Day of drama in Kirkland as Northwest Men and Women host Corban (Dale Garvey photos)

Dale Garvey spent much of his Saturday in Kirkland where the Northwest University Eagles Men and Women hosted the Corban (Salem, OR) Warriors in Cascade Collegiate College soccer action. See Dale’s gallery from the day at Facebook.com/goalWA.

KIRKLAND, WA – Corban’s Kemar Prince’s third goal of the game 2:39 into the first overtime lifted the Warriors to a 3-2 victory and the Cascade Conference regular season championship. With the win, the Warriors earn the #1 seed in next week’s CCC Championships semifinals. Northwest will be the #2 seed and will host Concordia at noon on Tuesday, November 12 while Corban hosts the College of Idaho in the other semifinal.

The teams battled back and forth exchanging goals in regulation as Prince’s first score in the 17th minute put Corban ahead 1-0. The half would end with Corban up one goal but NU’s Odason Pelogi would tie the score at the 63:38 mark in the second half with his score.

Prince would score his second goal in the 85th minute with his header putting the Warriors up 2-1. In the 93rd minute, it was Northwest’s Josh Guerrero’s diving header from 10 yards out that would tie the game once more at 2-2. Time would expire sending the game into an extra period. Prince would then score his game winner at 92:39 as he put a left footer into the left side of the net.

Corban (14-1-2) outshot Northwest (13-5, 11-3) 17-16 while Northwest held the edge in corner kicks with 7 to the Warriors’ 4. Daniel Fredrickson, Josh Hamilton and Arsinio Walker had the assists on Preince’s three goals. Adam Loga had two assists and Odason Pelogi one assist for the Eagles. Jordan Farr had 4 saves for Corban in goal while Joe Galbraith grabbed 9 saves for Northwest U.

“I felt our guys battled tough today and we had our chances,” said Gary McIntosh, NU head coach. “We are, though, excited about Tuesday’s playoff game.”

Northwest Women top Corban in Penalty Kicks

KIRKLAND, WA. – Northwest University’s Rachel Saleen scored the game winner in the shootout to defeat Corban in the CCC Championships semifinal as the Eagles advance to the CCC Championship game next Saturday against Concordia in Portland. The game is officially recorded as a tie with NU advancing in winning the shootout.

With the score tied at 1-1, Tera McDonough gave Corban the lead as she scored from 8 yards out after taking Audrey Sullivan’s cross. It looked as though the Warriors were headed for the victory until the 87th minute when Acacia Johnson took Rachel Saleen’s through ball and scored from the right side tying the game at 2-2.

Neither team could muster a goal in each of the overtime periods sending the game into a shootout. NU goalkeeper Lauren Patefield who replaced injured starter Patty Hughes in the second half made the key save on Tera McDonough’s shot in the shootout. After Northwest’s Tiffany Taylor’s shot went just high, over the goal, Kaylyn Siobal’s shot streaked wide right. Rachel Saleen then stepped up and scored the game winner as she put her shot low and into the right side of the net past Corban keeper, Kaitlyn Mendenhall.

Northwest U (10-7-2, 6-2-1) held the edge in shots, 15-14 and corner kicks with a 9-2 advantage. Kaitlyn Mendenhall had a great day in goal for the Warriors(11-6-3, 6-2-1) finishing with 6 saves, 3 key saves late in regulation to preserve the tie. Patty Hughes, already playing with a broken nose, had 1 save and Lauren Patefiled came off the bench for 3 saves for the Eagles.