Last-second goals abound
N E W S , N U G G E T S & U P D AT E S October 1, 2014 Contact NNU Athletics: 467-8505
Contact NNU Sports Information: 467-8474
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Last-second goals abound
Upcoming: Men’s Soccer
Overall (6-1); GNAC (3-0-0) Day Date Opponent
Time
Thur. 10-2 SD School Mines Sat. 10-4 U. of Mary Thur. 10-9 at St. Martin’s Sat. 10-11 at Seattle Pacific
5 pm 3 pm 1 pm 7 pm
Women’s Soccer
Overall (2-3-3); GNAC (1-2-1) Day Date Opponent
Time
Thur. Sat. Thur. Sat.
3:30 pm Noon 4 pm 1 pm
10-2 at MSU Billings 10-4 Simon Fraser 10-9 at Central Wash. 10-11 at Seattle Pacific
Volleyball
Overall (12-1); GNAC (5-0) Day Date Opponent
Time
Thur. 10-2 at Simon Fraser Sat. 10-4 at Western Wash. Thur. 10-9 Seattle Pacific Sat 10-11 MSU Billings
7 pm 7 pm 7 pm 7 pm
Cross Country Day Date Opponent
Time
Sat. 10-4 Charles Bowles Invite 10 am at Salem, Ore. Sat. 10-18 Lewis and Clark Invite 11 am at Portland, Ore.
Men’s Golf Day Date Opponent Mon. 10-6 Tues. 10-7
Time
Interwest Wildcat Classic All Day at Chico, Calif. Interwest Wildcat Classic All Day at Chico, Calif.
Women’s Golf Day Date Opponent Mon. 10-6 Tue. 10-7
St. Martin’s Invite at Lacey, Wash. St. Martin’s Invite at Lacey, Wash.
Time All Day All Day
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Photo by Danny Miller/Photojournalist
Northwest Nazarene’s Fredy Razo battles for a ball during the Crusaders game at Western Washington on Thursday night.
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Photo by Kari Stetson
Northwest Nazarene’s Kayla Williams battles for the ball in the Crusaders home game against Central Washington on Saturday.
The week was highlighted by a pair of dramatic soccer games — with mixed results for the Crusader — and two more wins for the NNU volleyball team, which is happily making winning a habit. Saturday, though, was the day of last-second shockers on the soccer field as the NNU women were disheartened by Central Washington’s last-second overtime game-winning goal in the afternoon in Nampa before the NNU men’s team reversed that feat, winning with a last-second goal in overtime at Simon Fraser. MEN’S SOCCER: Talk about a dramatic end to a fantastic weekend. The Crusaders celebrated with a pair of victories on arguably the toughest road trip on the GNAC slate, posting a 2-0 win at Western Washington on Thursday before scoring a 3-2 overtime win at Simon Fraser that has everyone buzzing. Thursday in Bellingham, Erik Anderson and Fredy Razo each scored a goal and Alfredo E. Ontiveros made 6 saves in his third shutout of the season for the Crusaders, who started the weekend strong. With one win in the bank, NNU went for the sweep at two-time NCAA Division II national semifinalist Simon Fraser, and got off to a rough start, falling behind 2-0. Yannick Petzschke changed the flow of the game with a goal early in the second half for NNU, though, igniting the Crusaders comeback. Petzschke earned GNAC Defensive Player of the Week honYannick ors for his performance. Petzschke
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A red-card against the Clan added to NNU’s momentum as the Crusaders tied it on a Michael Mollay goal, forcing overtime. NNU then dominated in OT and finally netted the game-winner for the sweep with 8 seconds left to play on a Rene Duevel goal. The sweep vaulted NNU into a share of the GNAC lead, landed the Crusaders at No. 4 in the West Region poll and as the sixth team in “others receiving votes” in this week’s national Top 25. VOLLEYBALL: It is quite happily becoming a very common statement: The Crusader volleyball swept the weekend on the court, once again. This time, NNU beat Alaska Anchorage 25-22, 21-25, 25-16, 25-23 in a first-place battle on Thursday, then the Crusaders completed the sweep of the Alaska schools with a 25-19, 25-20, 2514 win over Alaska on Saturday at the Johnson Sports Photo by NNU Athletics Center in a match that saw plenty of NNU players put NNU freshman Hailey Cook dishes out an assist in the Crusaders win over Alaska in GNAC volleyball Saturday night. in important minutes. The home sweep helped inch NNU higher in this week’s AVCA Top 25 poll, to No. 19 in the nation. In Thursday’s first-place battle, Elayna Rice led the way with 16 kills and 13 digs for NNU, which also got 14 kills from Kendra Bodine, 47 assists from Michelle Terpstra, 23 digs from Taylor Roberts and 10 digs from Kaitlyn Tuholski. Elayna Saturday, the Crusaders didn’t let down against last-place Alaska, either, rolling to a seventh straightRice set win and 11th victory in a row. Rice again led the way with 11 kills, earning her GNAC Offensive Player of the Week honors, while Michelle Terpstra added 24 assists. Of course, the win over Alaska was highlighted by the fact that 15 of NNU’s players saw action with freshman setter Hailey Cook recording 9 assists, junior Jenna Caywood adding 4 kills and 2 blocks and senior Rebecca TenHaken putting down 2 kills and 3 blocks in the Crusader victory. WOMEN’S SOCCER: The men’s dramatic, last-second win changed the buzz on campus from another last-second finish earlier in the day — a Central Washington victory with 1 second left in double overtime. A disheartening result for the NNU women, who got goals from Ashley Cook-Cox and Nicole Nsa to grab a 2-0 lead 30 minutes into Saturday’s game. But the Wildcats chipped away with a late first-half goal and tied the game late in regulation, forcing overtime. And in the extra session, the late goals continued for CWU, which scored with 1 tick left on the clock to steal the victory. That came after NNU fell 4-1 to Seattle Pacific on Thursday, a game that saw the Crusaders play a strong first half. Nsa — who leads the team with 3 goals this season — scored the lone goal for NNU, tying the game 1-1 at the half before the Falcons pulled away. Crusader freshman keeper Daniele Ortiz made 7 saves in Thursday’s game Photo by Kari Stetson Nicole Nsa scored a goal in each of the Crusaders games last and stopped 15 shots in Saturday’s game. week, giving her the team lead with 3 goals this season.
N E W S , N U G G E T S & U P D AT E S October 1, 2014
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• NNU Volleyball leads the GNAC in hitting percentage (.225), assists per set (12.49), kills per set (13.57), blocks per set (2.60) and digs per set (19.79). NNU is No. 1 in the nation in blocks per set and No. 6 in digs per set. Crusader volleyball setter Michelle Terpstra is No. 1 in the GNAC and No. 30 in the nation in assists per set (10.79). Crusader volleyball middle blocker Andrea Terpstra is No. 1 in the GNAC and No. 13 in the nation in blocks per set (1.27). Crusader volleyball middle blocker Madi Farrell is No. 1 in the GNAC in hitting percentage (.355). Crusader volleyball libero Taylor Roberts is No. 2 in the GNAC and No. 8 in the nation in digs per set (6.06). Crusader women’s soccer player Lexi Fesenbek leads the GNAC in total assists with 7. Crusader women’s goalkeeper Daniele Ortiz leads the GNAC in total saves (54) and saves per game (6.75). NNU Men’s Soccer leads the GNAC in total goals scored (15) and in total assists (16). Crusader men’s soccer player Erik Anderson leads the GNAC in total points (14) and shares the GNAC lead in goals scored with 6. Crusader men’s soccer player Julio Castillo is No. 2 in the GNAC in total assists with 4.
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Stinker Stores team pdates: with Crusaders again
For the second straight year, Stinker Stores and Crusader Athletics are teaming up to add to NNU fans game day experience. This exciting partnership starts on Oct. 9 when NNU hosts Seattle Pacific in volleyball, and means Crusader fans will get special free items at Stinker Stores based on results for NNU teams. So be sure to support Stinker Stores, a proud partner with NNU Athletics.
Cancer Awareness Night is Oct. 18
The Crusader volleyball team is hosting is annual Cancer Awareness Night on Saturday, Oct. 18, when NNU plays Western Oregon at the Johnson Sports Center. Come to the match, support the Crusaders and join in the fight against cancer. Fans who donate $5 will also receive a special Crusader commemorative t-shirt, while supplies last. All the money donated goes toward the fight against cancer.
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Team
Men’s Soccer
GNAC OVERALL W L T PTS W L T
Seattle Pacific NW Nazarene St. Martin’s MSU Billings Mary Simon Fraser Western Wash. S.D. Mines
3 3 2 1 1 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 2 1 3 0
9 9 6 4 3 2 1 0
6 0 1 6 1 0 2 5 0 1 3 3 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 4 1 1 6 0
• Thursday: Simon Fraser at St. Martin’s; Western Wash. at Seattle Pacific; Mary at MSU Billings; SD Mines at NW Nazarene, 5 pm • Saturday: Western Wash. at St. Martin’s; Simon Fraser at Seattle Pacific; SD Mines at MSU Billings; Mary at NW Nazarene, 3 pm
Team
Women’s Soccer
Western Wash. MSU Billings Seattle Pacific Central Wash. Simon Fraser Western Oregon NW Nazarene St. Martin’s
GNAC OVERALL W L T PTS W L T 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 0
0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 1 2 1 3 1
10 7 7 6 6 4 4 1
7 0 1 4 1 1 4 2 1 3 5 0 2 6 0 3 4 1 2 3 3 0 6 2
• Thursday: St. Martin’s at Western Oregon; Central Wash. at Seattle Pacific; Simon Fraser at Western Wash.; NW Nazarene at MSU Billings, 3:30 pm • Saturday: Western Oregon at Central Wash.; St. Martin’s at Seattle Pacific; Western Wash. at MSU Billings; Simon Fraser at NW Nazarene, Noon
Team
Volleyball
NW Nazarene Alaska Anchorage MSU Billings Central Wash. Western Wash. Simon Fraser Seattle Pacific St. Martin’s Western Oregon Alaska
GNAC OVERALL W L MB W L 5 5 4 3 3 3 3 1 0 0
0 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 5 6
— 1/2 1 1/2 2 2 2 2 1/2 4 5 5 1/2
12 11 9 10 10 9 9 4 2 0
1 3 5 3 4 4 5 12 11 14
• Thursday: Western Oregon at Alaska; St. Martin’s at Alaska Anchorage; Central Wash. at Western Wash.; NW Nazarene at Simon Fraser, 7 pm • Saturday: St. Martin’s at Alaska; Western Oregon at Alaska Anchorage; Central Wash. at Simon Fraser; Seattle Pacific at MSU Billings; NW Nazarene at Western Wash., 7 pm
Contact NNU Sports Information: 467-8474
Follow the Crusaders online: www.nnusports.com
Last-second goals abound
Upcoming: Men’s Soccer
Overall (6-1); GNAC (3-0-0) Day Date Opponent
Time
Thur. 10-2 SD School Mines Sat. 10-4 U. of Mary Thur. 10-9 at St. Martin’s Sat. 10-11 at Seattle Pacific
5 pm 3 pm 1 pm 7 pm
Women’s Soccer
Overall (2-3-3); GNAC (1-2-1) Day Date Opponent
Time
Thur. Sat. Thur. Sat.
3:30 pm Noon 4 pm 1 pm
10-2 at MSU Billings 10-4 Simon Fraser 10-9 at Central Wash. 10-11 at Seattle Pacific
Volleyball
Overall (12-1); GNAC (5-0) Day Date Opponent
Time
Thur. 10-2 at Simon Fraser Sat. 10-4 at Western Wash. Thur. 10-9 Seattle Pacific Sat 10-11 MSU Billings
7 pm 7 pm 7 pm 7 pm
Cross Country Day Date Opponent
Time
Sat. 10-4 Charles Bowles Invite 10 am at Salem, Ore. Sat. 10-18 Lewis and Clark Invite 11 am at Portland, Ore.
Men’s Golf Day Date Opponent Mon. 10-6 Tues. 10-7
Time
Interwest Wildcat Classic All Day at Chico, Calif. Interwest Wildcat Classic All Day at Chico, Calif.
Women’s Golf Day Date Opponent Mon. 10-6 Tue. 10-7
St. Martin’s Invite at Lacey, Wash. St. Martin’s Invite at Lacey, Wash.
Time All Day All Day
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 Danny Miller/Photojournalist
Northwest Nazarene’s Fredy Razo battles for a ball during the Crusaders game at Western Washington on Thursday night.
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Photo by Kari Stetson
Northwest Nazarene’s Kayla Williams battles for the ball in the Crusaders home game against Central Washington on Saturday.
The week was highlighted by a pair of dramatic soccer games — with mixed results for the Crusader — and two more wins for the NNU volleyball team, which is happily making winning a habit. Saturday, though, was the day of last-second shockers on the soccer field as the NNU women were disheartened by Central Washington’s last-second overtime game-winning goal in the afternoon in Nampa before the NNU men’s team reversed that feat, winning with a last-second goal in overtime at Simon Fraser. MEN’S SOCCER: Talk about a dramatic end to a fantastic weekend. The Crusaders celebrated with a pair of victories on arguably the toughest road trip on the GNAC slate, posting a 2-0 win at Western Washington on Thursday before scoring a 3-2 overtime win at Simon Fraser that has everyone buzzing. Thursday in Bellingham, Erik Anderson and Fredy Razo each scored a goal and Alfredo E. Ontiveros made 6 saves in his third shutout of the season for the Crusaders, who started the weekend strong. With one win in the bank, NNU went for the sweep at two-time NCAA Division II national semifinalist Simon Fraser, and got off to a rough start, falling behind 2-0. Yannick Petzschke changed the flow of the game with a goal early in the second half for NNU, though, igniting the Crusaders comeback. Petzschke earned GNAC Defensive Player of the Week honYannick ors for his performance. Petzschke
ews:
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A red-card against the Clan added to NNU’s momentum as the Crusaders tied it on a Michael Mollay goal, forcing overtime. NNU then dominated in OT and finally netted the game-winner for the sweep with 8 seconds left to play on a Rene Duevel goal. The sweep vaulted NNU into a share of the GNAC lead, landed the Crusaders at No. 4 in the West Region poll and as the sixth team in “others receiving votes” in this week’s national Top 25. VOLLEYBALL: It is quite happily becoming a very common statement: The Crusader volleyball swept the weekend on the court, once again. This time, NNU beat Alaska Anchorage 25-22, 21-25, 25-16, 25-23 in a first-place battle on Thursday, then the Crusaders completed the sweep of the Alaska schools with a 25-19, 25-20, 2514 win over Alaska on Saturday at the Johnson Sports Photo by NNU Athletics Center in a match that saw plenty of NNU players put NNU freshman Hailey Cook dishes out an assist in the Crusaders win over Alaska in GNAC volleyball Saturday night. in important minutes. The home sweep helped inch NNU higher in this week’s AVCA Top 25 poll, to No. 19 in the nation. In Thursday’s first-place battle, Elayna Rice led the way with 16 kills and 13 digs for NNU, which also got 14 kills from Kendra Bodine, 47 assists from Michelle Terpstra, 23 digs from Taylor Roberts and 10 digs from Kaitlyn Tuholski. Elayna Saturday, the Crusaders didn’t let down against last-place Alaska, either, rolling to a seventh straightRice set win and 11th victory in a row. Rice again led the way with 11 kills, earning her GNAC Offensive Player of the Week honors, while Michelle Terpstra added 24 assists. Of course, the win over Alaska was highlighted by the fact that 15 of NNU’s players saw action with freshman setter Hailey Cook recording 9 assists, junior Jenna Caywood adding 4 kills and 2 blocks and senior Rebecca TenHaken putting down 2 kills and 3 blocks in the Crusader victory. WOMEN’S SOCCER: The men’s dramatic, last-second win changed the buzz on campus from another last-second finish earlier in the day — a Central Washington victory with 1 second left in double overtime. A disheartening result for the NNU women, who got goals from Ashley Cook-Cox and Nicole Nsa to grab a 2-0 lead 30 minutes into Saturday’s game. But the Wildcats chipped away with a late first-half goal and tied the game late in regulation, forcing overtime. And in the extra session, the late goals continued for CWU, which scored with 1 tick left on the clock to steal the victory. That came after NNU fell 4-1 to Seattle Pacific on Thursday, a game that saw the Crusaders play a strong first half. Nsa — who leads the team with 3 goals this season — scored the lone goal for NNU, tying the game 1-1 at the half before the Falcons pulled away. Crusader freshman keeper Daniele Ortiz made 7 saves in Thursday’s game Photo by Kari Stetson Nicole Nsa scored a goal in each of the Crusaders games last and stopped 15 shots in Saturday’s game. week, giving her the team lead with 3 goals this season.
N E W S , N U G G E T S & U P D AT E S October 1, 2014
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• NNU Volleyball leads the GNAC in hitting percentage (.225), assists per set (12.49), kills per set (13.57), blocks per set (2.60) and digs per set (19.79). NNU is No. 1 in the nation in blocks per set and No. 6 in digs per set. Crusader volleyball setter Michelle Terpstra is No. 1 in the GNAC and No. 30 in the nation in assists per set (10.79). Crusader volleyball middle blocker Andrea Terpstra is No. 1 in the GNAC and No. 13 in the nation in blocks per set (1.27). Crusader volleyball middle blocker Madi Farrell is No. 1 in the GNAC in hitting percentage (.355). Crusader volleyball libero Taylor Roberts is No. 2 in the GNAC and No. 8 in the nation in digs per set (6.06). Crusader women’s soccer player Lexi Fesenbek leads the GNAC in total assists with 7. Crusader women’s goalkeeper Daniele Ortiz leads the GNAC in total saves (54) and saves per game (6.75). NNU Men’s Soccer leads the GNAC in total goals scored (15) and in total assists (16). Crusader men’s soccer player Erik Anderson leads the GNAC in total points (14) and shares the GNAC lead in goals scored with 6. Crusader men’s soccer player Julio Castillo is No. 2 in the GNAC in total assists with 4.
U
uggets:
Stinker Stores team pdates: with Crusaders again
For the second straight year, Stinker Stores and Crusader Athletics are teaming up to add to NNU fans game day experience. This exciting partnership starts on Oct. 9 when NNU hosts Seattle Pacific in volleyball, and means Crusader fans will get special free items at Stinker Stores based on results for NNU teams. So be sure to support Stinker Stores, a proud partner with NNU Athletics.
Cancer Awareness Night is Oct. 18
The Crusader volleyball team is hosting is annual Cancer Awareness Night on Saturday, Oct. 18, when NNU plays Western Oregon at the Johnson Sports Center. Come to the match, support the Crusaders and join in the fight against cancer. Fans who donate $5 will also receive a special Crusader commemorative t-shirt, while supplies last. All the money donated goes toward the fight against cancer.
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Team
Men’s Soccer
GNAC OVERALL W L T PTS W L T
Seattle Pacific NW Nazarene St. Martin’s MSU Billings Mary Simon Fraser Western Wash. S.D. Mines
3 3 2 1 1 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 2 1 3 0
9 9 6 4 3 2 1 0
6 0 1 6 1 0 2 5 0 1 3 3 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 4 1 1 6 0
• Thursday: Simon Fraser at St. Martin’s; Western Wash. at Seattle Pacific; Mary at MSU Billings; SD Mines at NW Nazarene, 5 pm • Saturday: Western Wash. at St. Martin’s; Simon Fraser at Seattle Pacific; SD Mines at MSU Billings; Mary at NW Nazarene, 3 pm
Team
Women’s Soccer
Western Wash. MSU Billings Seattle Pacific Central Wash. Simon Fraser Western Oregon NW Nazarene St. Martin’s
GNAC OVERALL W L T PTS W L T 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 0
0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 1 2 1 3 1
10 7 7 6 6 4 4 1
7 0 1 4 1 1 4 2 1 3 5 0 2 6 0 3 4 1 2 3 3 0 6 2
• Thursday: St. Martin’s at Western Oregon; Central Wash. at Seattle Pacific; Simon Fraser at Western Wash.; NW Nazarene at MSU Billings, 3:30 pm • Saturday: Western Oregon at Central Wash.; St. Martin’s at Seattle Pacific; Western Wash. at MSU Billings; Simon Fraser at NW Nazarene, Noon
Team
Volleyball
NW Nazarene Alaska Anchorage MSU Billings Central Wash. Western Wash. Simon Fraser Seattle Pacific St. Martin’s Western Oregon Alaska
GNAC OVERALL W L MB W L 5 5 4 3 3 3 3 1 0 0
0 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 5 6
— 1/2 1 1/2 2 2 2 2 1/2 4 5 5 1/2
12 11 9 10 10 9 9 4 2 0
1 3 5 3 4 4 5 12 11 14
• Thursday: Western Oregon at Alaska; St. Martin’s at Alaska Anchorage; Central Wash. at Western Wash.; NW Nazarene at Simon Fraser, 7 pm • Saturday: St. Martin’s at Alaska; Western Oregon at Alaska Anchorage; Central Wash. at Simon Fraser; Seattle Pacific at MSU Billings; NW Nazarene at Western Wash., 7 pm
