Saturday, October 15, 2011

Kellie Zakrzewski scored a pair of second-half goals and Megan Lindsay continued her recent scoring tear with a goal midway through the first half as Seattle Pacific beat Western Washington 3-0 Saturday at Interbay Stadium.

In Saturday's other games, Saint Martin's (3-8-2, 3-6-0) upset MSU Billings 1-0, Western Oregon (5-5-3, 4-3-2) blanked Northwest Nazarene 2-0 and Central Washington (6-3-4, 5-2-2) and Simon Fraser (1-9-1, 0-8-1) played to a scoreless deadlock.

Goalkeeper Brooke Yokers made four saves to earn her second shutout of the week in Seattle Pacific's (11-2-0, 8-1-0) victory.

Lindsay put the nationally 14th-ranked Falcons on the board at 32:56. Playing on the goal line just outside the penalty area on the attacking left side, Lindsay crossed the ball toward the far post, and it floated just under the crossbar and into the net way beyond the reach of Vikings goalkeeper Jamie Arthurs.

Lindsay has eight goals on the season, including seven in her last four games.

Zakrzewski made it 2-0 at 53:34 with a 15-yard shot that ricocheted in off the left post. She then made it 3-0 with point-blank shot from the top of the six-yard box at 83:16.

Combined with MSUB's home loss to Saint Martin's, Seattle Pacific opened up a six-point lead in the conference race with its victory.

Hanna Massee converted a loss ball scoring from 22 yards into the upper left corner to earn Saint Martin's a sweep of its two-game road trip. The Saints had won just once in their previous 11 contests.

MSUB (8-2-3, 5-1-3) had not lost in its previous nine conference games (6-0-3) going back to the 2010 season.

The Yellowjackets played at a disadvantage over the final 38 minutes after Amanda Brusic drew a record card at 68:08. MSUB, however, still managed to outshot the Saints 15-10 and maintain an 11-0 corner kick advantage.

Lauren Vieira and LaChante Horton scored unassisted goals midway through the first half in Western Oregon's victory at Northwest Nazarene (4-9-0, 2-7-0).

Vieira scored from 30 yards at 23:18. Horton scored four minutes later at 27:09 from five yards out.

Shots favored the Wolves 9-7. Brittney Rigtrup had six saves to record her fifth shutout of the season, one less than the conference leader.

Central Washington outshot Simon Fraser 34-4, including 13-0 in the opening half and 23-2 in regulation in their scoreless draw.

The Wildcats had plenty of opportunities to score as Clan goalie Amelia Ng made 10 saves, including one on a penalty kick in the 71st minute.

CWU's Carson McKole kicked the PK attempt, but Ng guessed correctly and blocked the shot.

CWU's 34 shot attempts were the most by a Wildcat team since the 2005 season.

Central also had a 13-1 edge in corner kicks, the most by a CWU team since 2005. Simon Fraser was shutout for the sixth consecutive game.