SEATTLE (Oct. 22) ­ Nick Letts came off the bench to score one goal and create another as 18th-ranked Seattle Pacific University downed Grand Canyon 3-1 in a non-conference men¹s soccer game Friday night at Interbay Stadium.

Suad Krkic (Jr., Bellevue, Wa./Interlake-BCC) scored what proved the game-winning goal and James Coggan (Fr., San Jose, Ca.) provided insurance with a late tally for the Falcons (11-2-2), who got all three of their goals from non-starters.

After numerous SPU near-misses, Letts (Jr., Dublin, Ca.) finally broke the scoring ice in the 59th minute. Jeff Hallenbeck (Fr., Redmond, Wa./Inglemoor) crossed the ball from the right and Letts was waiting at the far post for a 6-yard header.

Five minutes later, Krkic collected a loose ball, pushed it to the right and found the far corner with a 12 yard kick past Canyon keeper Byron Bent at 63:53. It was his first goal of the season.

Grand Canyon (3-13-1), which had won three in a row, pulled a goal back in the 70th minute. On just the ŒLopes¹ fourth shot of the game, Ugljesa Vrbica scored from 10 yards, making it 2-1.

But Coggan put the game out of reach with 9:06 remaining. Alone on the left side of the box, he took a Letts passs and buried it in the right corner. Ross Vaillancourt (Jr., Bedford, NH) also assisted on the play.

Seattle Pacific out-shot GCU 23-6, with three shots hitting the right goalpost and another, by Vaillancourt, being saved off the line by a defender. Letts smacked a shot off the post in the 47th minute, followed by David Smith doing it again 10 minutes later. Tyler Falco fired from 22 yards off the upright with 4 minutes left.

Seattle Pacific concludes its three-game home stand Wednesday night by hosting Chico State at 7.

Scoring--1, SPU, Letts (Hallenbeck) 58:53; 2, SPU, Krkic (unassisted) 63:59; 3, GCU, Ugljesa Vrbica (unassisted) 69:21; 4, SPU, Coggan (Letts, Vaillancourt) 80:54.

Shots--GCU 6, SPU 23.

Saves--GCU (Bent) 5, SPU (Ward) 2.

Corner kicks--GCU 1, SPU 5.

Fouls--GCU 15, SPU 11.

Offside--GCU 1, SPU 4.

Cautions--Williams, GCU, 75:05; Padilla, GCU, 88:02.