College Soccer Update: Redhawks break through against Air Force

November 2, 9:41 AMSeattle Soccer ExaminerDavid Falk

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The Seattle University Redhawks attack on this corner kick against Air Force Sunday, November 1st. The MPSF match was moved to Starfire when the Redhawks' home pitch at Championship Field on Capitol Hill was deemed unplayable. Seattle U won the match, 2:1. (Dale Garvey)  See more photos from the match below in our mini-gallery.

Ian Walsh's shot goes over Air Force goalkeeper Mike Mauro in overtime to give the Redhawks the win. (Dale Garvey)

Here are recaps and links to local school's matches over the weekend. See here for Friday match recaps.

Tukwila, WA- Ian Walsh (Novato, Calif.) collected his second crunch-time goal of the season, scoring with less than two minutes remaining in the second overtime to give the Seattle University men's soccer team a 2-1 victory over Air Force Sunday afternoon in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation action at the Starfire Soccer Complex.

Seattle University took advantage of playing 11v9 after Air Force lost two players to red cards earlier in the contest. The Redhawks pressed forward as the second overtime wound down, advancing the ball to the right side where Kevin Cook (Gresham, Ore.) corralled it and dribbled it down the field. Cook's entry pass found Walsh, whose shot sailed over the head of Air Force goalie Mike Mauro and dropped into the net to give SeattleU its second conference victory of the season. Read the entire article at GoSeattleU.com.

San Diego, CA- In their final match of the 2009 season, the Seattle University women's soccer team was edged 2-1 by the University of San Diego Sunday afternoon. After conceding two goals, sophomore Kassandra Riozzi led the SU offensive attack to get on the board. The Redhawk midfielder guided the ball through the USD defense from 15 yards out and shot in her first goal of the season at 62:05 minute mark.

Despite Riozzi bringing the game to a one-goal deficit, SeattleU was unable to follow up their lone goal with any serious scoring opportunities. The Marysville, Wash. native was the only SU player to tally offensive stats in the contest, with two shots on goal. Read the rest at GoSeattleU.com.

SEATTLE - The Washington men's soccer battled No. 18 Stanford to a 0-0 draw at Husky Soccer Field on Sunday, picking up another important point in Pac-10 play against a ranked team.

The Huskies tied a school record with their sixth tie of the season and established a new school record with their fourth conference draw. UW has tied all four of their conference matches at home this season, including a 1-1 draw with No. 4 UCLA a month ago. They are the second team in Pac-10 men's soccer history to have as many as four conference draws, one shy of San Diego State's record five in 2005. Read the rest at GoHuskies.com. 

CORVALLIS, Ore. - Washington junior McKenna Waitley continued her break-out season for the Huskies, scoring her team-leading sixth goal of the season Sunday, but it was not enough as No. 25 Oregon State scored a late goal to edge the Huskies, 2-1, at Paul Lorenz Field.

The Huskies fell behind in the 62nd minute but answered back immediately as they have so many times this season, tying it up just five minutes later on Waitley's goal. But the Beavers scored the game-winner with just under 12 minutes left to escape with the victory.

UW is now 11-4-3 overall and 3-2-2 in Pac-10 while Oregon State improves to 11-6-1 and 3-4-0. Read the rest at GoHuskies.com.

EUGENE, Ore. - Sophomore Ali Fenter and senior Carly Dobratz scored first half goals and No. 19 Washington State defeated Oregon 2-0 in Pacific-10 Conference women's soccer, Sunday.

Fenter gave the Cougars (13-4-1, 5-1-1 Pac-10) a 1-0 lead with a header off a free kick from Jacquelyn Roth at 40:27. The goal came after a yellow card was issued to Taylor Jones of Oregon (8-9-1, 0-7-0 Pac-10).

Just 1:20 later, senior Kiersten Dallstream received a free kick, and slipped a pass through defenders to Dobratz who beat Ducks' goalkeeper Jessie Prouix inside the far post to give the Cougars a 2-0 advantage.

"I am delighted with our effort today and this weekend," WSU Head Coach Matt Potter said. "Obviously to get two Pac-10 road wins is a very good weekend for us. We took advantage of our opportunities and gave a professional performance."

The Cougars play host to USC, Friday, Nov. 6 at 2 p.m.Read more at the Cougars' home page.

Nampa, ID – Conner Biggs and Vlad Voin picked up one goal each to lead the Saints to a 2-1 win over Northwest Nazarene and give Saint Martin’s its first-ever GNAC team title in any sport Saturday afternoon at the NNU Soccer Field.

Biggs started things off early finding the back of the net just one minute and 20 seconds into the game. Ruben Orozco served it up to Biggs who blasted a shot inside the far post for his fifth goal of the season.

"This was a very hard fought game," said head coach Rob Walker. "The opening goal by Conner was a big lift for us." More about the Saints can be read at SMUSaints.com.

ELLENSBURG, Wash – Amy Pate scored a goal early in each half Saturday, helping Central Washington defeat sixth-ranked Seattle Pacific for the first time since 2001 with a 3-1 upset in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference game at CWU Soccer Field.

The Wildcats (7-9-1) snapped an eight-game losing streak against SPU, which still leads 15-2-1 in the all-time series.

The defending NCAA Division II champion Falcons (14-3-1) dropped to 7-2-1 in GNAC games, trailing league-leading Western Washington (7-1-2) by one point in the standings. They both have two games left to play.

Central improved its conference record to 4-5-1. See more at SPUFalcons.com.

BILLINGS, Mont. - Forward Brendan Quilici (Jr., Battle Ground/Columbia River) doubled his season goal total as he scored twice, one being the game winner, as Western Washington University defeated Montana State University Billings, 3-2, in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference men's soccer game Saturday at Yellowjacket Soccer Stadium.

It was the second straight win for Western, now 7-11-0 overall and 4-3-0 in GNAC action, following a 4-0 victory at Seattle Pacific on Thursday.

MSUB fell to 10-5-2 overall and 3-3-2 in league play as it lost back-to-back games for the first time this season.Read more here.

NEWBERG, Ore. - Senior Janece Levien (Beaverton, Ore.) scored her 18th and 19th goals of the season as the fourth-ranked Puget Sound Loggers rolled past the George Fox Bruins, 4-0, in a Northwest Conference women's soccer game on Saturday in Newberg, Ore.

The Loggers, ranked fourth in the latest D3soccer.com Top 25, got on the scoreboard early when Levien took a pass from Christine Isabella (Salt Lake City, Utah/Winthrop) and put the ball past Becka Doyle for the 1-0 lead.  In the 32nd minute, Kelly Andersen (Centennial, Colo./Littleton) crossed the ball over the Theresa Henle (Issaquah, Wash.) and Henle scored her fifth goal of the year, as well as her third goal of the week, to give Puget Sound a 2-0 lead. Read more here.

TACOMA, Wash. - Playing their final home game of 2009, the Puget Sound Loggers did their best to keep a five-match unbeaten streak alive but an own goal in the 81st minute propelled the Pacific Boxers to a 1-0 victory in a Northwest Conference men's soccer match on Sunday afternoon on Peyton Field at Baker Stadium in Tacoma, Wash.

In the first half, both offenses had opportunities but the host Loggers were unable to put either of their two shots on net and the Boxers couldn't push any of their seven shots past freshman keeper Chris McDonald (Newton, Mass./Noble & Greenough). 

The Loggers held a 4-2 advantage on corner kicks in the first half but the stingy Boxer defense prevented Puget Sound from gaining any real opportunities to score. Read the rest here.

PUYALLUP - Pacific Lutheran scored all three of its goals in the second half on the way to an important 3-1 Northwest Conference men's soccer win over the visiting George Fox Bruins at the Washington Premier soccer field.

With the victory, the Lutes, 13-5-0 overall, stay in second place in the Northwest Conference standings with 30 points on a 10-3-0 overall record. Whitworth defeated Linfield on Sunday, 4-1, and remains in first place with 32 points on a 10-1-2 record. Both teams finish their regular seasons at home next Saturday, the Lutes playing Puget Sound and the Pirates hosting Whitman. Read more here.

PARKLAND - Pacific Lutheran and Pacific exchanged goals for 110 minutes of action before their Northwest Conference women's soccer match ended in a 3-3 tie on a sunny Sunday at the PLU field.

The host Lutes had a strong opening and got on the board first at 14:33 when Monica Beard drilled home a 25-yard blast after picking up a loose ball in Pacific's defensive end. The goal was the second of the season for Beard, one of three seniors honored prior to the start of the match.

The Boxers, who beat the Lutes by a 3-0 score earlier this year, tied it at 38:24 on the first of Ashley Kanda's three goals. Kanda, who came off the bench for Pacific, flicked Jenny Novak's header over PLU keeper Lauren Chambard and into the net. Kanda entered the match with one goal this season but finished with four to her tally. Read the rest here.

Klamath Falls, Ore. - After 120 minutes of play, the Northwest U. Eagle men cam away with a 2-2 tie in double overtime with Oregon Tech this afternoon.

OIT took a 1-0 lead on Ian Van Der Zwan's goal fro 19 yards out at the 38:59 mark of the first half. Jory Lum was credited for the assist. NU's Luke Fischer would tie the game in the second half at 1-1 with his header into the lower left of the goal net off James Kerr's assist (64:29). Freshman Alex Taylor would put the Eagles into the lead with his shot into the upper right side of the goal from the left side. Luke Fischer got the assist on the play. Five minutes later, Tech's Devin Torrey would knot the score at 2-2 with his goal off a penalty kick. Read more here.

OLYMPIA, Wash. - The NU Eagles ended their regular season with their second straight victory and conference win by edging the Evergreen State College, on October 24th..

NU's Abby Brauer kicked in the game winner with 23 minutes left in the second half to seal the win for the Eagles.

Evergreen jumped out a a 1-0 lead on Monica Ragan's goal in the first half. NU's Lizzie Perkins answered with her goal to tie the game 6  minutes later at 1-1. Northwest took a 2-1 lead on Yanet Candido's goal and Stephanie Cummins would increase the Eagles' lead to 3-1 on her penalty kick at the 31:00 mark. Read more here.