Category Archives: Soccer
Saints vs. Geoducks women’s soccer photo slideshow
Saint Martin’s and Evergreen squared off today at SMU Soccer Field and both teams fought extremely hard in the first half for what was just a preseason scrimmage. Since it is against NCAA rules to report stats or scores from scrimmages, no final score was reported, but I did see one goal scored by Saint Martin’s in the half that I watched.
Today (8/20): Saints and Geoducks square off
The Geoducks have to replace their two leading scorers including all-CCC second teamer Brianna Speed.
Saint Martin’s women’s soccer plays their third and final scrimmage today and Evergreen kicks off their season when the two teams meet today at SMU Soccer Field at 3:00 PM.
Evergreen was picked to finish eighth in the ten team Cascade Collegiate Conference this season. The Geoducks lost their two leading scorers, Anastasia Daniels and Brianna Speed, the only two seniors on last season’s squad. Daniels scored seven goals and Speed scored four times and had three assists leading the Geoducks to a 5-9-1 record.
Sophomore Lauren Davidson played 14 games in goal in her freshman year last season and made 72 saves and posted a 2.17 goals against average. Dierdra Dornay lead all underclassmen with three goals while Sophie Krauza, Katie Hebein and Rayna Murphy each chipped in two goals.
Evergreen’s biggest problem last season was the road where they went 1-7. At Evergreen Pitch, the Geoducks went 4-2-1 including an overtime loss to Northwest and a shocking upset of then #3 ranked Concordia.
Today (8/19): Saints Martin’s men scrimmage
Men’s soccer
Saint Martin’s vs. Trinity Western (scrimmage) – 4:00 PM – SMU Soccer Field
Saturday scoreboard: Trinity spoils Evergreen’s opener.
Men’s soccer
Trinity Lutheran 3, Evergreen 1 – More from Evergreen athletics
In the season opener for both schools, a Sergio Martinez goal put Trinity Lutheran ahead 1-0 in the seventh minute and Amin Lemrini found the back of the net in the 60th minute to give the Eagles a 2-0 lead that proved insurmountable in their 3-1 defeat of Evergreen on Saturday morning.
Brady Espinoza scored the Geoducks’s first goal of the season on a free kick to cut the lead to a goal but Trinity put it away in the 83rd minute on a goal by Sekou Rolland.
Today (8/18): Evergreen soccer kicks off, Saints women scrimmage, Underground Derby doubleheader, Racing
The Evergreen fall athletics season kicks off on Saturday morning at 9:00 AM with a men’s soccer game against Trinity Lutheran at Evergreen Pitch.
The Geoducks were picked to finish fifth in the eight team Cascade Collegiate Conference this season as they return four of their top five scorers from a team that went 5-11-2 overall last season. Senior midfielder George Bundy scored four goals and had four assists last season to lead all returning Geoducks in points. Fellow seniors Josh Flavin and Brandon Wood each also scored four goals last season while yet another senior Josh Strasser added two goals and two assists.
Evergreen and Trinity Lutheran met twice last season with Trinity taking both games by a combined score 0f 6-0.
And if that isn’t enough college soccer for you on Saturday, head over to the SMU Soccer Field for the Saint Martin’s women’s second scrimmage of the young season. The Saints take on NAIA powerhouse Concordia at 4:00 PM. The Cavaliers were the national runners-up in NAIA Division II last season posting a 20-5-1 record, are the unanimous choice to win the Cascade Collegiate Conference this season and are currently ranked #2 in the nation.
When you have had your fill of soccer, head over to Skateland! for an Underground Derby doubleheader featuring the UDL’s Death Dealing Dolls taking on the Spokanibals followed by a Grease themed bout featuring members of the other UDL teams playing as the Pink Ladies and the T-Birds.
Doors to the Dog Days of Summer bouts open at 6:00 PM with derby action getting underway at 6:30. Tickets to the doubleheader are $15 and can be purchased at the doors.
And finally, it should be a really nice evening to head out to South Sound Speedway for the super late model 100, street stocks, bumblebees, WMRA and NW Pro-4 Trucks. Tickets are $16 for adults at the speedway. Qualifying begins at 5:00 PM and racing starts at 6:30.
Thursday scoreboard: Saints dropped by Spartans
Women’s soccer
Trinity Western 1, Saint Martin’s 0
NCAA rules prohibit schools from reporting scores and stats from preseason scrimmages but since Trinity Western is a Canadian non-NCAA member, they reported that their Spartans beat Saint Martin’s 1-0 in today’s season opener. Jess King scored the lone goal for the Spartans.
Today (8/16): Saints women’s soccer kicks off fall sports
The Saints hope All-GNAC 2nd team and freshman-of-the-year midfielder Ashley Richardson can help them find more offense.
Are you ready for some football?
The fall sports season gets underway today when the Saint Martin’s women’s soccer team takes on the Trinity Western Spartans of Langley, British Columbia in a preseason scrimmage at what promises to be a hot SMU Soccer Field. Kickoff is scheduled for 5:00 PM.
The Saints return 18 players from last season including ten starters. Despite having the most returning players in the GNAC, the Saints were picked to finish 7th out of eight teams in the preseason poll, which might not be surprising when you consider the Saints went 4-12-2 and only scored ten goals last season en route to a 6th place finish.
The Saints do return players that scored eight of their ten goals last season. Ashley Richardson, Sasha Dini and Hanna Massee scored two goals apiece and Olympia High School graduate Sammi Thompson returns for her junior season after scoring once in her sophomore year. Richardson, Dini, Massee and defender Molly Campbell were all named to the all-GNAC team in 2011 and Richardson was named conference freshman-of-the-year.
Seattle Pacific was the unanimous pick to win the GNAC again this season. The Falcons have won or shared the GNAC title in eight of the last ten seasons.
To read the full preseason preview release from the GNAC, click here.
Thurston County United up for best youth crest award
Here’s something fun in the dead time that is the first week of August in Oly sports…
Thurston County United, a competitive soccer program with teams from U11 to U19 that is affiliated with the Chinqually Booters, is a finalist in the “2012 Korrio Best Crest” contest conducted by goalwa.net.
Thurston County United is competing against 11 other youth soccer crests from around the state that were selected by graphics designer Joel DuChesne, the man behind the crests for the Kitsap Pumas, North Sound Seawolves and goalwa.net. DuChesne says that TC United’s crest is “simple, dynamic”.
Blackhills FC took home the inaugural best crest award in 2010.
For more information on the competition and to vote for TC United, click here.
Lubin’s season ends; Sounders U23s head to Cali
The Kitsap Pumas will not defend their title as PDL champs this season after a 2-1 playoff loss to the Portland Timbers U23s at Gladstone High School in Gladstone, Oregon reports goalWA.net. The Pumas ended their season at 10-5-2
Saint Martin’s alum Zac Lubin won nine games for the Pumas this season and tied for second in the PDL with seven shutouts. Lubin, the keeper for the Saints’ GNAC conference championship team in 2009, finished his second season with the Pumas. Last season he appeared in just two games backing up current Seattle Sounders FC keeper Bryan Meredith before taking over in goal this season.
Representing the PDL’s Northwest Division in the western regionals will be the Timbers U23s and the team that called Tumwater Stadium home for one game this season, the Sounders U23s. The Sounders will face FC Tucson on Saturday in Ventura, California while the host Ventura County Fusion will try to take down the Timbers.
Evergreen fall schedules
The Evergreen State College fall schedules are available at the Geoducks’ athletics website. Believe it or not, the soccer season starts in five weeks. I for one am ready for the return of college sports.
Men’s soccer
Aug. 17 – Trinity Lutheran College – 4:00 pm
Aug. 30 – Menlo College – 5:00 pm
Sept. 3 – Rocky Mountain College – 1:00 pm
Sept. 14 – *College of Idaho – 3:00 pm
Sept. 15 – *Oregon Institute of Technology – 1:00 pm
Sept. 19 – *Corban University – 5:00 pm
Sept. 22 – at *Warner Pacific College – 5:00 pm
Sept. 25 – at *Concordia University – 6:00 pm
Sept. 29 – at *Northwest University – 3:30 pm
Oct. 6 – *Northwest Christian University – 2:00 pm
Oct. 10 – at *College of Idaho – 3:00 pm
Oct. 13 – *Concordia University – 1:00 pm
Oct. 17 – at *Northwest Christian University – 6:00 pm
Oct. 20 – at *Corban University – 3:00 pm
Oct. 24 – *Warner Pacific College – 3:00 pm
Oct. 27 – at *Oregon Institute of Technology – 4:00 pm
Nov. 3 – *Northwest University – 3:00 pm
*Cascade Collegiate Conference Match
Women’s Soccer
Aug. 20 – at Saint Martin’s University (Scrimmage) – 3:00 pm
Aug. 25 – at Pacific Lutheran University (Scrimmage) – 1:00 pm
Sept. 1 – Menlo College – 1:00 pm
Sept. 3 – Rocky Mountain College – 11:00 am
Sept. 8 – at George Fox University – 2:00 pm
Sept. 12 – Trinity Lutheran College – 1:00 pm
Sept. 22 – Westminster College – 11:00 am
Sept. 28 – at *Southern Oregon University – 3:00 pm
Sept. 29 – at *Oregon Institute of Technology – 3:00 pm
Oct. 5 – *Northwest Christian University – 4:00 pm
Oct. 6 – *Corban University – 4:00 pm
Oct. 12 – at *Northwest University – 3:00 pm
Oct. 19 – *College of Idaho – 3:00 pm
Oct. 20 – *Eastern Oregon University – 3:00 pm
Oct. 26 – at *Warner Pacific College – 1:00 pm
Oct. 28 – at *Concordia University – 2:00 pm
*Cascade Collegiate Conference Match
Volleyball
Cascade/Frontier Red Lion Challenge (Aug. 23-25) – Spokane Falls CC
Aug. 23 – Carroll College – 5:00 pm
Aug. 24 – University of Great Falls – Noon
Aug. 24 – University of Montana Western – 4:00 pm
Aug. 25 – Westminster College – Noon
Aug. 25 – Montana State University Northern – 6:00 pm
Aug. 31 – *Eastern Oregon University – 7:00 pm
Sept. 1 – *College of Idaho – 7:00 pm
Sept. 4 – *Northwest University – 7:00 pm
Red Lion Evergreen Invitational (Sep. 6-8) – CRC Gymnasium
Sept. 6 – Camuson College – 3:00 pm
Sept. 6 – Northwest vs. Simon Fraser – 5:00 pm
Sept. 6 – Lewis & Clark vs. Columbia Bible – 7:00 pm
Sept. 7 – Northwest vs. Lewis & Clark – 9:00 am
Sept. 7 – Simon Fraser vs. Camuson – 11:00 am
Sept. 7 – Columbia Bible College – 1:00 pm
Sept. 7 – Camuson vs. Lewis & Clark – 3:00 pm
Sept. 7 – Columbia Bible vs. Northwest – 5:00 pm
Sept. 7 – Simon Fraser University – 7:00 pm
Sept. 8 – Camuson vs. Northwest – 9:00 am
Sept. 8 – Simon Fraser vs. Columbia Bible – 11:00 am
Sept. 8 – Lewis & Clark College – 1:00 pm
Sept. 13 – at *Corban University – 7:00 pm
Sept. 14 – at *Northwest Christian University – 7:00 pm
Sept. 21 – *Oregon Institute of Technology – 7:00 pm
Sept. 22 – *Southern Oregon University – 7:00 pm
Sept. 28 – at *Warner Pacific College – 7:00 pm
Sept. 29 – at *Concordia University – 7:00 pm
Oct. 5 – at *Northwest University – 7:00 pm
Oct. 12 – at *College of Idaho – 7:00 pm MST
Oct. 13 – at *Eastern Oregon University – 4:00 pm
Oct. 19 – *Concordia University – 7:00 pm
Oct. 20 – *Warner Pacific College – 7:00 pm
Oct. 26 – at *Southern Oregon University – 7:00 pm
Oct. 27 – at *Oregon Institute of Technology – 7:00 pm
Nov. 2 – *Corban University – 7:00 pm
Nov. 3 – *Northwest Christian University – 7:00 pm
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