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Women's Soccer

Northwest Ends C of I Win Streak with 1-0 Victory

Box Score KIRKLAND, Wash. – Tiffany Taylor scored the lone goal of the match just five minutes into the second half, as Northwest University topped the College of Idaho, 1-0, at the NU Soccer Field.
 
The Eagles (6-8-1, 5-3-1 CCC) completed a weekend sweep, ending C of I's 6-game win streak and eliminating the Yotes from the Cascade Conference regular-season title chase.
 
The Lady Yotes (12-3, 8-2) held the run of the pitch for the majority of the rainy afternoon, getting quality chances from both Reilly Coyle and Aurora Ostolasa in the first 10 minutes of the match.  NU countered midway through the period, as a Kortney Hudak blast clanged off the crossbar, as the two teams played to a scoreless first 45 minutes.
 
Taking advantage of a defensive bobble, Gabriela de Andreade capitalized, sending a through-ball to Taylor, who beat C of I keeper Brittany Houghton for the lone tally of the match.  It snapped a string of 569 minutes without a goal allowed by Houghton.
 
C of I pushed the issue the final 40 minutes of the match – getting five corner kick opportunities and multiple dangerous chances – but could not solve NU keeper Lauren Patefield.  The Yotes looked to have tied the score in the 66th minute, as a flurry off a free kick redirected the ball into the net – but a foul in the box on the Yotes negated the goal.  Late chances by Erika Thompson and Jamiece Yizar just missed wide.
 
The Yotes held a 10-5 edge in total shots and had all six corner kicks in the contest. Northwest's goalkeeper earns a clean sheet shutout with the win.

"Itwas another great game for the ladies," commented Val Seid, NU head coach. "We have finally found our rhythm and have been able to play two complete games for all 90 minutes of each game. This has been a problem of ours as a team in the past, so to see the ladies come out play the way we did today against a very tough team and hold them to just 2 shots in the 2nd half should say a whole lot about our who we are as a team and our motivation. We needed to get at least one win this weekend, but to come away with two was just the icing on thecake. The ladies refused to lose today and I can't be more thrilled about their approach to each game and the will to survive. So proud of them. Now on to next week."
 
The C of I loss, coupled with a Carroll 1-0 win at Oregon Tech, gave Carroll the CCC regular-season crown an automatic berth to the NAIA National Championships. A win in Monday's regular-season finale vs. Great Falls (in Hermiston, Ore.) would secure C of I the No. 2 seed in the 8-team CCC Championships.
 
Northwest has qualified for the CCC post-season championships and closes out the regular-season next weekend with home matches vs. Corban and Northwest Christian.
 
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Players Mentioned

Kortney Hudak

#11 Kortney Hudak

M
5' 5"
Junior
Lauren Hellum

#1 Lauren Hellum

GK
5' 6"
Junior
Tiffany Taylor

#15 Tiffany Taylor

M
5' 6"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Kortney Hudak

#11 Kortney Hudak

5' 5"
Junior
M
Lauren Hellum

#1 Lauren Hellum

5' 6"
Junior
GK
Tiffany Taylor

#15 Tiffany Taylor

5' 6"
Junior
M