BILLINGS, Mont. – The Seattle Pacific University women's soccer team clinched its 13th appearance in next weekend's Great Northwest Athletic Conference Championships with a 1-0 victory over Montana State University Billings on Thursday afternoon.

FROM THE COACH
"Great win today," head coach Arby Busey said. "Excited about the opportunity to extend our season a little longer. Tough conditions to play through, but our group did an amazing job adjusting as the game progressed, and as has been the case for us, Kayla found the back of the net! She has been very consistent all fall, and continues to come up big for us in big moments. Defensively, we were excellent as a team today, back 4 and GKs cleaned up everything thrown at them, and midfield and forwards worked really hard in front of those guys to make it hard to get the ball forward. Really good road performance today."

HOW IT HAPPENED

• After a 0-0 first half, the Falcons jumped ahead of the Yellowjackets early in the second half.
• In the 50th minute, Taylor Heit set up Kayla Wallace to launch one into the upper right corner of the net to put the Falcons up 1-0.
• In the 54th minute, Landry Schoennauer made a crucial save to preserve the Falcons' lead.
• The Falcons did not allow another shot from the Yellowjackets for the remainder of the game.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

• SPU launched 20 shots, with eight being on goal, while the Yellowjackets managed only three shots.
• Wallace was the only player from either team to score a goal on Thursday.
• Heit had the only assist of the game for the Falcons.
• Maya Parman had a game-high six shots, with two being on goal.
• Mercedes Cullen played the first half in goal without facing a shot from MSUB.
• Schoennauer took over for the second half and made the only save of the day for the Falcons.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

• Wallace scored her team-leading ninth goal of 2025.
  • It was Wallace's fourth game-winning goal this season for the Falcons.
• Heit recorded both her second assist of the season and of her career at SPU.
• Cullen and Schoennauer combined to shut out an opponent for the seventh time this season.
• The Falcons clinched a berth in next weekend's GNAC Championships, hosted by Simon Fraser in Burnaby, B.C., Nov. 13-15.
  • It's the 13th time in program history that the Falcons have qualified for the tournament.
  • SPU has never missed the GNAC Championships since its inception in 2012.

UP NEXT
The Falcons close out the regular season on the road against Saint Martin's on Saturday at 11:15 p.m. in Lacey, Wash.
 
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