 GREAT NORTHWEST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
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2008-09 Report 5 (Sept. 21, 2009)
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Volleyball
Conference All
W L SW SL W L SW SL
Western Washington 2 0 6 1 9 4 28 18
Seattle Pacific 2 0 6 3 8 6 31 23
Alaska Fairbanks 1 0 3 2 7 5 23 21
Northwest Nazarene 2 1 8 5 9 5 31 20
Western Oregon 1 1 4 4 4 9 17 31
Montana State Billings 1 2 6 6 7 6 29 24
Alaska Anchorage 0 1 0 3 8 5 27 21
Central Washington 0 2 2 6 8 5 29 19
Saint Martin’s 0 2 1 6 1 8 5 24
LAST WEEK: Thursday – Saint Martin's 0 at Western Washington 3 (25-11, 25-20, 25-19); MSU Billings 2 at Alaska Fairbanks 3 (24-26, 19-25, 29-27, 25-20, 16-14); Central Washington 1 at Western Oregon 3 (25-12, 25-22, 16-25, 25-19); Seattle Pacific 3 at Northwest Nazarene 2 (20-25, 25-15, 21-25, 25-23, 15-6). Friday – MSU Billings 3 at Alaska Anchorage 0 (27-25, 25-18, 25-18). Saturday - Central Washington 1 at Northwest Nazarene 3 (25-20, 24-26, 26-24, 25-15); Seattle Pacific 3 at Saint Martin's 1 (25-16, 22-25, 25-19, 15-11); Western Washington 3 at Western Oregon 1 (25-17, 25-17, 23-25, 25-22).
UPCOMING: Tuesday – MSU Billings at Rocky Mountain. Thursday – Alaska Anchorage at Western Washington; Alaska Fairbanks at Central Washington; Northwest Nazarene at Saint Martin's; Western Oregon at Seattle Pacific. Saturday – Alaska Anchorage at Central Washington; Alaska Fairbanks at Western Washington; Saint Martin's at MSU Billings; Northwest Nazarene at Western Oregon. Sunday – Alaska Anchorage at Rocky Mountain. Monday (Sept. 28) – Alaska Anchorage at MSU Billings. Tuesday (Sept. 29) – College of Idaho at Northwest Nazarene. Wednesday (Sept. 30) – Western Washington at Seattle Pacific.
POLLS: CSTV/AVCA National Division II (Sept. 14) – 27. Western Washington. Note: NCAA West Region polls will be released Oct. 15, Oct. 29 and Nov. 12 with the playoff qualifiers announced Sunday, Nov. 15.
NCAA NATIONAL STATISTICS (Through Sept. 13): Individuals (Top 30): Kills - 7. Devon Crotteau, MSUB, 4.29; 26. Megan Thigpen, UAF, 3.82. Aces - 9. Erin Norris, CWU, 0.89. Digs - 2. Brandie Vea, CWU, 6.54; 21. Allison Gotz, WWU, 5.11. Team (Top 30): Digs - 9. Central Washington 17.95; 12. Northwest Nazarene 17.69.
GNAC PLAYERS-OF-THE-WEEK: Devon Crotteau, Montana State Billings (OH, 6-0, Sr., Casper, Wyo. – Northern Colorado) had 48 kills and 23 digs and hit for a .349 percentage as the Yellowjackets, who were picked to finish eighth in the GNAC in the pre-season coaches poll, nearly pulled off a sweep in Alaska, losing in five sets at Fairbanks after leading 2-0, then sweeping Alaska Anchorage 3-0. Crotteau’s 31 kills at UAF were a GNAC season-best and she now has four of the top eight kill totals in the conference this fall. She leads the GNAC in kills (4.55) and points (5.20) by healthy margins (0.80) and ranks 14th in career kills (1,114). She also ranks first in GNAC history in kills per set averaging 4.16.
OTHER NOTABLE PERFORMANCES: Alexa Sherman became the seventh player in GNAC history to record 3,000 career assists in leading Alaska Fairbanks to a come-from-behind 3-2 win over Montana State Billings. Sherman had 54 assists to increase her career total to 3,012. She also had 17 digs and three blocks. . .Priscilla Collings led Seattle Pacific to a pair of road victories earning 39 kills and also digging 27 balls in victories at Nampa and Lacey. . .Marlayna Geary had 28 kills and 24 digs as Western Washington opened its conference season with a pair of victories. . .Cammy Dranginis had 32 kills and 14 blocks, increasing her GNAC record career block total to 417 as Northwest Nazarene split two home matches.
RECORD BOOK NUMBERS: Since the 25-point rule was instituted, there have been four instances in which a player has recorded 30 kills. Crotteau and Rhea Cardwell of UAA have had two each. . .Becky Flores had 12 kills and hit for a GNAC season-best .706 percentage (12-0-17) in Northwest Nazarene’s 3-1 win over Central Washington. Flores' percentage equals the 14th best single-match total in GNAC history (minimum 12 kills) and is the third best for a four-set match. Her percentage was also more than 100 points higher than any other player has posted this fall (minimum 12 kills). . . Megan Thigpen of Alaska Fairbanks had 16 kills increasing her career total to 1,007 in Thursday’s match against MSUB. She’s the 23rd player in conference history to reach the 1,000 kill plateau
AROUND THE GNAC: Jessica Hill had a team-best 18 kills in Alaska Fairbanks’ home win against Montana State Billings. The Yellowjackets recorded a GNAC season-high 15 blocks, including a GNAC season-high eight by Jody Lutz. Dranginis matched Lutz’ total blocking eight on Thursday in NNU’s 3-2 loss to Seattle Pacific. . .Northwest Nazarene had a GNAC season-best 95 digs in the Crusaders’ 3-1 win over Central Washington. Its 64 kills was a conference season-high for four-set matches. . .Jackie Matthisen had 14 kills and hit for a .444 percentage in UAA’s loss to MSUB. . .Erin Norris led Central Washington with 32 kills and 10 blocks in losses at Western Oregon and Northwest Nazarene. The Wildcats were outhit .255 to .186 in the two contests. . .Katy Ferguson had team-bests of 14 kills and eight blocks in Saint Martin’s two contests. . .Danielle Reese had 24 kills, Samantha Ward had 23 and Sylvia Ward added 22 as Western Oregon split two home matches.
WINS AND LOSSES: Western Washington snapped Western Oregon’s 19-match home win streak with Saturday’s 3-1 victory at Monmouth to remain as the GNAC’s only unbeaten team on its opponent’s home court. The Vikings are 7-3 on the road, 3-0 as visitors and 4-3 on neutral courts . Central Washington, which is 4-0, is the only remaining GNAC team unbeaten at home. . .GNAC teams are 17-9 against PacWest teams (excluding Academy of the Art) and 14-18 against CCAA teams for a 31-27 overall record against other West Region teams. Matches against Academy of Art do not count as region counters.
GNAC (17) vs. PACWEST (9): Western Washington 3-0, Alaska Anchorage 3-1, Seattle Pacific 3-1, Alaska Fairbanks 3-2, Central Washington 2-1, MSU Billings 2-2, Western Oregon 1-1, Saint Martin’s 0-1. GNAC (14) vs. CCAA (18): Central Washington 3-1, Northwest Nazarene 3-1, Western Washington 2-2, Seattle Pacific 2-2, Alaska Anchorage 2-2, Western Oregon 1-3, Alaska Fairbanks 1-3, Saint Martin’s 0-4.
PACWEST (9) vs. GNAC (17): Hawaii Hilo 6-0, Grand Canyon 2-2, BYU-Hawaii 1-5, Hawaii Pacific 0-3, Chaminade 0-3, Notre Dame de Namur 0-4. CCAA (18) vs. GNAC (14): Sonoma State 4-0, CSU San Bernardino 3-0, UC San Diego 1-0, Cal State East Bay 1-0, San Francisco State 3-1, Chico State 2-1, Cal State L.A. 2-2, Cal Poly Pomona 1-1, Humboldt State 1-3, CSU Stanislaus 0-2, CSU Dominguez Hills 0-4.
ALL-TOURNAMENT: Alaska Anchorage (Aug. 28-29) - Calli Scott, UAA (MVP); McKenzie Moss, UAA; Jackie Matthisen, UAA. Sonoma State (Aug. 28-29) – Cammy Dranginis, NNU; Erin Norris, CWU. Central Washington (Sept. 3-4) – Carlee Marble, CWU (MVP), Kady Try, CWU; Marlayna Geary, WWU; Allison Gotz, WWU. Alaska Fairbanks (Sept. 4-5) – Megan Thigpen, UAF; Allison Oddy, UAF. UC San Diego (Sept. 4-5) – Stacie Meisner, UAA. Western Washington (Sept. 10-12) – Sarah Risser, SPU; Amber Johnson, SPU; Marlayna Geary, WWU; Allison Gotz, WWU; Kady Try, CWU; Danielle Reese, WOU. MSU Billings (Sept. 11-12) – Devon Crotteau, MSUB; Lindsay Grant, NNU; Alaina Barber, NNU.
Women’s Soccer
Conference All
W L T GF GA Pts W L T GF GA
Western Washington 2 0 1 5 1 7 3 2 2 10 9
Seattle Pacific 2 0 0 6 0 6 8 0 0 16 0
Northwest Nazarene 1 0 0 4 3 3 3 2 3 15 17
Montana State Billings 1 1 0 6 5 3 4 3 1 18 13
Central Washington 0 1 1 1 3 1 3 5 1 15 14
Saint Martin’s 0 2 0 1 5 0 4 4 0 10 10
Western Oregon 0 2 0 0 6 0 1 5 3 11 18
LAST WEEK: Tuesday – Western Oregon 3 at Corban 3 (2ot). Wednesday – Northwest Nazarene 0 at College of Idaho 4; Saint Martin's 1 at Western Washington 2. Thursday – MSU Billings 3 at Central Washington 1; Seattle Pacific 3 at Western Oregon 0. Saturday – Central Washington 0 at Western Washington 0 (2ot); MSU Billings 3 at Northwest Nazarene 4 (ot); Saint Martin's 0 at Seattle Pacific 3. Sunday - Southern Oregon 1 at Western Oregon 0 (2ot).
THIS WEEK: Tuesday – Western Washington at Simon Fraser, 7 p.m. Thursday – MSU Billings at Western Oregon, 4 p.m.; Northwest Nazarene at Saint Martin's, 1 p.m. Saturday – Central Washington at Seattle Pacific, 7:30 p.m.; MSU Billings at Saint Martin's, 1 p.m.; Northwest Nazarene at Western Oregon, 1 p.m.
POLLS: NSCAA National (Sept. 15) - 1. Seattle Pacific. NSCAA Regional (Sept. 15) - 1. Seattle Pacific. NSCAA Regional (Sept. 15) - 1. Seattle Pacific; 2. UC San Diego; 3. Cal State L.A.; 4. Chico State; 5. Cal Poly Pomona; 6. Saint Martin's; 7. Humboldt State; 8. Sonoma State; 9. San Francisco State; 10. Western Washington.
NCAA NATIONAL STATISTICS (Through Sept. 13): Individuals (Top 30): Assists – 10. Kaycie Hutchins, CWU, 0.86; 12. Chelsea Libby, MSUB, 0.83; 26. Molly Shannon, WWU, 0.75. Goals Against – 1. Maddie Dickinson, SPU, and Jesslyn Rahm Kellerman, SPU, 0.00. Save Percentage – 1. Maddie Dickinson, SPU, and Jesslyn Rahm Kellerman, SPU, 1.000. Team (Top 30): Shutout Percentage - 1. Seattle Pacific 1.000. Goals Against - 1. Seattle Pacific 0.00. Save PCT. - 1. Seattle Pacific 1.000.
GNAC PLAYERS-OF-THE-WEEK: Taylor Sawyer, Seattle Pacific (D, 5-5, Fr., Gig Harbor, WA – North Mason) and Autumn Yturbe, Northwest Nazarene (F, 5-6, Fr., Buhl, ID). . .Sawyer and fellow freshman Taylor Lundquist (San Jose, CA) have anchored SPU’s defense which has posted eight shutouts including a pair of 3-0 conference wins against Western Oregon and Saint Martin’s Thursday and Saturday. “Taylor Sawyer and Taylor Lundquist have been absolutely outstanding as the centerbacks and anchors of our back line,” SPU coach Chuck Sekyra said. “Game in and game out, they’ve come with a tremendous amount of determination and pride to keep our opponent out of our net.” . .Yturbe, who had 166 goals in her prep career, scored a pair of goals rallying Northwest Nazarene from a 2-0 deficit in a 4-3 win over Montana State Billings as the Crusaders snapped a 16-game GNAC losing streak and an 18-game GNAC winless streak. NNU bettered its goal total for the entire 2008 conference season when it found the net just three times in 12 contests. "Autumn has been battling some injuries and we’re excited to finally have her back at full strength,” NNU coach Jamie Lindvall said.
OTHER NOTABLE PERFORMANCES: Freshman forward Jaucelyn Richter scored four goals as Montana State Billings split a pair of road games. Richter leads the GNAC in goals (7) and points (16). . .Amanda Johnson scored a goal and had two assists in Seattle Pacific’s 3-0 home win against Saint Martin’s as the Falcons extended their unbeaten streak to a GNAC-record 25 games (24 wins, one tie). . .Central Washington freshman midfielder Estelle Hage played a key role in holding Western Washington to a scoreless tie Saturday. “Estelle helped limit the scoring opportunities for forwards Molly Shannon and Claire Morgan,” CWU coach Michael Farrand said.
RECORD BOOK NUMBERS: Seattle Pacific broke its own GNAC record for most consecutive games without a loss of 24 it set during the 2005 season. The Falcons have won 19 straight games, four short of its 2007 record for most consecutive victories. . .SPU has a team streak of 863 minutes and seven seconds without allowing a goal. Individually goalkeeper Maddie Dickinson hasn’t allowed a goal in 548 minutes and seven seconds. That is the seventh longest streak in GNAC history. Jesslyn Rahm Kellerman has a streak of 326 minutes and 59 seconds without surrendering a goal. . .Seattle Pacific is working on a GNAC-record 36-game (34 wins, 2 ties) home unbeaten streak dating back to the 2006 season.
AROUND THE GNAC: Marie Smith had a goal and assist and McKenzie Bailey had the game-winning goal in Northwest Nazarene’s 4-3 overtime win over MSUB. . .Saint Martin’s was credited with 10 shots against Seattle Pacific, the first team to reach double figures against the Falcons. Twice previously SPU had given up seven shots. . .Rachelle Kliewer had two of Western Oregon’s three goals in a 3-3 tie with Corban. . .Western Washington extended its conference unbeaten streak to 16 with a 2-1 win over Saint Martin’s and a 0-0 tie with CWU. The Vikings are 3-0-1 in their last four starts, allowing just a single goal.
Men’s Soccer
Conference All
W L T GF GA Pts W L T GF GA
Seattle Pacific 0 0 1 1 1 1 5 0 3 13 4
Montana State Billings 0 0 1 1 1 1 5 2 1 20 7
Saint Martin’s 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 16 14
Northwest Nazarene 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 14 17
Western Washington 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 15 16
LAST WEEK: Tuesday – Western Washington 0 at Grand Canyon 4, George Fox 3 at Saint Martin’s 2. Wednesday – Northwest Nazarene 1 at College of Idaho 0. Saturday – Seattle Pacific 1 at MSU Billings 1 (2 ot); Simon Fraser 3 at Western Washington 2. Sunday – Jamestown 1 at MSU Billings 3.
THIS WEEK: Monday – Seattle Pacific vs. Mary (at Billings), 1 p.m. Thursday – MSU Billings at Western Washington, 7 p.m.; Northwest Nazarene at Saint Martin's, 3 p.m. Saturday – MSU Billings at Saint Martin's, 3:15 p.m.; Northwest Nazarene at Western Washington, 7 p.m.
POLLS: NSCAA National (Sept. 15) – SPU is listed among "others receiving votes." NSCAA Regional (Sept. 15) - 1. Cal State L.A.; 2. Sonoma State; 3. Grand Canyon; 4. Seattle Pacific; 5. Chico State; 6. CSU San Bernardino; 7. CSU Dominguez Hills; 8. UC San Diego; 9. San Francisco State; 10. MSU Billings and Western Washington.
NCAA NATIONAL STATISTICS (Through Sept. 13): Individuals (Top 30): Points - 5. Sam Charles, MSUB, 3.00. Goals - 5. Sam Charles, MSUB, 1.33. Assists – 28. Chris Andre, MSUB, 0.67. Goals Against - 13. Kaleb Kuehn, SPU, 0.48. Team (Top 30): Scoring - 24. Western Washington 2.67. Goals Against - 7. Seattle Pacific 0.41. Shutout Percentage – 22. Western Washington .571, 24. Montana State Billings ..500. Save Percentage – 22. Western Washington .864; 26. Montana State Billings .863.
GNAC PLAYERS-OF-THE-WEEK: Sam Charles, Montana State Billings (F, 6-4, Sr., Chiswell, England) scored three goals and also had an assist as the Yellowjackets tied Seattle Pacific 1-1 and defeated Jamestown 3-1 in a pair of home contests. Charles has scored a goal in a GNAC-record nine consecutive games and has contributed a point in a GNAC-record 11 consecutive contests. Charles set the previous record for games with a goal in 2007. The old record for most consecutive games with a point was set by Pat Doran of Seattle University in 2002 and equaled by the Redhawks' Alex Chursky in 2004.
AROUND THE GNAC: Charles extended his own GNAC records for career goals and points to 49 and 110, respectively. Including one season in the Heartland Conference, Charles has 56 career goals and 124 career points. . .Seattle Pacific takes an eight-game unbeaten streak into Monday’s non-conference game with the University of Mary in Billings. A year ago, the Falcons finished with a 6-10-3 record. Freshman Jon Pearman scored SPU’s goal against MSUB. . .Northwest Nazarene’s lone goal in its 1-0 win at the College of Idaho came on a penalty kick by Renatto Brito. . Brandon Scott had a goal and assist in Saint Martin’s 3-2 loss to George Fox. . .Western Washington, which has lost four of its last five games, opens defense of its 2008 conference title by hosting MSUB and NNU this Thursday and Saturday.
ALL-TOURNAMENT: Chico State (Aug. 27-31) – Ruben Orozco, SMU; James Schmid, SMU; Erik Orozco, SMU.
Cross Country
ATHLETES OF THE WEEK: Men – Micah Chelismo, Alaska Anchorage (Fr., Eldoret, Kenya). Women – Jessica Pixler, Seattle Pacific (Sr., Sammamish, WA - Eastlake). . .Chelismo and Pixler had second and third-place finishes, respectively, in the men’s and women’s invitational portion at the 18th annual UW Sundodger cross country meet at West Seattle's Lincoln Park. Chelimo was clocked in a time of 24:03.33, less than 10 seconds behind winner Kelly Spady of University of Washington, who had an 8,000 meter time of 23:54.94. Pixler, the two-time defending NCAA Division II national champion, had a time of 20:26.07 for her 6-kilometer (3.72-mile) run on a soggy course under drippy skies. The only two to finish ahead of the two-time defending NCAA Division II titlist were Kendra Schaaf and Mel Lawrence, both from the reigning Division I champion University of Washington.
SUNDODGER HIGHLIGHTS AND MORE: Jordan Welling placed 12th and Bennett Grimes was 13th leading nationally seventh-ranked Western Washington to a second-place team finish in the invitational division. All five of WWU’s top five were within a minute of each other as the Vikings finished only behind University of Washington. Alaska Anchorage got a fifth-place from Marko Cheseto in placing fourth. . .In the women's invitational, Western Washington, led by a fourth-place finish from Sarah Porter, finished third trailing only UW and Oregon State. Seattle Pacific, which got a 12th from Jane Larson, was fifth with 111 points. . .In the men’s open division, Northwest Nazarene freshman Barak Watson placed second in a time of 24:52.85. Ruth Keino of Alaska Anchorage was second in the women’s open division with a time of 21:41.16. . .Chris Reed of Western Oregon earned his second win of the season in the Willamette Grass Course Invitational in Salem. Amanda Wright led a 1-2-3 WOU finish in the women’s race.
UPCOMING: Friday - Dickinson State Invitational (MSUB). Saturday - NNU Bob Firman Invitational (CWU, NNU); TESC Pete Steilberg Invitational (SMU, SPU); Western Oregon Open (WOU).
POLLS: USTFCCA National (Sept. 16): Men - 7. Western Washington, 15. Alaska Anchorage, 22. Western Oregon. Women - 3. Seattle Pacific, 9. Alaska Anchorage, 10. Western Washington. Regional (Sept. 15): Men – 1. Chico State; 2. Western Washington; 3. Alaska Anchorage; 4. Western Oregon; 5. Cal Poly Pomona; 6. Humboldt State; 7. UC San Diego; 8. Hawaii Pacific; 9. Saint Martin's; 10. San Francisco State. Women (Sept. 15) – 1. Seattle Pacific; 2. Chico State; 3. Alaska Anchorage; 4. Western Washington; 5. Cal State L.A.; 6. UC San Diego; 7. BYU-Hawaii; 8. Humboldt State; 9. Northwest Nazarene; 10. Western Oregon.
LAST WEEK
UW Sundodger Invite (Sept. 19 at Seattle): Men – Washington 27, Western Washington 84, Eastern Washington 95, Alaska Anchorage 98, Idaho 135, East County 144, Seattle University 157, Portland State 178. Individuals (8,000 meters) - 1. Kelly Spady, UW, 23:54.94; 2. Micah Chelimo, UAA, 24:03.33; 5. Marko Cheseto, UAA, 24:14.92; 12. Jordan Welling, WWU, 24:38.20; 13. Bennett Grimes, WWU, 24:39.78; 22. Paul Rottich, UAA, 25:08.89. Women - Washington 21, Oregon State 70, Western Washington 83, Idaho 93, Seattle Pacific 111, Portland State 183, Seattle University 192, Eastern Washington 242. Individuals (6,000 meters) - 1. Kendra Schaaf, UW, 19:49.12; 3. Jessica Pixler, SPU, 20:26.07; 4. Sarah Porter, WWU, 20:37.13; 12. Jane Larson, SPU, 21:29.26; 15. Lauren Breihof, WWU, 21:51.66; 24. Courtney Olsen, WWU, 22:29.76.
UW Sundodger Open (Sept. 19 at Seattle): Men – British Columbia 89, Academy of Art 119, Simon Fraser 139, Northwest Nazarene 145, Whitworth 161, Everett CC 180, Seattle Running Club 181, Lewis & Clark 204, St. Martin's 227, Western Washington 239, Seattle Pacific 242, Central Washington 362. Individuals (8,000 Meters) – 1. Amos Maru, Academy of Art, 24:52.34; 2. Barak Watson, NNU, 24:52.85; 9. Kyle Van Santen, SMU, 25:05.96; 10. Chad Meis, SPU, 25:10.96. Women – Alaska Anchorage 22, Simon Fraser 60, Whitworth 127, British Columbia 135, Northwest Nazarene 140, Lewis & Clark 154, Everett CC 199, Occidental 210, Whittier 280, Sonoma St. 281, St. Martin's 389, Central Washington 395, Western Washington 441. Individuals (6,000 Meters) - 1. Natasha Wodak, unat., 21:02.83; 2. Ruth Keino, UAA, 21:41.16; 3. Hallidie Wilt, UAA, 21:48.31; 5. Laura Carr, UAA, 21:58.11; 9. Shoshana Keegan, UAA, 22:05.63; 10. Miriam Kipng'eno, UAA, 22:06.09.
Montana State Invitational (Sept. 19 at Bozeman): Men - Utah State 42, Montana State 53, Weber State 70, Montana 76, Utah Valley 104, Great Falls 208, Dickinson State 223, Rocky Mountain 257, MSU – Billings 259. Individuals (8,000 meters) - 1. Patrick Casey, MSU, 24:54; 47. Daniel Lombardi, MSUB, 27:07; 66. Ryan Blombeck, MSUB, 28:27; 69. Travis Hutchinson, MSUB, 28:39; 71. Tyson Vanderby, MSUB, 28:45; 75. Travis Buttelman, MSUB, 28:49. Women - Weber State 36, Utah Valley 50, Montana 64, Utah State 94, Montana State 146, Utah 168, Concordia College 237, MSU – Billings 261. Individuals (5,000 Meters) - 1. Mary Nothum, UV, 17:10; 43. Lisa Minnehan, MSUB, 19:07; 49. Leah Thompson, MSUB, 19:20; 74. Kristen Yeley, MSUB, 20:00; 77. Mykel Ler, MSUB, 20:03; 78. Mary Owen, MSUB, 20:05.
Willamette Grass Course (Sept. 18 at Salem): Women - No Team Scores. Individual (5,000 Meters ) – 1. Amanda Wright, WOU, 19:32.36; 2. Tricia Morrison, WOU, 19:45.85; 3. Janelle Everetts, WOU, 19:48.12; 9. Erica Snawder, WOU, 20:18.42; 10. Megan Everetts, WOU, 20:31.90. Men - No Team Scores. Individual (7085 Meters) - 1. Chris Reed, WOU, 22:36.32; 7. Conner Kasler, WOU, 23:20.32; 10. Brandon Snook, WOU, 23:36.82.
Men’s Golf
UPCOMING: Monday – Carroll Invitational (MSUB); College of Idaho at Northwest Nazarene (Hunter's Point, Nampa). Tuesday – Carroll Invitational (MSUB). Friday-Saturday - Saint Martin's Invitational (MSU Billings, Northwest Nazarene, Saint Martin's, Western Washington). Monday-Tuesday (Sept. 28-29) - Western Washington Invitational (MSU Billings, Northwest Nazarene, Saint Martin's, Western Washington).
Football
Conference All
W L PF PA W L PF PA
Western Oregon 2 0 34 32 2 1 48 67
Central Washington 0 0 0 0 4 0 99 30
Humboldt State 0 1 16 17 2 1 96 57
Dixie State 0 1 16 17 1 3 80 104
LAST SATURDAY: Azusa Pacific 10 at Central Washington 42; Dixie State 16 at Western Oregon 17 ; Humboldt State 44 at Menlo 16.
THIS SATURDAY: Central Washington at Idaho State, 3:30 p.m.; Humboldt State at Dixie State, 7:05 p.m.; Western Oregon at UC Davis, 6:05 p.m.
POLLS: AFCA (Sept. 14) – 5. Central Washington. D2Football.Com (Sept. 15) – 4. Central Washington.
NCAA NATIONAL STATISTICS (Through Sept. 13): Individuals (Top 30): Total Offense - 8. Judd Thompson, DSC, 321.3; 19. Mike Proulx, HSU, 285.5. Rushing – 15. Bobby Thomas, HSU, 121.5. Passing Efficiency - 23. Mike Proulx, HSU, 154.4. Receptions - 14. Johnny Spevak, CWU, 7.3; 20. Skyler Ence, DSC, and Kyser Christensen, DSC, 7.0. Receiving Yards - 4. Kyser Christensen, DSC, 132.7; 26. Johnny Spevak, CWU, 97.0. Field Goals - 9. Garrett Rolsma, CWU, 1.67; 14. Kyle Schierholt, HSU, 1.50. Punting - 10. Mike Langston, DSC, 41.5. . Kickoff Returns - 20. Jon Dowd, WOU, 31.3. Tackles - 28. Keauntea Bankhead, DSC, 10.0. Interceptions - 16. Richard May, DSC, 0.67. Team (Top 30): Total Offense - 22. Humboldt State 447.5. Total Defense - 27. Central Washington 272.0. Passing Offense - 11. Dixie State 317.3; 24. Humboldt State 276.5. Passing Defense - 28. Central Washington 150.0. Pass Efficiency - 30. Humboldt State 154.4. Pass Defense Efficiency - 28. Central Washington 98.9. Scoring Defense - 3. Central Washington 6.7. Kick Returns - 27. Western Oregon 25.1. Punt Returns - 9. Central Washington 21.3. . Turnover Margin - 26. Western Oregon 1.00.
GNAC PLAYERS-OF-THE-WEEK: Offense - Sean Fullerton, Western Oregon (WR, 6-2, 210, Sr., West Linn, OR) caught 14 passes for 164 yards, including receptions of 20, nine, 16 and 12 yards to set up a game-winning 46-yard field goal by Kelly Morgan with 3:39 left as the Wolves rallied for a 17-16 home win against Dixie State. Fullerton fell one reception short of the GNAC single-game record of 15 held jointly by Dustin Creager of Humboldt State and Central Washington's Brian Potucek. Creager had 15 receptions against Western Oregon in 2004 and Potucek equaled the record a year later against Nebraska Omaha. Defense – Nick Cragin, Dixie State (LB, 5-10, 205, Sr., Issaquah, WA – Skyline) put the Red Storm in position to earn a road win before Western Oregon’s game-winning drive. Cragin, a transfer from Western Washington, had a game-high 11 tackles and also had a 53-yard interception return for a touchdown in the second quarter as Dixie opened up a 16-7 lead. Cragin is tied with Central Washington linebacker Buddy Wood for the GNAC lead in tackles with 40 and ranks third in tackles for losses with four. Special Teams – Sitani Tupou, Western Oregon (DT, 6-3, 295, Jr., Sacramento, CA – Cordova & Sierra JC) had two game-changing plays, one on special teams and one on defense. He blocked an extra point try by Dixie in the second quarter that ultimately led to the one-point victory. Then on the final play of the game, he had a 10-yard quarterback sack to secure the victory. He had two other tackles and also broke up a pass.
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