SEATTLE – Seattle Pacific University Athletics has six teams competing this week, with women's soccer and women's volleyball on the road for Great Northwest Athletic Conference matches, while women's golf, men's and women's cross country compete close to home, and 17th-ranked men's soccer hosts home matches on Thursday and Saturday.
WOMEN'S GOLF
Monday & Tuesday, Oct. 6-7
at the Yellowjacket Fall Invitational –
live results
Saturday, Oct. 11
vs. Saint Martin's – Dual Match
FROM THE COACH
"We are excited to use the momentum from our first event and carry it forward," head coach
Tyler Copp said. "It's been evident in our first 3 weeks that we are improving quickly and learning from our mistakes. A key for us is continuing to trust ourselves, hitting greens in regulation, and avoiding double bogeys. New opponents across our region will be in this tournament field, so it will be fun to watch and see where we stack up."
ABOUT THE FALCONS
- Anika Schau scored a career-best 72 during round one of the Grisham Memorial Shootout.
- Natalie Eklund scored a career-best 74 during round one of the Grisham Memorial Shootout.
- Sophie Stamatis scored a career-best 78 during round one of the Grisham Memorial Shootout.
- The Falcons had six players score in the 70's, the most ever in a single round in program history.
- The Falcons finished round one of the Grisham Memorial Shootout 12 over par.
- Alle Klemkow scored a 70 during round two of the Grisham Memorial Shootout.
- It is the best single-round performance from a Falcon in the program's short history.
- Zoe Garcia's 75 in round two was the second-lowest round by a Falcon on day two of the tournament.
- Hannah Hochsprung scored a career-best 77 in round two of the tournament.
- The Falcons shot a program-best 300 in round one and scored a 308 in round two for a total of 608 at the Grisham Memorial Shootout.
- SPU earned a fifth-place finish in the tournament, the best in the program's history.
- Garcia, Eklund, Lee, Brigitte Fenton, and Schau were in the lineup for the Falcons.
MEN'S SOCCER
Thursday, Oct. 9 – 5:00 p.m.
vs. Simon Fraser –
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Saturday, Oct. 11 – 7:00 p.m.
vs. Western Washington - –
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FROM THE COACH
"It's been a very good stretch of games for us," head coach
Kevin Sakuda said. "We have found different ways to get results, but at the core of all those wins has been a collective belief in the group and a commitment to working for each other. It's a tough week against two teams that will be well-coached and have a lot of momentum going for them recently. We will have to be at our best and be disciplined in taking care of all the little details that ultimately lead to winning games."
ABOUT THE FALCONS
- The Falcons extended their winning streak to five games with a 4-1 defeat of Northwest Nazarene last Saturday.
- SPU is 6-0-2 in their last eight matches.
- 10 different Falcons have scored goals in 2025.
- The Falcons rank 40th in the country in goal differential, with six more goals scored than their opponents.
- Cristian Chel Lara is tied for sixth in the GNAC with three goals scored in 2025.
- Chel Lara ranks sixth in the GNAC with eight points this season.
- The Falcons lead the GNAC in goals allowed with seven in nine games played.
- SPU averages .78 goals allowed per game.
- Brian Lanier is tied for the most saves in the GNAC with 38 in nine games played.
- Lanier leads the league in saves per game with 4.22.
- Lanier's save percentage of .844 is the best in the conference.
- Lanier ranks 16th in the country in save percentage this season.
WOMEN'S SOCCER
Thursday, Oct. 9 – 12:00 p.m. PST
at Northwest Nazarene –
watch –
live stats
Saturday, Oct. 11 – 11:00 a.m.
at Central Washington –
watch –
live stats
FROM THE COACH
"We're on the road this week," head coach
Arby Busey said. "It should be a challenge with the travel. For us, we'll need to be at the top of our game to get results. NNU and CWU have been very competitive in the games they have played thus far and will demand our best to be successful."
ABOUT THE FALCONS
- The 18th-ranked Falcons played 23rd-ranked Simon Fraser to a 0-0 draw last Thursday.
- WWU bested SPU 3-0 last Saturday night.
- The Falcons rank fourth in the conference in goals scored with 11 this season.
- Taylor Krueger ranks second in the GNAC with 24 shots in 2025.
- She's third in the conference with 13 shots on goal.
- Krueger is tied for third in the GNAC with three goals scored.
- Ashlyn Valdovinos is tied for eighth in the conference with two goals scored this season.
WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
Saturday, Oct. 11 – 12:00 p.m.
at MSU Billings –
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live stats
FROM THE COACH
"We only have two times each season when we only have a single match in a week," head coach
Jason Rhine said. "On these weeks we play MSU Billings, we try to do a great job at taking a moment to reflect on what has gone well and what are some small tweaks we can make for each player individually and as a team to see if we can improve on those things in a week with an extra practice session and also only one match to prepare for. We, the coaches, have seen some really good progress from our team in practices and matches, and we are excited to see if we can continue to build on that this week. MSU Billings is a new place to play for some of our players, so we will also want to ensure we are mentally and physically ready to compete hard against an opponent with a new coach who has been successful in slowing down strong teams in our conference. It's ultimately another chance to get our first road GNAC win of the year, which is never an easy task, and the team is excited to compete hard with that objective in mind."
ABOUT THE FALCONS
- The Falcons picked up their first GNAC victory of the season when they beat Northwest Nazarene in four sets last Thursday.
- Amaya Evans also set a new career-high with 14 kills against the Nighthawks on Thursday.
- Sophia Chambers accrued her second-most assists in a single game this season with 40 against NNU.
- SPU played CWU tough last Saturday, taking them all the way to five sets before falling to the Wildcats.
- Maiya Lester set a new career-high with 16 kills against the Wildcats, beating her previous career-high of 14 set last Thursday night.
- Madelyn Benjamin recorded a career-high three solo blocks against CWU.
- Megan Omlid recorded her ninth double-double with the Falcons on Saturday.
- The Falcons rank second in the GNAC in digs with 16.72 digs per set.
- Elle McCandless ranks second in the GNAC in hitting percentage with a .344 hitting percentage this season.
- Omlid ranks sixth in the GNAC in kills per set with 3.26 in 2025.
- Chambers is fifth in the GNAC with 7.57 assists per set.
- Christina Lopez ranks second in the GNAC with 4.49 digs per set.
CROSS COUNTRY
Saturday, Oct. 11 – 10:00 a.m.
at the Emerald City Open
FROM THE COACH
"We're looking forward to racing at Lower Woodland Park," assistant coach
Eric Hansen said. "We run there for practice quite a bit, so it feels like a home meet for us. We have had some workouts on that course in the last month. Between that, getting to sleep in their own beds, and only having a 10-minute drive from campus, this should feel like practice. Central Washington is competing as well, and they are one of the only GNAC teams we haven't seen yet this season. It will be good to have one more test against another conference team before the championships in two weeks."
ABOUT THE FALCONS
- The SPU women's team posted a seventh-place team total of 183 points at the Mike Johnson Classic on Sept. 27.
- Anna Prussian was the Falcons' fifth finisher in the previous meet, improving to second on the team behind Ewing on Saturday with a 33rd-place overall placing.
- Matise Mulch improved her team position by one spot, to No. 3, and was 47th overall.
- Alexa Gossett and Katelyn Flolo finished consecutively, in 76th and 77th place.
- Also bunched together were Falcons Ani Segall and Nicole Pierce, finishing No. 96 and 98.
- The Seattle Pacific men totaled 194 points to finish seventh, while the men's team champion, Chico State, had 34.
- The finish order of SPU's top five matched that of the season-opening meet, led by Isaac Venable in 39th place.
- Avery Erickson placed 41st, Silas Demmert 56th, Nathaniel Gale 76th, and Darian Penn 83rd.
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