Complete Box Score

SEATTLE, Wa. (Oct. 12)—Megan Lienhard scored early in the first half of play to boost No. 2-ranked Seattle Pacific University to a Great Northwest Athletic Conference win over Western Washington 1-0, Wednesday night in Bellingham.

The victory pushed the Falcons’ (6-0-1/13-0-1) regular season unbeaten streak to 51 straight games (48-0-3). SPU has not lost a GNAC match in its last 39 tries (36-0-3).

Lienhard (Sr., Everett, Wa./Cascade) scored unassisted in the third minute, putting a hard shot past Vikings keeper Theresa Fish at 2:46. The goal was Lienhard’s fifth of the season.

Seattle Pacific out-shot Western 11-9, and held a 2-1 advantage on corner-kicks. Falcon keeper Jennifer Burns (Fr., Boise, Id./Capital) registered five saves on the match including a pair in the closing three minutes, while Fish finished with two.

With five conference games left to play, Seattle Pacific is seeking its third straight GNAC title. The Falcons have been to the NCAA playoffs in each of the last two seasons. Western dropped to 4-3-0/7-5-0.

SPU returns to its home turf of Interbay to host Simon Fraser to begin a two match home stand Oct. 19. Kick-off is scheduled for 7PM.

Scoring: 1) SPU, Lienhard (unassisted 2:46).

Shots: SPU 11, WWU 9.

Saves: SPU (Burns 5), WWU (Fish 2).

C. Kicks: SPU 2, WWU 1.

Fouls: SPU 10, WWU 5.