SEATTLE – This week in Seattle Pacific University Athletics, women's golf competes in Bellingham, women's soccer and women's volleyball play on the road, while men's soccer hosts two Great Northwest Athletic Conference matches at Interbay Soccer Stadium this weekend.

MEN'S SOCCER
Thursday, Oct. 15 – 5:00 p.m.
vs. Simon Fraser – live stats – watch – tickets

FROM THE COACH
"We've been pleased with how the group has handled the first half of the conference season," head coach Kevin Sakuda said. "We've found different ways to win, and seen different players step up when called upon. The last three results came from strong performances, but we know that we still need to raise our level to achieve what we set out to do this year.  Facing all our conference opponents for the 2nd time now presents new challenges, and our two opponents this week will require us to be at our best."

• The Falcons extended their current winning streak to three matches after beating Western Oregon 3-2 and Saint Martin's 4-0 at home last weekend.
  • After going down 1-0 to the Wolves in the first half, Brady Reed, Lucas Witthauer, and Isaac Ketcham scored consecutive goals in a 16½-minute span of the second half to give the Falcons enough offense to secure the victory.
  • After being named the GNAC Player of the Week, Reed scored his first career goal for the Falcons against Western Oregon.
• Witthauer led the Falcons with two of the team's four goals in SPU's 4-0 victory over the Saints last Saturday.
  • JJ Diaz and JP Guzman joined Witthauer in scoring for the Falcons against the Saints.
  • Willem Ficek played 57 minutes in goal, making five saves against the Saints.
  • Mitchell Wilson played the final 33 minutes in goal for the Falcons, making one save.
• The Falcons are 3-1-1 in conference play, trailing Simon Fraser by one point for the top spot in the GNAC standings.
• SPU leads the league in goals scored with 31 in 13 matches played this season.
  • The Falcons are tied for 11^th in the country in total goals scored in 2026.
  • SPU is 17^th in the country in scoring offense with 2.38 goals per game.
• The Falcons are averaging 6.38 points per game, the most of any team in the GNAC.
  • SPU ranks 21^st in the country in points per game at 6.38 per contest.
• Rafael Lucio and Witthauer are tied with a team-high five goals this season and are tied for the sixth-most goals scored in the GNAC this season.
  • Lucio's two game-winning goals are tied for third-most in the conference.
• Diaz leads SPU with five assists and is tied for the third most in the conference.

WOMEN'S GOLF
Oct. 12-13
at WWU Invitational – live results

• The Falcons opened their 2026 fall season by tying for the top spot at the Grisham Memorial Shootout on Sept. 21-22.
  • Emma Worgum became the second SPU women's golfer to win a tournament outright.
    • Lauren Lee picked up individual titles at the Chico State Invitational, April 13-14, 2025, and the GNAC Championships, April 20-22, 2025.
  • The Falcons earned their best team finish in program history by tying for first place at the Grisham Memorial Shootout.
  • SPU bested their previous team score record by 10 strokes at the 2025 Grisham Memorial Shootout.
• Later that week, the Falcons hosted the first-ever Falcon Invitational at Druids Glen Golf Course, battling the elements and the field to finish second place.
  • The Falcons finished the tournament at 58 over par, taking second place behind Hawaii Pacific, who won by going 36 over.
  • Zoe Garcia led the Falcons with a tie for second place individually, finishing seven over par for the tournament.
    • Garcia opened with a 7-over first round before rebounding to shoot 2 over in round two.
• Wogrum was named the GNAC Athlete of the Week on Sept. 28 for her performance during the first week of the fall season.
  • She cruised to a tournament win at the Grisham Memorial Shootout by shooting a 4-under-par 140 (70-70) on the par-72, 5,810-yard course.
  • Worgum limited her mistakes across the 36-hole event, notching nine birdies and nothing worse than a bogey for a stellar debut with the Falcons.
• The Falcons rank second in the GNAC in average strokes per round with 306.2, trailing only Simon Fraser's 305 strokes per round.

WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
Thursday, Oct. 15 – 7:00 p.m.
at Saint Martin's - watch – live stats

• The Falcons swept two GNAC opponents over the weekend, beating 18^th-ranked Simon Fraser and Western Washington in straight sets at home.
  • The Falcons found a way to outlast the Red Leafs in the second set of last Thursday's match before ultimately sweeping them 3-0 (25-20, 29-27, 25-20).
  • The Falcons handed the Red Leafs their first conference loss of the season.
  • Megan Omlid led the Falcons with 16 kills.
  • Peyton Ensign racked up a double-double with 24 assists and 17 digs, both of which were career-bests.
• Last Saturday, the Falcons took down the Vikings 3-0 (25-15, 25-23, 26-24) on their home court.
  • Omlid led the squad again with 17 kills.
  • Amaya Evans and Maiya Lester contributed 10 kills each for the Falcons.
• The last time the Falcons had beaten both the Red Leafs and Vikings in the same weekend was Oct. 24 and 26, 2023, when SPU won both matches 3-1 on the road.
  • SPU beat SFU and WWU in the same weekend three times before last weekend.
  • Last weekend was the fourth time it's happened, and the first time the Falcons have won both matches in straight-set sweeps.
• The Falcons are 7-2 in conference play and are tied with Central Washington for second in the standings behind the 8-1 Red Leafs.
• The Falcons rank fourth in the conference in hitting percentage (.222), assists per set (11.73), and kills per set (12.66).
• Audra Rose ranks seventh in the conference in hitting percentage at .292.
• Omlid's 3.04 kills per set ranks seventh in the conference.

• Last Thursday, the Falcons opened their weekend with a solid 3-1 victory on the road over Western Oregon.
  • It was the first win for SPU in Monmouth in nine years.
  • Logann Dukes got SPU on the board in the 7^th minute of the match with her fourth goal of the season.
  • Ashlyn Valdovinos gave SPU a 2-1 lead with a penalty kick goal in the 42^nd minute.
  • Haley Teofilo scored off an assist from Maddie Cooke in the 88^th minute to seal the match for the Falcons.
• Then on Saturday, the Falcons settled for a 0-0 draw at Montana State University Billings.
  • Saturday's match extended SPU's lengthy 19-match unbeaten streak against MSU Billings to 19 matches.
  • The Falcons have shut out the Yellowjackets in 10 of those 19 matches.
  • The last time the Falcons did not get a result against the Yellowjackets was a 2-1 loss on Sept. 27, 2014, in Billings.
• SPU is 4-2-2 in conference play this season, giving them 14 points and putting them in third place in the standings with six matches left in the regular season.
• The Falcons rank second in the conference in goals (22) and points (62) in 12 matches this season.
• Nora Patterson leads the conference with 16 shots on goal in 11 matches played this season.
• L. Dukes and Valdovinos have scored four goals each and are tied for the fifth most goals scored in the conference.
  • Valdovinos leads the conference in game-winning goals with three this season.
• Sophie Hanay's five assists rank fourth in the GNAC this season.

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