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SEATTLE (Oct. 17) - Jermey Yerkes and Nick
Letts each figured in a pair of goals during the final 21 minutes
as Seattle Pacific University remained unbeaten at home with a 3-0
non-conference men's soccer victory over Grand Canyon Thursday
night at Interbay Stadium.
Grant Falco (Sr., Veradale, Wa.) also scored
for the Falcons (8-4-1), who won for the fourth time in the last
five games. They are now 5-0 at home. The Antelopes (4-11-0) lost
their fifth in a row.
Falco snapped a scoreless tie in the 70th
minute, beating an offside trap to take long pass from Yerkes
(So., Gresham, Or.) and convert a breakaway from 14 yards to the
lower right corner. It was Falco's fifth goal of the year and his
first in the last seven games.
Falco played a role in the second goal as well,
relaying a ball up the sideline to Letts Fr., Dublin, Ca.), who
took the pass in stride, beat two defenders and found Yerkes
unmarked in front for a tap-in. Yerkes leads the team with seven
goals. Letts scored his second goal in as many games, heading home
a free kick from Brent Egbert (Jr., Bellingham, Wa.) with 5:33 to
go.
James Ward (So., Salem, Or.) never made a save
in notching his fourth shutout, of which three have been at home.
SPU finished with a 21-3 advantage in shots and 9-1 in corner
kicks.
Both teams produced clear opportunities to
score in the first half.
Grand Canyon's Marcelo Soria dribbled around
Ward but could not control the ball before it was cleared by a
defender. Late in the half, the Falcons' Michael Schefter (Jr.,
Yakima, Wa.) unleashed a 10-yard blast which Antelopes goalie
Nathan Edgin parried.
David Smith (So., Corvallis, Or.), who scored
five goals for SPU in the first five games before suffering a
fractured jaw, saw his first action since sustaining the injury
Sept. 16.
Seattle Pacific goes on the road for its next
two games, beginning Monday at Cal Poly Pomona.
Scoring-
1, SPU, G. Falco (Yerkes) 69:16;
2, SPU, Yerkes (Letts) 81:17;
3, SPU, Letts (Egbert) 84:27.
Shots-GCU 3, SPU 21.
Saves-GCU (Edgin) 7, SPU (Ward) 0.
Corner kicks-GCU 1, SPU 9.
Fouls-GCU 4, SPU 7.
Offside-GCU 1, SPU 0.
Cautions-Pardini, SPU, 31:05; Yerkes, SPU,
50:54; Scott, GCU, 50:54.
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