Go WEST young man (and NORTH)

[Kuiper]

If you're a Trinity fan, it's not terribly encouraging that your keeper only faced one shot on goal and couldn't preserve the clean sheet.  And it was the kid that played 13 games combined at B-SC and Spring Hill in goal.

It is encouraging that the defense held a quality team to one SOG despite the losses to graduation.

Speaking of the defense, did you happen to hear why Luke Mayfield wasn't playing?  He was one of the defenders I thought they would count on this season.  Is he injured?

[Ron Boerger]

I haven't heard anything (and was not able to be at the match).

[Kuiper]

UC Santa Cruz 3 - Willamette 0

UC Santa Cruz is a solid team, but this is not the Willamette team of a few years ago.  Santa Cruz outshot Willamette 14-3, including 8-2 in shots on goal.  In the first half, UCSC only had a 1-0 lead (after scoring an early goal in the 12th minute), but it had 10 shots to 1 for Willamette.  I didn't watch the whole game, but I just couldn't see where Willamette's goals were going to come from this season.

Chapman 2 - DePauw 2

After losing a game Friday to Wheaton 4-2, Chapman probably was relieved that it had won this game, breaking a 1-1 tie (off a penalty kick for each team) in the 88th minute on a drive down the sideline by Oliver Adams resulting in a cross to Evan White, who finished at the near post.  Alas, it was not be as Chapman conceded the equalizer less than 90 seconds later on a crazy sequence in which Alex Glynn blocked a shot and blocked the a header off the crossbar that DePauw was able to head into the goal. 

La Verne 0 Pacific 0

ULV has to be disappointed with not coming out with all three points in this game after outshooting Pacific 13-3, including 7-3 on goal, and having 9 corners to 0 for Pacific.

Puget Sound 4 Evergreen State (NAIA) 0

Puget Sound came out flying in this game against a weak NAIA side (3-12-1 in 2024), scoring in the 3rd and 5th minutes.  And just in case Evergreen State still thought they had a chance, they came out flying again after halftime, scoring goals in the 62nd and 68th minutes to put the game fully out of reach.

[Kuiper]

Wheaton (IL) 2 - Colorado College 1 with 16 minutes left in the first half

I think Colorado College must have accidentally mistaken Wheaton (IL) for Wheaton (MA) at some point and Wheaton (IL) is bearing a grudge because on the video feed, Wheaton identifies the opponent as Colorado, but uses the logo for Chapman.  I guess any old team from Region X with a "C" name will do, huh?  Colorado College just scored on a decent free kick that the Colorado GK dove to his left to block, but failed to parry it away and a Wheaton player got on top off and shot it to the roof of the goal.