SEATTLE, Wa. (Oct. 30)-Katy Nydam gathered in a rebound off a missed shot in the second overtime period and booted the game winner to lift Seattle Pacific University over Western Washington University 1-0 in overtime, in a women's Great Northwest Athletic Conference soccer match Wednesday night at Interbay Stadium.

Nydam's (Fr., Oak Harbor, Wa.) golden shot puts Seattle Pacific's unbeaten streak at nine games, and eases the Falcons into the driver's seat to win the GNAC title with two games left to play in regular season. The Falcons have won their last seven matches in a row.

At 102:02, Michelle Sanders (So., Centralia, Wa.) fielded a cross off the foot of Michelle Everson (Fr., Tacoma, Wa.) and toe-poked a shot at Viking keeper Shaye Anderson. Sanders' toe-poke bounced off the diving keeper's chest and rolled to Nydam who trapped the ball and nailed a shot from six yards out into the back of the Western net to end the match.

Although Western Washington (7-4-0/9-8-1) peppered seven shots at Falcon goalie Jennifer Hull (So., Eugene, Or./Sheldon), the Falcons answered with 11 of their own. Nydam's score sealed up the SPU defense's fifth shut out.

Seattle Pacific was granted 10 corner kicks to the Vikings' four and both Hull and Anderson made five saves apiece. Sanders, who assisted on the golden goal, leads the Falcons in points (28) and in four matches against Western Washington over the course of her two-year career, has three goals and four assists. The two teams went to overtime in both meetings in 2002.

The Falcons (7-3-0/11-4-2) play their last match at Interbay against Central Washington on Saturday afternoon. Kickoff is scheduled for 3 p.m. The regular season concludes November 5, at Seattle University, who is also in the running for a GNAC title.

FINAL SCORE: SPU 1, WWU 0 OT.

GOALS:
1) Nydam, SPU (Everson, Sanders) 102:02.

SHOTS: SPU 11, WWU 7.

CORNER KICKS: SPU 10, WWU 4.

FOULS: SPU 10, WWU 8.

SAVES: SPU 5 (Hull), WWU 5 (Anderson).