Halfway done, still No. 1
N E W S , N U G G E T S & U P D AT E S October 15, 2014 Contact NNU Athletics: 467-8505
Contact NNU Sports Information: 467-8474
Follow the Crusaders online: www.nnusports.com
Halfway done, still No. 1
Upcoming: Men’s Soccer
Overall (9-2); GNAC (6-1-0) Day Date Opponent
Time
Thur. 10-16 at Mary Sat. 10-18 at SD School Mines Thur. 10-23 Simon Fraser Sat. 10-25 Western Wash.
7 pm 7 pm 4 pm 3 pm
Women’s Soccer
Overall (3-6-3); GNAC (2-5-1) Day Date Opponent
Time
Thur. 10-9 at Central Wash. Sat. 10-11 at Seattle Pacific Thur. 10-23 Western Oregon Sat. 10-25 St. Martin’s
4 pm 1 pm 1:30 pm Noon
Volleyball
Overall (15-2); GNAC (8-1) Day Date Opponent Thur. 10-16 St. Martin’s Sat. 10-18 Western Oregon Thur. 10-23 at Alaska Sat. 10-25 at Alaska Anchorage
Time 7 pm 7 pm 7 pm 7 pm
Cross Country Day Date Opponent
Time
Sat. 10-18 Lewis and Clark Invite 11 am at Portland, Ore. Sat. 11-1 GNAC Championship 10:30 am at Monmouth, Ore.
Men’s Golf Day Date Opponent
Time
Mon. 10-31 Dennis Rose Inter. at Waikoloa, Hawaii Tues. 11-1 Dennis Rose Inter. at Waikoloa, Hawaii
All Day All Day
Women’s Golf Day Date Opponent Mon. 2-23 Tue. 2-24
Time
Cal Baptist Invite All Day at Riverside, California Cal Baptist Invite All Day at Riverside, California
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Keep up with the Crusaders at instagram.com/nnusports or subscribe to NNU Crusader Athletics on www.YouTube.com
Photo by NNU Athletics
Northwest Nazarene’s Michelle Terpstra (10) and Andrea Terpstra (9) go up for a block against Seattle Pacific on Thursday night.
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With a pair of home wins over the weekend, the 17thranked Crusader volleyball team closed out the first half of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference season tied for first place. Meanwhile, in another first-place battle, the Crusader men’s soccer team came up just short in the fleeting moments at Seattle Pacific. As for the rest of the NNU athletic teams, women’s soccer took to the road only to come home without a win, while the Crusader women’s golf team finished its fall season with a strong effort at the Dixie State Fall Invitational. VOLLEYBALL: After seeing a 12-match win streak snapped in a Top 25 match-up at Western Washington last weekend, the now 17th-ranked Crusaders got back to their winning ways with a 25-15, 25-19, 25-12 rout of Seattle Pacific on Thursday and a 25-17, 25-18, 23-25, 25-13 win over Montana State Billings on Saturday. Elayna Rice turned in another big weekend for NNU with 11 kills and 12 digs against SPU and 13 kills and 10 digs versus MSUB. Thursday’s win was a total team effort, though, as 15 Crusaders saw the floor. Kendra Bodine recorded 11 kills and Andrea Terpstra added 10 kills in the win. Defensively, Taylor Roberts had 15 digs and Linnea Phillips added 12 digs, and setter Michelle Terpstra had 34 assists. Saturday night’s win was all about blocking for NNU — which leads the nation averaging 2.81 blocks per set — as the Crusaders recorded 19 points off blocks.
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Madi Farrell led the way with 10 blocks, and added 9 kills, earning her GNAC Defensive Player of the Week honors. Andi Terpstra added 10 kills and 8 blocks, Michelle Terpstra had 37 assists, 11 digs and 6 blocks, and Roberts added in 22 digs in the win. MEN’S SOCCER: The week started well for NNU as the Crusaders blanked St. Martin’s 3-0 on Thursday. Fredy Razo had a pair of goals and redshirt freshman MarMadi shall Hartley scored his first collegiate goal in his first colleFarrell giate start. Hartley’s goal also happened to be the game-winner. Alfredo E. Ontiveros made 5 saves, earning his fifth shutout of the season. Then came the big one — No. 22 NNU at No. 6 Seattle Pacific on Saturday night for the GNAC lead. Tied through 81 minutes, the Falcons headed home the winner with 8:47 remaining for a 1-0 win. Ontiveros made 7 saves in goal for NNU, which slipped out of the Top 25 with the loss. Photo by NNU Athletics WOMEN’S SOCCER: After one of their best games of the season in a Northwest Nazarene’s Elayna Rice goes up for a block against Seattle Pacific on Thursday. Rice led NNU with 24 kills and 22 digs last week. 3-0 home victory over Simon Fraser on Oct. 4, the Crusader women went through a tough road trip that saw them fall 2-0 at Central Washington on Thursday and 6-1 at Seattle Pacific on Saturday. Lexi Fesenbek netted the lone goal of the week while Daniele Ortiz made a total of 9 saves in the two games. WOMEN’S GOLF: A brief fall season for the Crusader women’s golf team wrapped up in Utah early this week, as NNU tied for seventh in the 12-team Dixie State Fall Invitational. After firing a 340 on the first day, the Crusaders climbed the leaderboard with a second-round 332 to finish tied with Hawaii-Hilo at 88-over 672. Haley Gochnour shot back-to-back 7-over 80s for the 36-hole tournament to finish 15th (14-over 160), the top finish for NNU, while teammate Samantha Miller was one shot behind her in a tie for 16th at 15-over 161.
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• NNU Volleyball leads the GNAC in assists per set (12.47), kills per set (13.58), blocks per set (2.81) and digs per set (20.27). NNU also is No. 1 in the nation in blocks per set and No. 3 in the nation in digs per set. • Crusader volleyball setter Michelle Terpstra is No. 1 in the GNAC and No. 32 in the nation in assists per set (10.68). Crusader volleyball middle blockers Andrea Terpstra and Madi Farrell are No. 1 and No. 3 in the GNAC in blocks per set with 1.32 and 1.07, respectively. Terpstra also is No. 7 in the nation. Crusader volleyball libero Taylor Roberts is No. 2 in the GNAC and No. 6 in the nation in digs per set (6.18). Crusader women’s soccer player Lexi Fesenbek leads the GNAC in total assists with 8. NNU Men’s Soccer leads the GNAC in total goals scored (25) and in total assists (28). Crusader men’s soccer player Erik Anderson is No. 2 in the GNAC in total points (20) and goals scored with 8. Crusader men’s soccer player Julio Castillo leads the GNAC in assists (6). Crusader men’s goalkeeper Alfredo E. Ontiveros leads the GNAC in save percentage (.860).
uggets:
N E W S , N U G G E T S & U P D AT E S October 15, 2014
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Basketball hosts pdates: Midnight Madness
Fans anxiously waiting to see what the new Crusader men’s basketball team will look like, need not wait any longer. Thursday night, Oct. 16, fans get their chances to see the new Northwest Nazarene men’s basketball team as they host “Midnight Madness” at 10 p.m. Make a Crusader Athletics night of it, as the 17th-ranked NNU volleyball team kicks off the evening when it hosts St. Martin’s at 7 p.m., then stick around for “The Madness.” The evening will be filled with fun contests for fans to compete in alongside their Crusaders, and filled with plenty of chances to win some great prizes. There will be free pizza, t-shirt giveaways, gift cards to the bookstore and gift cards provided by Sodexo, with the big prize of the night being a $250 gift card sponsored by President Dr. David Alexander. Come out and welcome back returners like Kevin Rima, Matyas Hering and Pol Oliver, and meet newcomers like Parris Massey, Erik Kinney and Aubrey Ball — all of whom transfered from NCAA Division I programs.
Cancer Awareness Night is Saturday
The 17th-ranked Crusader volleyball team is hosting its annual Breast Cancer Awareness Night on Saturday, Oct. 18, when Western Oregon visits the Johnson Sports Center. Come to the match and support the Crusaders as they battle the Wolves, and take part in the fight against breast cancer. Fans will have plenty of chances to join in the fight, which includes a variety of donation opportunities. For a $5 donation fans will receive a commemorative t-shirt, while supplies last. Also, between the second and third set there will be a serving contest for prizes for fans donating $1. All the money raised will go to the fight against breast cancer. St. Luke’s Mountain States Tumor Institute also will be on hand with information about breast cancer and information about screenings. So come be part of this important night, cheer on your Crusaders and help fight breast cancer.
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Team
Men’s Soccer
GNAC OVERALL W L T PTS W L T
Seattle Pacific NW Nazarene MSU Billings Simon Fraser Western Wash. St. Martin’s Mary S.D. Mines
7 6 4 3 3 2 1 0
0 0 1 0 2 1 2 2 3 1 5 0 6 0 7 0
21 18 13 11 10 6 3 0
10 0 1 9 2 0 4 4 3 5 3 2 5 5 1 2 9 0 2 6 1 1 10 0
• Thursday: St. Martin’s at Western Wash.; MSU Billings at SD Mines; Seattle Pacific at Simon Fraser; NW Nazarene at Mary, 7 pm • Saturday: MSU Billings at Mary; Seattle Pacific at Western Wash.; St. Martin’s at Simon Fraser; NW Nazarene at SD Mines, 7 pm
Team
Women’s Soccer
Western Wash. MSU Billings Seattle Pacific Central Wash. Western Oregon NW Nazarene Simon Fraser St. Martin’s
GNAC OVERALL W L T PTS W L T 6 4 4 4 3 2 2 1
0 2 2 2 2 2 3 1 2 3 5 1 6 0 6 1
20 14 14 13 12 7 6 4
10 0 2 6 2 2 6 3 2 5 6 1 5 4 3 3 6 3 2 10 0 1 9 2
• Thursday: Seattle Pacific at St. Martin’s; Central Wash. at Western Oregon; MSU Billings at Western Wash.; NW Nazarene at Simon Fraser, 5 pm • Saturday: Seattle Pacific at Western Oregon; Central Wash. at St. Martin’s; MSU Billings at Simon Fraser; NW Nazarene at Western Wash., 4 pm
Team
Volleyball
NW Nazarene Alaska Anchorage Western Wash. Simon Fraser Central Wash. Seattle Pacific MSU Billings Alaska St. Martin’s Western Oregon
GNAC OVERALL W L MB W L 8 1 — 8 1 — 7 2 1 6 3 2 5 4 3 4 5 4 4 5 4 2 7 6 1 8 7 0 9 8
15 2 14 3 14 4 12 5 12 5 10 7 9 8 2 15 4 16 2 15
• Thursday: Alaska at MSU Billings; Alaska Anchorage at Seattle Pacific; Western Oregon at Central Wash.; St. Martin’s at NW Nazarene, 7 pm • Saturday: Alaska at Seattle Pacific; Alaska Anchorage at MSU Billings; St. Martin’s at Central Wash.; Western Wash. at Simon Fraser; Western Oregon at NW Nazarene, 7 pm
Contact NNU Sports Information: 467-8474
Follow the Crusaders online: www.nnusports.com
Halfway done, still No. 1
Upcoming: Men’s Soccer
Overall (9-2); GNAC (6-1-0) Day Date Opponent
Time
Thur. 10-16 at Mary Sat. 10-18 at SD School Mines Thur. 10-23 Simon Fraser Sat. 10-25 Western Wash.
7 pm 7 pm 4 pm 3 pm
Women’s Soccer
Overall (3-6-3); GNAC (2-5-1) Day Date Opponent
Time
Thur. 10-9 at Central Wash. Sat. 10-11 at Seattle Pacific Thur. 10-23 Western Oregon Sat. 10-25 St. Martin’s
4 pm 1 pm 1:30 pm Noon
Volleyball
Overall (15-2); GNAC (8-1) Day Date Opponent Thur. 10-16 St. Martin’s Sat. 10-18 Western Oregon Thur. 10-23 at Alaska Sat. 10-25 at Alaska Anchorage
Time 7 pm 7 pm 7 pm 7 pm
Cross Country Day Date Opponent
Time
Sat. 10-18 Lewis and Clark Invite 11 am at Portland, Ore. Sat. 11-1 GNAC Championship 10:30 am at Monmouth, Ore.
Men’s Golf Day Date Opponent
Time
Mon. 10-31 Dennis Rose Inter. at Waikoloa, Hawaii Tues. 11-1 Dennis Rose Inter. at Waikoloa, Hawaii
All Day All Day
Women’s Golf Day Date Opponent Mon. 2-23 Tue. 2-24
Time
Cal Baptist Invite All Day at Riverside, California Cal Baptist Invite All Day at Riverside, California
Are you a fan?
Keep up with the Crusaders at instagram.com/nnusports or subscribe to NNU Crusader Athletics on www.YouTube.com
Photo by NNU Athletics
Northwest Nazarene’s Michelle Terpstra (10) and Andrea Terpstra (9) go up for a block against Seattle Pacific on Thursday night.
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With a pair of home wins over the weekend, the 17thranked Crusader volleyball team closed out the first half of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference season tied for first place. Meanwhile, in another first-place battle, the Crusader men’s soccer team came up just short in the fleeting moments at Seattle Pacific. As for the rest of the NNU athletic teams, women’s soccer took to the road only to come home without a win, while the Crusader women’s golf team finished its fall season with a strong effort at the Dixie State Fall Invitational. VOLLEYBALL: After seeing a 12-match win streak snapped in a Top 25 match-up at Western Washington last weekend, the now 17th-ranked Crusaders got back to their winning ways with a 25-15, 25-19, 25-12 rout of Seattle Pacific on Thursday and a 25-17, 25-18, 23-25, 25-13 win over Montana State Billings on Saturday. Elayna Rice turned in another big weekend for NNU with 11 kills and 12 digs against SPU and 13 kills and 10 digs versus MSUB. Thursday’s win was a total team effort, though, as 15 Crusaders saw the floor. Kendra Bodine recorded 11 kills and Andrea Terpstra added 10 kills in the win. Defensively, Taylor Roberts had 15 digs and Linnea Phillips added 12 digs, and setter Michelle Terpstra had 34 assists. Saturday night’s win was all about blocking for NNU — which leads the nation averaging 2.81 blocks per set — as the Crusaders recorded 19 points off blocks.
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Madi Farrell led the way with 10 blocks, and added 9 kills, earning her GNAC Defensive Player of the Week honors. Andi Terpstra added 10 kills and 8 blocks, Michelle Terpstra had 37 assists, 11 digs and 6 blocks, and Roberts added in 22 digs in the win. MEN’S SOCCER: The week started well for NNU as the Crusaders blanked St. Martin’s 3-0 on Thursday. Fredy Razo had a pair of goals and redshirt freshman MarMadi shall Hartley scored his first collegiate goal in his first colleFarrell giate start. Hartley’s goal also happened to be the game-winner. Alfredo E. Ontiveros made 5 saves, earning his fifth shutout of the season. Then came the big one — No. 22 NNU at No. 6 Seattle Pacific on Saturday night for the GNAC lead. Tied through 81 minutes, the Falcons headed home the winner with 8:47 remaining for a 1-0 win. Ontiveros made 7 saves in goal for NNU, which slipped out of the Top 25 with the loss. Photo by NNU Athletics WOMEN’S SOCCER: After one of their best games of the season in a Northwest Nazarene’s Elayna Rice goes up for a block against Seattle Pacific on Thursday. Rice led NNU with 24 kills and 22 digs last week. 3-0 home victory over Simon Fraser on Oct. 4, the Crusader women went through a tough road trip that saw them fall 2-0 at Central Washington on Thursday and 6-1 at Seattle Pacific on Saturday. Lexi Fesenbek netted the lone goal of the week while Daniele Ortiz made a total of 9 saves in the two games. WOMEN’S GOLF: A brief fall season for the Crusader women’s golf team wrapped up in Utah early this week, as NNU tied for seventh in the 12-team Dixie State Fall Invitational. After firing a 340 on the first day, the Crusaders climbed the leaderboard with a second-round 332 to finish tied with Hawaii-Hilo at 88-over 672. Haley Gochnour shot back-to-back 7-over 80s for the 36-hole tournament to finish 15th (14-over 160), the top finish for NNU, while teammate Samantha Miller was one shot behind her in a tie for 16th at 15-over 161.
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• NNU Volleyball leads the GNAC in assists per set (12.47), kills per set (13.58), blocks per set (2.81) and digs per set (20.27). NNU also is No. 1 in the nation in blocks per set and No. 3 in the nation in digs per set. • Crusader volleyball setter Michelle Terpstra is No. 1 in the GNAC and No. 32 in the nation in assists per set (10.68). Crusader volleyball middle blockers Andrea Terpstra and Madi Farrell are No. 1 and No. 3 in the GNAC in blocks per set with 1.32 and 1.07, respectively. Terpstra also is No. 7 in the nation. Crusader volleyball libero Taylor Roberts is No. 2 in the GNAC and No. 6 in the nation in digs per set (6.18). Crusader women’s soccer player Lexi Fesenbek leads the GNAC in total assists with 8. NNU Men’s Soccer leads the GNAC in total goals scored (25) and in total assists (28). Crusader men’s soccer player Erik Anderson is No. 2 in the GNAC in total points (20) and goals scored with 8. Crusader men’s soccer player Julio Castillo leads the GNAC in assists (6). Crusader men’s goalkeeper Alfredo E. Ontiveros leads the GNAC in save percentage (.860).
uggets:
N E W S , N U G G E T S & U P D AT E S October 15, 2014
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Basketball hosts pdates: Midnight Madness
Fans anxiously waiting to see what the new Crusader men’s basketball team will look like, need not wait any longer. Thursday night, Oct. 16, fans get their chances to see the new Northwest Nazarene men’s basketball team as they host “Midnight Madness” at 10 p.m. Make a Crusader Athletics night of it, as the 17th-ranked NNU volleyball team kicks off the evening when it hosts St. Martin’s at 7 p.m., then stick around for “The Madness.” The evening will be filled with fun contests for fans to compete in alongside their Crusaders, and filled with plenty of chances to win some great prizes. There will be free pizza, t-shirt giveaways, gift cards to the bookstore and gift cards provided by Sodexo, with the big prize of the night being a $250 gift card sponsored by President Dr. David Alexander. Come out and welcome back returners like Kevin Rima, Matyas Hering and Pol Oliver, and meet newcomers like Parris Massey, Erik Kinney and Aubrey Ball — all of whom transfered from NCAA Division I programs.
Cancer Awareness Night is Saturday
The 17th-ranked Crusader volleyball team is hosting its annual Breast Cancer Awareness Night on Saturday, Oct. 18, when Western Oregon visits the Johnson Sports Center. Come to the match and support the Crusaders as they battle the Wolves, and take part in the fight against breast cancer. Fans will have plenty of chances to join in the fight, which includes a variety of donation opportunities. For a $5 donation fans will receive a commemorative t-shirt, while supplies last. Also, between the second and third set there will be a serving contest for prizes for fans donating $1. All the money raised will go to the fight against breast cancer. St. Luke’s Mountain States Tumor Institute also will be on hand with information about breast cancer and information about screenings. So come be part of this important night, cheer on your Crusaders and help fight breast cancer.
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Team
Men’s Soccer
GNAC OVERALL W L T PTS W L T
Seattle Pacific NW Nazarene MSU Billings Simon Fraser Western Wash. St. Martin’s Mary S.D. Mines
7 6 4 3 3 2 1 0
0 0 1 0 2 1 2 2 3 1 5 0 6 0 7 0
21 18 13 11 10 6 3 0
10 0 1 9 2 0 4 4 3 5 3 2 5 5 1 2 9 0 2 6 1 1 10 0
• Thursday: St. Martin’s at Western Wash.; MSU Billings at SD Mines; Seattle Pacific at Simon Fraser; NW Nazarene at Mary, 7 pm • Saturday: MSU Billings at Mary; Seattle Pacific at Western Wash.; St. Martin’s at Simon Fraser; NW Nazarene at SD Mines, 7 pm
Team
Women’s Soccer
Western Wash. MSU Billings Seattle Pacific Central Wash. Western Oregon NW Nazarene Simon Fraser St. Martin’s
GNAC OVERALL W L T PTS W L T 6 4 4 4 3 2 2 1
0 2 2 2 2 2 3 1 2 3 5 1 6 0 6 1
20 14 14 13 12 7 6 4
10 0 2 6 2 2 6 3 2 5 6 1 5 4 3 3 6 3 2 10 0 1 9 2
• Thursday: Seattle Pacific at St. Martin’s; Central Wash. at Western Oregon; MSU Billings at Western Wash.; NW Nazarene at Simon Fraser, 5 pm • Saturday: Seattle Pacific at Western Oregon; Central Wash. at St. Martin’s; MSU Billings at Simon Fraser; NW Nazarene at Western Wash., 4 pm
Team
Volleyball
NW Nazarene Alaska Anchorage Western Wash. Simon Fraser Central Wash. Seattle Pacific MSU Billings Alaska St. Martin’s Western Oregon
GNAC OVERALL W L MB W L 8 1 — 8 1 — 7 2 1 6 3 2 5 4 3 4 5 4 4 5 4 2 7 6 1 8 7 0 9 8
15 2 14 3 14 4 12 5 12 5 10 7 9 8 2 15 4 16 2 15
• Thursday: Alaska at MSU Billings; Alaska Anchorage at Seattle Pacific; Western Oregon at Central Wash.; St. Martin’s at NW Nazarene, 7 pm • Saturday: Alaska at Seattle Pacific; Alaska Anchorage at MSU Billings; St. Martin’s at Central Wash.; Western Wash. at Simon Fraser; Western Oregon at NW Nazarene, 7 pm
