NAMPA, Id. (Oct. 25)—Michelle Sanders scored twice to push 13th-ranked Seattle Pacific University over Northwest Nazarene 4-1, in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference women’s soccer match Saturday in Nampa.

With the win, Seattle Pacific (14-1-2)/8-0-1) boosted its school record unbeaten streak to 14 games with three left to play in the regular season. The Falcons are perched in first place in the GNAC and are ranked third in the Far West Region. The top four teams will earn NCAA playoff berths in mid-November.

Sanders (Jr., Centralia, Wa.) opened up scoring in the match with assistance from Heidi Jacobson (So., Bothell, Wa./Cedar Park Christian-Gonzaga) and garnered an assist of her own on a Shannon Lovejoy (So., Seattle, Wa./Seattle Prep.) strike at 9:08. Sanders and Jacobson hooked up again at 33:25 to make it 3-0 Falcons at the half.

Jessica Henson (Jr., Spokane, Wa./University) beat NNU keeper Shauna Voss to the back of the net at 71:03 for the final margin. Allison Teague (So., Redmond, Wa./Bellevue Christian-Santa Clara) earned an assist on the play.

The Crusaders’ Emily Schrepple scored Northwest Nazarene’s only goal and in doing so, broke the SPU defense’s six match scoreless streak. NNU registered seven shots to SPU’s eight and Falcon keeper Jennifer Hull (Jr., Eugene, Or./Sheldon) made eight saves in the match. Voss finished with 10.

The Falcons return to Seattle for their last regular season home contest of the year against Humboldt State (Oct. 30). Kick-off is scheduled for 7PM.

GOALS:
1) SPU, Sanders (Jacobson);
2) SPU, Lovejoy (Sanders) 9:08;
3) SPU, Sanders (Jacobson) 33:25;
4) SPU, Henson (Teague) 71:03;
5) NNU Schrepple (Johnson) 82:27.

SAVES: NNU (Voss 10), SPU (Hull 8).

SHOTS: SPU 8, NNU 7.

C. KICKS: SPU 8, NNU 3.