SEATTLE, Wa. (Sept. 15)—Janae Godoy scored twice in the first half including the game winner to lift No. 8 Seattle Pacific University over Western Washington 2-1, in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference women’s soccer game Saturday afternoon at Interbay Stadium.

The victory kept Seattle Pacific undefeated at 8-0-0/2-0-0. Western dropped to 5-2-0/1-2-0.

Western and SPU traded quick goals in the 12th minute as the game reached a torrid pace. The Vikings’ Ashley McDougall struck first blood, connecting on a 20 yard shot to the upper left corner after a Falcon defender slipped near the top of the penalty box.

McDougall’s strike was well placed and SPU keeper Jesslyn Rahm (Eugene, Or./South Eugene) could not get a hand on the ball.

Just 16 seconds later, Seattle Pacific’s Sarah Martinez (Sr., Bothell, Wa./Cedar Park Christian) and Jessica Gerstmann (Sr., Puyallup, Wa./Cascade Christian) teamed up to thread a ball across Western’s goalmouth. Godoy (Jr., Yakima, Wa./West Valley) finished from 12 yards.

Godoy garnered the game winner at 34:01 when she poked a Meredith Teague (Jr., Redmond, Wa./Bellevue Christian) corner-kick across the goal line in heavy traffic. Western Keeper Teresa Fish had a hand on the ball, but could not keep it from breaching the line.

Fish was busy over the course of the game. She tallied a half-dozen saves. Rahm finished with three. Seattle Pacific shot 13 times to the Vikings’ eight and earned seven corner kicks to Western’s three.

Fouls held at 18-15 on the side of the Falcons. Four cautions were whistled.

Seattle Pacific takes to the road for two conference games next week. Wednesday (Sept 19), SPU kicks off at Saint Martin’s at 7PM.

Scoring: 1, WWU, McDougall (unassisted) 11:45; 2, SPU, Godoy (Martinez, Gerstmann) 12:01; 3, SPU,_Godoy (Teague) 34:01.

Shots: WWU 8, SPU 13.

Saves: WWU (Fish) 6, SPU (Rahm) 3.

Corner kicks: WWU 3, SPU 7.

Fouls: WWU 15, SPU 18.

Offside: WWU 0, SPU 0.

Cautions: SPU, Oakes (38:44); WWU, Regan (54:24); SPU, Martinez (85:13); SPU, Charette (88:28).