Go WEST young man (and NORTH)

[Kuiper]

Denison 1 - Pomona-Pitzer 0

Not a bad showing from P-P, which showed it could hang with Denison, even if it lacked the pieces to actually beat them.  Coach Moore has instilled some bite into them team, as in past years they would rarely get more than double the yellow cards (5-2) and almost double the number of fouls (22-12).  Pomona really misses the set piece prowess they had the last few seasons with Nic Ulrich.  That really has limited their offensive productivity against teams that are disciplined and tougher to break down in the run of play.

[Kuiper]

Cal Lutheran 1 - Emory 1

Emory hung on to a 1-0 lead for about 50 minutes, but conceded the equalizer on a corner kick in the 86th minute.  Cal Lu salvages a tie on a banner weekend after beating Colorado College 3-1.  If anything, this tie seems a bit unfair to Cal Lu, which seemed to want it more than Emory and seemed to have a fair bit of technical ability to get it. Part of this was because Emory's Ewan Robertson went out with a red card in the 76th minute, but Cal Lu was controlling things for quite awhile, going back to the latter half of the 1st half.  Emory just went into a shell after they scored.  I didn't love Emory's strategy of just having Halpern kick long goal kicks with everyone pushed up either.  Coaches like it because it moves the threat away from their goal, but in this case that just meant conceding an easy giveaway higher up the pitch with a pinched up defense that was vulnerable to a fast moving counter attack, fully playing into Cal Lu's strength and giving them lots of opportunities in the second half. Cal Lu outshot Emory 10-1 in the 2nd half alone and conceded 5 corners to 0 as well in the 2nd half, with the final one proving the difference. 

After a weak start to the nonconference season, Cal Lu is now looking like they might make some noise this year in the SCIAC.

[Kuiper]

Lewis & Clark is soooo close

George Fox 4 - Lewis & Clark 3

George Fox was up 3-1 in the 75th minute and looked to be cruising to victory.  Lewis & Clark, however, is familiar with that kind of a deficit.  Let's say they've been there before.  They narrowed it 3-2 in the 77th, but George Fox got a PK goal in the 79th to seemingly put this to bed.  L&C wasn't going away quietly though, with Dylan Weinstein scoring his 2nd goal of the game to make it 4-3 in the 84th minute.  Alas, they couldn't find the equalizer and their historic winless streak extends to 75 if you don't count their partial schedule in their first season and 82 if you do count those games.

Silver lining:  With his brace today, senior MF Dylan Weinstein now has 3 goals in 2026.  According to L&C's site, the all goals scoring leader in a single season since the program restarted in 2022 is four goals by Nadav Dicovski in 2023.  Second on the all-time list is Weinstein with 3 in 2025.  So, even if L&C can't get a win, they can get Weinstein the co-single season goal scoring record with at least one more goal this year or he can have it to himself if he scores two goals!  Also, Weinstein's brace is now tied with Dicovski for the single game scoring record with two goals!

[Ron Boerger]

Trinity(TX) 3 - Texas A&M San Antonio (NAIA) 3

In the first actual game in history between the two San Antonio-based teams, Trinity gets a tie with the visiting Jaguars (11-4-2 last season) after Luke Mayfield, making his first start of the season (after a brief appearance off the bench last game) converted a PK in the 86th minute.  Trinity also started Brandon Gongora in goal for the first time this year; he allowed three goals on six shots faced.

The Tigers will hope that Mayfield's return will help steady a team which has struggled so far this season. 

[D3Navy]

Trinity(TX) 3 - Texas A&M San Antonio (NAIA) 3

In the first actual game in history between the two San Antonio-based teams, Trinity gets a tie with the visiting Jaguars (11-4-2 last season) after Luke Mayfield, making his first start of the season (after a brief appearance off the bench last game) converted a PK in the 86th minute.  Trinity also started Brandon Gongora in goal for the first time this year; he allowed three goals on six shots faced.

The Tigers will hope that Mayfield's return will help steady a team which has struggled so far this season. 

Max Salinas didn't play.  I hope he's alright.