for 11th with 161 totals.