Complete Box Score

SEATTLE, Wa. (Oct. 17)—Tricia Loomis assisted on two goals and three different Falcons scored in all, as Seattle Pacific University downed Western Washington 3-0 in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference women’s soccer match Tuesday night at Interbay Stadium.

The victory over the Vikings (12-4-0/5-2-0) avenged a 2-1 loss at Bellingham Oct. 3, and moved Seattle Pacific into a tie with Western for second place in the GNAC. Seattle University currently sits in first.

Loomis’ (Jr., Des Moines, Wa../Mount Rainier) cross from the left corner found Shannon Oakes (So., Boise, Id.) in the 30th-minute. Oakes beat Western keeper Brittany Martin-Gegax to the left low corner from 12-yards. Seattle Pacific went into the locker room up 1-0 at intermission.

Western nearly equalized in the 68th-minute when Falcon keeper Katie Ruggles (Sr., Eugene, Or./South Eugene) pushed a well placed header by Amanda Font into the right post. Minutes earlier, SPU defender Claire Grubbs (So., Sterling, Va./Potomac Falls) had blocked a Kelly Irving shot attempt at an open net from the center of the box.

Seattle Pacific’s Kayla Stiegemeier (Fr., Rathdrum, Id./Lakeland) fielded a long free-kick down the center from Grubbs and scored in heavy traffic to the upper right corner at 74:42.

Alex Kirk (Fr., Edmonds, Wa./Edmonds-Woodway) shored up scoring at 82:32 by virtue of Loomis’ second assist of the night, off a free-kick.

The Falcons out-shot Western nine to five, and earned three corner-kicks to the Vikings’ one. Martin-Gegax finished the match with one save; Ruggles had five.

The Falcons (14-3-0/5-2-0) host Western Oregon in the final home game of the season Saturday. Seattle Pacific has lost just once in its last 22 (19-1-2) matches at Interbay. Kick-off is scheduled for 3PM, and seniors Ruggles, Mollie Taylor (Sr., Westlake Village, Ca./Oaks Christian) and Carolyn Nason (Sr., Lafayette, Co./Broomfield-Metro State) will be honored in a short ceremony preceding the match.

Scoring – 1) SPU, Oakes (Loomis) 29:51; 2) SPU, Stiegemeier (Grubbs) 74:42; 3) SPU, Kirk (Loomis) 82:32.

Shots – SPU 9, WWU 5.

C. Kicks – SPU 3, WWU 1.

Saves – SPU (Ruggles 5), WWU (Martin-Gegax 1).

Fouls – WWU 9, SPU 5.