SEATTLE (Nov. 6) - Seattle Pacific University suffered its first home defeat of the season as Gus Zadra's second-half goal gave Western Washington a 1-0 win in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference men's soccer game at Interbay Stadium Wednesday night.

The Vikings' (3-0-0/14-4-1) victory, their sixth in a row, sets-up a showdown with Seattle University for the GNAC championship Saturday in Bellingham. The Falcons (2-2-0/10-6-2) had been unbeaten (6-0-1) in seven previous home games.

Zadra's goal, his fourth of the season, was created by Paul Nissley's 22-yard free kick in the 71st minute. Nissley bent his low drive around a five-man defensive wall and Zadra, meeting it in stride, redirected it into the net from 8 yards.

Ben Dragavon made three saves in goal to earn his seventh shutout for Western, but Seattle Pacific's best chances were either squandered or caromed off the woodwork.

With the game scoreless and 25 minutes remaining, Grant Falco was sprung by a Nick Letts pass and fired from 16 yards but Dragavon got enough of a hand on it to steer it off the left post. On the resulting corner kick by Michael Brkich, a Letts header skipped off the crossbar.

Finally, with approximately two minutes to go, David Smith dribbled around Dragavon but neither he nor Letts could put the final touch on the ball with an open net from 6 yards.

SPU finished with a 10-9 edge in shots and 8-1 in corners.

James Ward made four saves for Seattle Pacific, including a diving stop of Ian Weinberg from 15 yards in the 19th minute.

It was the second win for Western at Interbay in two years following a 30-year drought in the series.

SPU hosts Humboldt State to close out the regular season Saturday night at 7.

Scoring-
1, WWU, Zadra (Nissley) 70:49.

Shots-WWU 9, SPU 10.

Saves-WWU (Dragavon) 3, SPU (Ward) 4.

Corner kicks-WWU 1, SPU 8.

Fouls-WWU 13, SPU 15.

Offside-WWU 2, SPU 2.

Cautions-McLeod, WWU, 48:00; J. Scholze, WWU, 55:57.