Drew Williams converted a 24-yard free kick in the ninth minute Thursday lifting Seattle Pacific (7-2-1) to a 1-0 non-conference victory over Cal Baptist in a neutral-site matchup at GCU Soccer Field.

Grand Canyon (7-2-1), which is ranked 16th nationally, overcame a 1-0 deficit to defeat Western Washington 2-1  in the second game and stretch their unbeaten streak to five (4-0-1).

Seattle Pacific (7-2-1) has now won seven of its last eight outings losing only to nationally third-ranked Simon Fraser. Cal Baptist (6-4) lost for just the second time in eight games.

Williams was fouled on the right side, six yards outside the box. His free kick curved around the Lancers wall and into the right side of the goal at 8:49. That was his second goal of the season and the seventh of Williams' career.

SPU goalkeeper Zach Johnson ensured that the lone goal stood as the game-winner by stopping three shots en route to his fifth shutout. Joey Pacheco had six saves for GCU. Both teams attempted nine shots.

Johnson's only save in the first half was his best as he dove to his right to push away a dangerous 17th-minute attempt by Tyler Aagard.

"Zach came up very big for us and our defense was good," said SPU coach Mark Collings. "Cal Baptist is a very, very good soccer team that knocks the ball around extremely well.

"They caused us a lot of problems. Fortunately we were there to get on some loose balls and were able to clear some balls out.

"We were able to let the one goal stand up. I'm still not completely satisfied with where we are defensively, but it's hard to complain too much when you get a shutout."

Midfielder Kellan Brown gave Western Washington a 1-0 lead in the 56th minute against Grand Canyon, scoring his team-leading fourth goal of the season on a penalty kick.

Less than four minutes later, the Antelopes tied the game at 1-1 as Mitchell Garcia scored from six yards off a rebound of a shot by Lucas Mazier.

In the 67th minute, Saeed Robinson put the Antelopes, who outshot the Vikings 15-5 and had a 6-3 corner kick advantage, in front for good with his 12th goal of the campaign. Robinson entered the game tied for second nationally in goals.

“We showed a lot of character today and played well,” said WWU coach Travis Connell . “I'm proud of their performance. This is a difficult place to play and we played well enough to get a result here. It didn't go our way this time, but if we can play like this every game we should do fine.”

Crusaders, Yellowjackets Post One-Goal Victories

In the second game of the doubleheader which was shortened by 8 1/2 minutes because of lightening, Montana State Billings edged Mary 1-0.

Sanchez' goal gave NNU a 2-0 lead and ended up as the game-winner after Sioux Falls' Amare Eyayou converted a penalty kick at 75:50.

NNU (5-5-1), which had lost five of its last six games, scored its first goal at 26:14 as Jose Oregon took a pass from Benny Mangeac and shot the ball from the left side into the upper right side of the net.

Shots were even at 10-10 in the contest. NNU keeper Zander Engeman had five saves and Kyle Simons had one for the South Dakota school.

Isaac Kerr scored on a header in the 23rd minute in MSUB's victory.

“It was a good win for us in difficult conditions,” said MSUB head coach Dan McNally. “We played really well in the first half and were able to create a lot of chances.

"We really should've been up two or three goals going into the half, but we didn't convert.

"I thought the second half was extremely tough because of the strong winds. Mary also put a lot of long balls into the 18, but we did well to defend the ball and keep it out of goal. Isaac played very well tonight with the goal, and his defensive play was superb.”

The Jackets controlled much of the first half and broke through on the board when Clifton Thomas sent a corner kick into the box where Kerr got his head on it and put the ball past Mary keeper Michael Frenzel at 22:08.

Strong winds and driving rain started to move into the area late in the second half.

The referees, coaches and school officials met, deciding to end the match due to the lightning in the area after a 50-minute delay.