KIRKLAND – Northwest wraps up a four-game road swing this weekend at Corban on Friday and Bushnell on Saturday. Both games are scheduled for 12:30 p.m.
Northwest is 6-3-2 on the season and 2-2-2 in the Cascade Collegiate Conference and rides into the weekend on a four-game unbeaten string.
Misic has found the net in each of the last four Northwest contests. The Eagles have gone 2-0-2 in that span, with Misic picking up both game-winning goals. His goal Sunday at Walla Walla gave him 10 for the season and his fifth game-winner. Misic is the seventh Eagle to score 10 goals in a season. His five game-winning goals are second in the season records. Taylor Young had six in 2014. Misic has 22 goals (tied for fourth all time) and six career game-winning goals (fifth all time).
With 56 saves,
Alexander Thiehofe is second in the Cascade Collegiate Conference. He is fifth all time at Northwest with 152. He also is fourth with eight career shutouts. He has a 1.52 goals-against average this season.
Corban has a nine-game unbeaten streak in the series with Northwest. The Eagles interrupted the winning streak with a tie last season, 1-1, in Kirkland. NU is 9-16-2 all time in the series. Corban won the last contest with the Eagles, 2-1.
Noah Prophet had the goal for NU, getting an assist from
Tyler Hopp.
Corban is 6-3 overall and 5-1 in the Cascade Collegiate Conference after knocking off Warner Pacific 2-1 and Multnomah 4-0 last weekend.
Alvaro Arche leads the Warriors with nine points on three goals and three assists. Alexis Luna also has three goals, and Reggie Reyes shares the team lead with three assists. Every minute in goal belongs to Justin Keegan for Corban this season. He has 31 saves and a 1.36 goals allowed average.
Northwest has a 16-4-1 record in the all-time series with Bushnell (formerly Northwest Christian). NU has a three-game winning streak in the series and has won the last seven meetings in Kirkland. Northwest posted a 5-2 win in Eugene last spring.
Titus Nickson had two goals, and
Benjamin Banks-Forder,
Kyle Han, and Misic had one goal each.
Dylan Murphy had an assist. Ethan Crofts and Kyle Aure had Bushnell's goals.
Bushnell lost both games last weekend, falling to Multnomah 3-2 and Warner Pacific 6-0. The Beacons are 1-8 overall, 1-5 in the conference, and 0-4 at home this season.
Caleb Burke and Josh Ishizaka share the team lead with two goals. Julian Hernandez has faced 103 shots on goal this season. He has 69 saves and a 3.78 goals allowed average.
