ELLENSBURG, Wash. (Oct. 10) – The Central Washington University women's soccer team has a pair of Great Northwest Athletic Conference matches slated for this week.
GAME INFORMATION
Thursday at 2:30 p.m.
at Saint Martin's
Saints Field
Lacey, WA
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Saturday at Noon
vs No. 6 Concordia (Ore.)
CWU Soccer Complex
Ellensburg, WA
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"Saint Martin's is a formidable opponent," CWU Head Coach
Michael Farrand said. "Heather [Cato] has done a good job getting her team to compete. They picked up a big win over Billings last week. Any time you have to go to Lacey it will be a battle. Concordia is having a great season and Grant [Landy] has done a phenomenal job building the program and making them one of the top teams in the GNAC. We need to build off our excellent result on Saturday against Western. We played well defensively and got some chance on offense. If we continue to build on that result and play to our strengths we will get the results we want."
SCOUTING SAINT MARTIN'S
The Saints enter the week with a 5-6-0 overall record, including a 1-5-0 mark in GNAC play. They recorded their lone GNAC win on Oct. 4, shutting out Montana State Billings, 2-0. They then dropped their next match to Northwest Nazarene (2-0)
Kylee Sarchett scored both goals for the Saints, pushing her season total to four. Kiersten Madsen leads the Saints in goals with five. Madsen also leads the team in points (13), but Sarchett is right on her heels (10).
The Saints played a mid-week matinee on Tuesday against Western Oregon and fell 1-0 in Monmouth.
Saint Martin's has scored 16 goals on the season. In all of their victories, the Saints have scored multiple goals. When the Saints have scored one or less goals, they are winless on the season.
Defensively, the Saints have allowed 28 goals thus far in 2018. They have allowed multiple goals in nine games this season.
Ali Koehler has handled the majority of time in goal for the Saints. Through 810 minutes, Koehler has allowed 20 goals and made 46 saves. She has recorded one clean sheet. Sara Christensen has appeared in four starts and posted a 2-2-0 record, made 25 saves, and allowed eight goals.
SCOUTING NO. 6 CONCORDIA (ORE.)
The Cavaliers have yet to lose a game in 2018. The 8-0-2 Cavs have been perfect, save for two draws against ranked Sonoma State (1-1) and Simon Fraser University (1-1).
Prior to the draw against Simon Fraser, the Cavaliers had not allowed a goal six games. Christina Dickson ended the 602:11 shutout streak. The draw to Simon Fraser is the only blemish on the Cavaliers' 5-0-1 GNAC record.
Sydney Vanteenberge leads the Cavaliers with five goals. She has one assist for a total of 11 points. Kyra Radcliffe has four goals and one assist for nine points. Concordia (Ore.) has scored 21 goals this season and held opponents to just four.
Hailey Asato has started every game in goal for the Cavaliers. In 920:32 she has allowed just four goals and made 30 saves. She has recorded six clean sheets on the year.
LAST TIME OUT
The Wildcats dropped a heartbreaking match to Northwest Nazarene in overtime last Thursday. With just two seconds to play in the first overtime period, the Nighthawks buried the golden goal for the win.
Central rebounded and played to a 1-1 draw over No. 18 Western Washington.
KK Wallace scored the equalizer in the 70
th minute, finishing a service from
Kennedy Anson with a header low and away from the Vikings' keeper.
"I was waiting far post," Wallace said afterward. "I knew Kennedy [Anson] would get the ball across to me, so I just followed it across and put it away. Ken always knows how to deliver an awesome service like that."
In the 52
nd minute a Viking attacker was dragged down in the 18, awarding the Vikings with their first of three penalty kicks in the game. Zoe Milburn took the penalty and looked low and away from
Emily Thomson, but the sophomore keeper made a diving save to keep the game level.
The Vikings were given another penalty in the 58
th minute and this time Jordyn Bartelson made it count. She beat Thomson low, giving the Vikings a 1-0 advantage.
Thomson was called on again in the 60
th minute, keeping a shot from Dayana Diaz out.
In the first overtime period the Vikings were once again the beneficiary of a penalty kick. Bartelson aimed for her second penalty goal of the game, but Thomson played the hero once more and parried the penalty effort.
Thomson finished with eight saves, two penalty saves, and once again did not allow a goal in regulation play.
