 GREAT NORTHWEST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
Contact: Bob Guptill (509-535-5291/Fax 535-5293/e-mail – bguptill@gnacsports.com)
2009-10 Report 10 (Oct. 26, 2009)
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Volleyball
Conference All
W L SW SL W L SW SL
Alaska Anchorage 9 2 28 12 17 7 56 33
Seattle Pacific 8 2 26 16 14 8 51 36
Western Washington 8 4 29 15 15 8 51 32
Northwest Nazarene 7 4 26 18 14 10 51 39
Montana State Billings 6 5 24 18 13 10 50 40
Central Washington 4 7 20 26 12 10 47 39
Western Oregon 4 7 19 26 7 15 32 53
Alaska Fairbanks 3 7 14 25 9 12 34 44
Saint Martin’s 0 11 3 33 2 17 10 51
LAST WEEK: Tuesday – Northwest Nazarene 1 at College of Idaho 3 (21-25, 25-17, 25-14, 25-22). Thursday – Central Washington 1 at Alaska Anchorage 3 (25-18, 25-21, 23-25, 25-19); Western Washington 3 at Alaska Fairbanks 0 (25-22, 25-22, 25-21); MSU Billings 3 at Saint Martin's 0 (25-18, 25-16, 25-22); Seattle Pacific 3 at Western Oregon 1 (22-25, 25-23, 25-10, 25-14). Saturday – Western Washington 1 at Alaska Anchorage 3 (8-25, 25-19, 25-16, 25-9); Central Washington 2 at Alaska Fairbanks 3 (22-25. 25-18, 19-25, 25-18, 16-14); MSU Billings 3 at Western Oregon 0 (25-21, 25-23, 25-20); Saint Martin's 0 at Northwest Nazarene 3 (25-16,25-13,25-16).
UPCOMING: Tuesday – Saint Martin's at Pacific Lutheran. Thursday – Alaska Anchorage at Western Oregon; Alaska Fairbanks at Saint Martin's; Seattle Pacific at MSU Billings. Saturday - Alaska Anchorage at Saint Martin's; Alaska Fairbanks at Western Oregon; Northwest Nazarene at Central Washington, 3 p.m.; Seattle Pacific at Western Washington.
POLLS: CSTV/AVCA National Division II (Oct. 20) - 33. Alaska Anchorage. NCAA West Region (Oct. 15) - 1. Cal State San Bernardino (18-0); 2. UC San Diego (18-1); 3. Sonoma State (14-4); 4. Hawaii Hilo (17-1); 5. Cal State L.A. (12-6); 6. Seattle Pacific (11-7); 7. Alaska Anchorage (13-6); 8. San Francisco State (14-5); 9. Northwest Nazarene (11-7); 10. Cal State Chico (14-5). Note: Additional NCAA polls will be released this Thursday and on Thursday, Nov. 12 with the playoff qualifiers announced Sunday, Nov. 15.
NCAA NATIONAL STATISTICS (Through Oct. 18): Individuals (Top 30): Kills - 5. Devon Crotteau, MSUB, 4.36; 18. Marlayna Geary, WWU, 3.95; 19. Megan Thigpen, UAF, 3.94; 22. Jackie Matthisen, UAA, 3.90; 23. Sarah Risser, SPU, 3.87. Hitting Percentage - 26. Laura Sakala, WOU, .365' 30. Lisa Martini, WOU, .361. Assists – 24. Laurie Yearout, WWU, 10.50; 30. Calli Scott, UAA, 10.45. Aces - 15. Erin Norris, CWU, 0.68. Digs - 2. Brandie Vea, CWU, 6.08; 12. Haley Hevern, NNU, 5.53; 19. Anna Herold, SPU, 5.37; 24. Allison Gotz, WWU, 5.16. Team (Top 30): Assists – 285. Seattle Pacific 12.33. Digs - 1. Northwest Nazarene 19.17; 4. Central Washington 18.23.
GNAC PLAYERS-OF-THE-WEEK: Jody Lutz, Montana State Billings (MB, 6-1, Fr., Dugald, Manitoba) had 13 kills and 10 blocks, nearly doubling her season set average in both categories, in leading Montana State Billings to a pair of 3-0 road sweeps of Saint Martin’s and Western Oregon. She had five blocks in each contest as the Yellowjackets controlled the net outblocking its two opponents 21-11.
OTHER NOTABLE PERFORMANCES: Calli Scott averaged 11.5 assists per set and also had 10 kills and six blocks in leading Alaska Anchorage to 3-1 wins over Central Washington and Western Washington. Scott had a GNAC four-set season-high with 51 assists against the Wildcats. UAA, which outhit the Wildcats and Vikings by a combined margin of 106 points (.243 to .137), extended its win streak to seven with the two victories. . .Megan Thigpen had 32 kills, 21 digs and five blocks as Alaska Fairbanks split two matches, snapping a five-match losing streak with Saturday’s 3-2 win against CWU. UAF overcame two match points to beat the Wildcats scoring the final four points, one on a kill by Thigpen and two others on blocks by Thigpen and Jessica Hill.
AROUND THE GNAC: Devon Crotteau had 29 kills and 26 digs in Montana State Billings’ two victories as the Yellowjackets improved to 13-10 under first-year coach Steve Smith. A year ago MSUB recorded a 7-23 record. . .Cortney Lundberg had 19 blocks, including a GNAC season-best 11 in Alaska Anchorage’s 3-1 win against Central Washington. The Seawolves also got a team-best 34 kills from Jackie Matthisen in the two victories. . .Alexa Sherman had 85 assists and Erica Gage had 11 blocks in Alaska Fairbanks’ two matches. Sherman ranks seventh in GNAC history with 3,330 assists. . .Priscilla Collings led Seattle Pacific with 18 kills and Sarah Risser had 17 in a 3-1 win over Western Oregon. . .Emily Jepsen had team-highs for kills (23), blocks (12) and points (30) as Western Washington split two matches in Alaska. . .Brandie Vea of Central Washington had 48 digs to increase her career total to 1,309. She needs one more to move into 10th place on the GNAC all-time career list. Kady Try had 32 kills, however the Wildcats hit just .120 on their road trip to Alaska. . .Cammy Dranginis led Northwest Nazarene with 19 kills in a pair of contests. . .Samantha Ward and Lisa Martini each had 17 kills and Irene Walters and Laura Sakala had 16 each to lead Western Oregon in its two matches. . .Teilissa Tua led Saint Martin’s in kills (17) and blocks (8).
ACADEMY OF ART MATCHES NOW REGION COUNTERS: Academy of Art has received a waiver from the NCAA and matches with A of A now count as regional contests. Earlier this fall, Alaska Anchorage split two matches with A of A, while Central Washington beat the PacWest school. Seattle Pacific and Western Washington both lost to the Urban Knights. GNAC teams are 19-12 against PacWest teams (including Academy of the Art) and 14-18 against CCAA teams for a 33-30 overall record against other West Region teams.
GNAC (19) vs. PACWEST (12): Western Washington 3-1, Central Washington 3-1, Alaska Anchorage 4-2, Seattle Pacific 3-2, Alaska Fairbanks 3-2, 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 (12) vs. GNAC (19): Hawaii Hilo 6-0, Academy of Art 3-2, 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 7 1 1 17 5 22 10 4 2 25 18
Seattle Pacific 7 1 0 28 3 21 14 2 0 39 5
Saint Martin’s 5 4 0 14 13 15 9 7 0 23 19
Montana State Billings 4 4 0 13 19 12 8 7 1 30 29
Central Washington 3 5 1 11 11 10 6 9 1 25 22
Western Oregon 2 7 0 7 22 6 4 10 3 21 36
Northwest Nazarene 1 7 0 9 26 3 3 9 3 20 40
LAST WEEK: Wednesday – MSU Billings 0 at Seattle Pacific 4. Saturday – Central Washington 4 at Northwest Nazarene 0; MSU Billings 0 at Western Washington 3; Seattle Pacific 0 at CSU Dominguez Hills 2. Sunday – Saint Martin's 4 at Western Oregon 0.
THIS WEEK: Wednesday – Western Washington at Seattle Pacific, 7 p.m. Thursday – Saint Martin's at MSU Billings, 3 p.m.; Western Oregon at Northwest Nazarene, 3 p.m. Saturday – Seattle Pacific at Central Washington, noon; Western Oregon at MSU Billings, 12:30 p.m.; Saint Martin's at Northwest Nazarene, noon.
POLLS: NSCAA National (Oct. 20) - 4. Seattle Pacific. NSCAA Regional (Oct. 21) - 1. Seattle Pacific; 2. UC San Diego; 3. Cal State L.A.; 4. Cal State San Bernardino; 5. Chico State; 6. Cal State Dominguez Hills; 7. Western Washington; 8. Dixie State; 9. Montana State Billings; 10. Saint Martin's. NCAA Regional (Oct. 21) - 1. Seattle Pacific; 2. UC San Diego; 3. Cal State L.A.; 4. Cal State Chico; 5. Cal State San Bernardino; 6. Cal State Dominguez Hills; 7. San Francisco State; 8. Western Washington; 9. Dixie State; 10. Humboldt State.
NCAA NATIONAL STATISTICS (Through Oct. 18): Individuals (Top 30): Goals Against – 1. Maddie Dickinson, SPU, 0.00. Save Percentage – 1. Maddie Dickinson, SPU, 100.0. Team (Top 30): Shutout Percentage - 1. Seattle Pacific .929. Goals Against - 3. Seattle Pacific 0.21. Save PCT. - 3. Seattle Pacific .925.
GNAC PLAYERS-OF-THE-WEEK: Jocelyn Charette, Seattle Pacific (F, 5-10, Sr., Lakewood, WA – Curtis) had a hat-trick – her second of the season - in a 4-0 home win against Montana State Billings. She also had three of SPU’s eight shots on goal in Saturday’s 2-0 loss at Cal State Dominguez Hills. Charette currently leads the conference in scoring with 26 points (11 goals, 4 assists). Prior to Saturday’s contest, she had tallied 14 points (6 goals, 2 assists) in her last three contests.
OTHER NOTABLE PERFORMANCES: Kelly Irving scored a goal as Western Washington recorded its fourth consecutive shutout, blanking Montana State Billings 3-0. Irving has had a point in all four games (2 goals, 2 assists). Goalkeeper Kylie Broadbent has had 14 saves in the four contests, increasing her season shutout total to eight and lowering her GAA to 0.74.
AROUND THE GNAC: SPU goalkeeper Maddie Dickinson's season-long scoreless streak came to an end at 869 minutes, 5 seconds Saturday in the Falcons’ 2-0 loss at Dominguez Hills. Over two seasons, Dickinson, who had seven saves in Saturday's contest, hadn’t allowed a goal in 1,012 minutes, 12 seconds. . .Jenny Baker and Jill Webb each scored a pair of goals to lead Saint Martin's to a 4-0 win at Western Oregon Sunday. Central Washington beat Northwest Nazarene by the same score Saturday as Kelsy Villegas had two goals, one on a penalty kick.
Men’s Soccer
Conference All
W L T GF GA Pts W L T GF GA
Saint Martin’s 4 1 0 10 7 12 9 6 0 27 24
Montana State Billings 3 1 2 10 8 11 10 3 2 36 16
Seattle Pacific 3 2 1 12 9 10 10 4 3 28 17
Western Washington 2 3 0 9 9 6 5 10 0 25 34
Northwest Nazarene 0 5 1 8 16 1 5 9 1 27 35
LAST WEEK: Tuesday – MSU Billings 3 at Northwest Nazarene 0. Wednesday – Seattle Pacific 1 at Cal State L.A. 2; Western Washington 0 at CSU Dominguez Hills 3. Friday – Seattle Pacific 0 at CSU Dominguez Hills 2; Western Washington 1 at Cal State L.A 6. Saturday – Rocky Mountain 0 at MSU Billings 4.
UPCOMING: Monday – Western Washington at Simon Fraser, 7 p.m. Thursday – Saint Martin's at MSU Billings, 12:30 p.m.; Western Washington at Seattle Pacific, 7 p.m. Saturday – Western Washington at MSU Billings, 3 p.m.; Saint Martin's at Northwest Nazarene, 4 p.m. Monday (Nov. 2) – Mary vs. Western Washington (at Billings), 1 p.m.
POLLS: NSCAA National (Oct. 20) – 22. Seattle Pacific. NSCAA Regional (Oct. 20) - 1. Sonoma State; 2. Cal State L.A.; 3. Seattle Pacific; 4. CSU San Bernardino; 5. Grand Canyon; 6. Cal State Dominguez Hills; 7. Montana State Billings; 8. Saint Martin's; 9. Cal State Stanislaus; 10. UC San Diego and Chico State. NCAA Regional (Oct. 20) - 1. Cal State L.A.; 2. Sonoma State; 3. Seattle Pacific; 4. CSU San Bernardino; 5. Grand Canyon; 6. Cal State Dominguez Hills.
NCAA NATIONAL STATISTICS (Through Oct. 18): Individuals (Top 30): Points - 7. Sam Charles, MSUB, 2.54. Goals - 7. Sam Charles, MSUB, 1.08. Assists – 3. Drew Williams, SPU, 0.69; 26. Chris Andre, MSUB, and Vlad Voin, SMU, 0.54. Team (Top 30): Goals Against - 24. Seattle Pacific 0.83.
GNAC PLAYERS-OF-THE-WEEK: Sam Charles, Montana State Billings (F, 6-4, Sr., Chiswell, England) scored five goals and had and assist in leading the Yellowjackets to their ninth and 10th victories of the season. Charles had two goals and an assist in Tuesday’s 3-0 win at Northwest Nazarene and three goals in a 4-0 victory Saturday against Rocky Mountain. The hat-trick was his first of the year and fourth of his career, setting a GNAC record.
AROUND THE GNAC: Charles leads the GNAC in goals (19) and points (44) equaling his own school records he set last year. The GNAC records are 22 goals and 49 points. He also has had six multi-goal games this season, one short of the GNAC record. His career totals currently stand at 143 points (129 since MSUB joined the GNAC). He has 64 career goals (57 in the GNAC). . .Kellan Brown and Tyler Schultz scored the lone goals for Western Washington and Seattle Pacific, respectively, as each school lost road games to Cal State L.A. and Cal State Dominguez Hills. Brown leads the Vikings on the season with seven goals and Schultz is SPU’s team leader with eight goals.
SAINTS NEED TWO WINS: Saint Martin’s needs two wins in its final three contests to earn its first-ever team title in the eight-year history of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference. That won’t necessarily be an easy task, however, as all three games are on the road, including contests this Thursday and Saturday with MSU Billings and Northwest Nazarene.
ALL-TOURNAMENT: Chico State (Aug. 27-31) – Ruben Orozco, SMU; James Schmid, SMU; Erik Orozco, SMU.
Cross Country
PIXLER, CHESETO REPEAT AS GNAC CHAMPIONS: Jessica Pixler of Seattle Pacific and Marko Cheseto of Alaska Anchorage successfully defended their individual titles Saturday in the ninth annual GNAC cross country championships at the Apple Ridge Run Cross Country Facility near Yakima. Pixler, the two-time defending NCAA Division II national champion, won her fourth straight title covering the 6,000 meter women's layout in a time of 21:03. That was an improvement of nine seconds over the mark she posted on the same course a year ago. It was also the second fastest time in meet history, trailing only a time of 20:53 she ran in 2007 at Nampa. . .Cheseto became the first male runner to win back-to-back GNAC individual titles, covering the 8,000 meter course in a time of 24:50. He ran 24:30 a year ago.
TEAM TITLES GO TO UAA, WWU: Alaska Anchorage, which won men’s team titles in 2002, 2005 and 2008, claimed its first-ever women’s title with a near-record team score of 25, placing five runners in the top seven. Seattle Pacific set the record score of 24 in winning the 2007 championship. . .Western Washington also posted the second-lowest score in meet history, winning the men’s team title with 33 points. The Vikings also won titles in 2003, 2006 and 2007.
ALL-CONFERENCE AWARDS: Alaska Anchorage won eight all-conference awards – five in the women’s race and three in the men’s race and Western Washington earned six – four in the men’s race and two in the women’s. Seattle Pacific and Northwest Nazarene won two each, while Saint Martin’s and Western Oregon each claimed one. The top 10 finishers in each race receive all-conference recognition.
REPEATS: Pixler, Laura Carr, who finished seventh, and Jane Larson of Seattle Pacific, who place eighth, each earned their fourth all-conference award joining UAA’s Stacy Edwards (2001-03, 05) and Mandy Kaempf (2003-06) as the only female athletes to accomplish that feat. . .No male has won four GNAC all-conference awards though Louie White of Humboldt State won two in the PacWest (1999-00) and two in the GNAC (2001-02). Bennett Grime, Jordan Welling and Blake Medhaug, who led Western Washington to the team title placing second, third and ninth, respectively, will all have an opportunity to go for No. 4 next year as will Sarah Porter of Western Washington, who placed second in the women’s race. The Vikings’ Anthony Tomsich earned his second award with a sixth-place finish. . .Other 2008 repeaters Saturday included Cheseto, and Alfred Kangogo (4th) of Alaska Anchorage in the men’s race and Ruth Keino (5th) and Hallidie Wilt of Alaska Anchorage (6th) and Jaclyn Puga of Northwest Nazarene (10th) in the women’s race.
GNAC (Oct. 24 at Yakima): Men - Western Washington 33, Alaska Anchorage 70, Western Oregon 74, Northwest Nazarene 99, Seattle Pacific 138, Central Washington 167, Saint Martin's 190, Alaska Fairbanks 219, Montana State Billings 257. All-Conference (8,000 Meters) - 1. Marko Cheseto, UAA, 24:50; 2. Bennett Grimes, WWU, 25:05; 3. Jordan Welling, WWU, 25:08; 4. Alfred Kangogo, UAA, 25:12; 5. Micah Chelimo, UAA, 25:13; 6. Anthony Tomsich, WWU, 25:14; 7. Chris Reed, WOU, 25:26; 8. Kyle Van Santen, SMU, 25:28; 9. Blake Medhaug, WWU, 25:32; 10. Barak Watson, NNU, 25:35. Women - Alaska Anchorage 25, Seattle Pacific 48, Western Washington 64, Northwest Nazarene 114, Western Oregon 146, Montana State Billings 167, Alaska Fairbanks 196, Central Washington 205, Saint Martin's 255. All-Conference (6,000 Meters) - 1. Jessica Pixler, SPU, 21:03; 2. Sarah Porter, WWU, 21:13; 3. Miriam Kipngeno, UAA, 22:02; 4. Shoshana Keegan, UAA, 22:06; 5. Ruth Keino, UAA, 22:12; 6. Hallidie Wilt, UAA, 22:16; 7. Laura Carr, UAA, 22:18; 8. Jane Larson, SPU, 22:20; 9. Lauren Breihof, WWU, 22:37; 10. Jaclyn Puga, NNU, 22:48.
UPCOMING: NCAA West Regional (Nov. 7 at San Francisco). NCAA Nationals (Nov. 21 at Evansville, Indiana)
POLLS: USTFCCA National (Oct. 21): Men - 7. Western Washington, 21. Alaska Anchorage. Women - 5. Alaska Anchorage, 7. Seattle Pacific; 8. Western Washington. Regional (Oct. 20): Men – 1. Chico State; 2. Western Washington; 3. Cal Poly Pomona; 4. Alaska Anchorage; 5. Western Oregon; 6. Humboldt State; 7. Northwest Nazarene; 8. UC San Diego; 9. BYU-Hawaii; 10. Hawaii Pacific. Women – 1. Chico State; 2. Alaska Anchorage; 3. Seattle Pacific; 4. Western Washington; 5. UC San Diego; 6. Cal State L.A.; 7. Cal Poly Pomona;8. Northwest Nazarene; 9. BYU-Hawaii; 10. Western Oregon.
Men’s Golf
PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Sheldon Prante, Saint Martin’s (Sr. Olympia, WA) carded a two-under par 70 in the final round to finish sixth in the Sonoma State Invitational with a 36-hole score of 144. Prante’s final round, his best of the season, enabled the Saints to tie Western Washington for third with a 585 team score. The Saints entered the round six shots back of the Vikings. Prante began the round with a season-average of 75.4 and his previous finishes had been 29th and 35th in tournaments at Saint Martin’s and Chico State.
OTHER NOTABLE PERFORMANCES: Xavier Dailly of Western Washington finished fourth at Sonoma State with a 142 total. He was the first-day leader with a 67.
Sonoma State Invitational (Oct. 19-20 at Santa Rosa Golf and Country Club, Santa Rosa, CA): Team Scores - 1. Chico State 578 (292-286); 2. Dixie State 583 (297-286); 3. Saint Martin's 585 (295-290) and Western Washington 585 (289-296); 5. Cal State Stanislaus 587 (298-289). Individuals (Par 72, 6,711 Yards) - 1. Matthew Garcia, Academy of Art, 138 (68-70); 4. Xavier Dailly, WWU, 142 (67-75); 6. Sheldon Prante, SMU, 144 (74-70); 13. Sam Ayotte, WWU, 146 (70-76); Olof Rosborg, SMU, 146 (75-71) and Jack Whealdon, SMU, 146 (73-73); 20. Nick Varelia, WWU, 147 (75-72); 28. Kevin Jech, SMU, 149 (73-76); 40. Julian Peters, WWU, 151 (78-73); 54. Zach Dietz, SMU, 154 (76-78); 56. Brian Barhanovich, WWU, 155 (77-78).
Football
Conference All
W L PF PA W L PF PA
Central Washington 4 0 132 61 9 0 264 113
Western Oregon 2 2 78 86 4 4 155 156
Dixie State 2 2 77 97 4 5 188 251
Humboldt State 0 4 70 113 4 4 215 166
LAST SATURDAY: Humboldt State 7 at Central Washington 38; Dixie State 14 at Cal Poly SLO 44; Western Oregon 27 at Azusa Pacific 6.
THIS SATURDAY: Central Washington at Dixie State, 1:05 p.m.; Humboldt State at Western Oregon, 2 p.m.
NEXT SATURDAY: Central Washington at Western Oregon, 1 p.m.; Dixie State at Humboldt State, 1 p.m. (End-of-regular season).
POLLS: AFCA (Oct. 26) – 2. Central Washington. D2Football.Com (Oct. 20) – 2. Central Washington. NCAA Super Region IV (Oct. 19) - 1. Central Washington (8-0); 2. Northwest Missouri (7-1); 3. Missouri Western State (7-1); 4. Abilene Christian (7-1); 5. Washburn (6-2); 6. Midwestern State (6-2); 7. Texas A&M - Kingsville (7-2); 8. Central Missouri (6-2); 9. Angelo State (6-2); 10. Tarleton State (7-1). Note: Records are against Division II schools.
NCAA NATIONAL STATISTICS (Through Oct. 18): Individuals (Top 30): Total Offense – 23. Judd Thompson, DSC, 268.1. Passing Efficiency – 29. Mike Proulx, HSU, 145.8. Receptions – 7. Sean Fullerton, WOU, 7.6; 26. Johnny Spevak, CWU, 6.2 Receiving Yards – 16. Sean Fullerton, WOU, 89.7. Field Goals - 2. Garrett Rolsma, CWU, 1.75; 23. Kyle Schierholt, HSU, and Mike Langston, DSC, 1.00. Punting - 4. Mike Langston, DSC, 42.1. Punt Returns – 21. Jon Dowd, WOU, 12.2. Tackles - 27. Nick Cragin, DSC, 9.8. Interceptions - 11. Wesley Beavers, DSC, 0.62; 20. Justin Price, HSU, 0.57. Team (Top 30): Total Defense - 4. Central Washington 249.0. Rushing Defense – 9. Central Washington 73.5; 21. Western Oregon 91.1. Passing Defense Efficiency – 16. Western Oregon 103.0; 19. Humboldt State 103.7. Scoring Defense - 6. Central Washington 13.2; 25. Humboldt State 18.3. Net Punting - 9. Central Washington 35.6; 10. Western Oregon 35.4. Punt Returns - 9. Central Washington 17.4. Turnover Margin - 21. Central Washington 0.88.
GNAC PLAYERS-OF-THE-WEEK: Offense - Cole Morgan, Central Washington (QB, 6-3, 203, Sr., Seattle, WA – Ballard), making his first-career start, had 213 yards in total offense in leading the Wildcats to a 38-7 win over Humboldt State. Almost all of Morgan’s yardage came in the first half when Central piled up 298 yards of offense and built a 31-0 lead. The fifth-year senior, who came off the bench to rally CWU from a 21-0 halftime deficit in a 23-21 a week earlier against Western Oregon, completed 13 of 19 passes for 161 yards and two touchdowns in the opening half. He finished with 182 yards on 14 completions in 27 attempts and also netted 31 yards on four rushes. Defense – John Breza, Western Oregon (LB, 6-1, 250, Sr., Salem, OR – Sprague & Foothill JC) had a game-high 11 tackles, including a GNAC season-high 3 ½ tackles for losses of eight yards as the Wolves held Azusa Pacific without a touchdown and to 29 second-half yards in a 27-6 road victory. Breza currently ranks sixth in the conference in tackles with 60. Special Teams – Garrett Rolsma, Central Washington (K/P, 6-1, 200, Sr., University Place, WA – Curtis) had career longs for field goal made (47) and punt (65) and also tied his own GNAC single-season record with his 15th of the season. He averaged 42.5 yards his four punts and did not allow a return yard. Rolsma now ranks third on the CWU career scoring list with 306 points. He is 15 of 18 on three-pointers after making 15 of 20 last season. Rolsma also made five extra points extending his record-streak to 97
OTHER NOTABLE PERFORMANCES: Bryson Kelly rushed for 93 yards on six carries, including a 72-yard run for Central Washington’s only second-half touchdown in a 38-7 Homecoming win over Humboldt State. Kelly’s run was the third longest in GNAC history. CWU’s Nat Conley had an 80-yard touchdown run against Western Montana in 2001 and Dixie State’s Tauni Vakapuna had 74-yard touchdown run earlier this season against Western Oregon. . .Humboldt State linebacker Bubba Reynolds had 14 tackles, including a GNAC season-best 11 solos. He also forced a fumble. Reynolds currently ranks fourth in the conference with 65 tackles. A year ago he finished second in the conference in tackles with 109. . .Quarterback Josh Riddell completed 16 of 31 passes for 328 yards and three touchdowns in Western Oregon’s win at Azusa Pacific. It was Riddell’s second 300-yard passing game of the season. Dixie QB Judd Thompson leads the GNAC this fall with three 300-yard passing games.
FROM THE RECORD BOOK: Central Washington wide receiver Johnny Spevak had seven receptions for 95 yards against Humboldt State, increasing his career totals to 301 catches for 4,151 yards. He is just the third player in NCAA Division II history to record 300 receptions joining Clarence Coleman of Ferris State (323 between 1998 and 2001) and Andrew Blakely of Truman (300 between 1999 and 2002) in that exclusive club. His yardage total ranks 11th all-time. He needs 80 more yards to move into 10th place. He is tied for fifth all-time with 52 career receptions. Spevak’s 52 TDs also ties him with running back Dan Murphy (1996-99) for the CWU career touchdown record. Spevak eclipsed Murphy’s school career scoring record with his 52nd TD. He has 314 points, two more than Murphy. . .
Men’s Basketball
THIS WEEK: Friday – Northwest Nazarene at Utah State, 7:05 p.m. (exh); West Coast Disney Classic (Western Washington vs. Grand Canyon, 7:30 p.m.). Saturday - West Coast Disney Classic (Western Washington vs. Kentucky Wesleyan, noon). Sunday – Saint Martin's at Eastern Washington, 1 p.m. (exh); West Coast Disney Classic (Western Washington vs. San Francisco State 7:30 p.m.).
Women’s Basketball
THIS WEEK: Monday – Trinity Western at Western Washington (exh). Friday – Disney West Coast Classic (Western Oregon vs. Southern Indiana, noon). Saturday – Disney West Coast Classic (Western Oregon vs. Fort Lewis, 7:30 p.m.). Sunday – Disney West Coast Classic (Western Oregon vs. San Francisco State, 1:30 p.m.); MSUB Billings at Montana State, 2:05 p.m. (exh); Simon Fraser at Western Washington, 5 p.m. (exh).
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