Nov. 12, 2014
Contact: Nathan Webber
Western Washington, Seattle Pacific Enter Field of 48
PORTLAND, Ore. – Two GNAC teams have made the
field of 48 selected to compete in the NCAA
tournament.
Western Washington earned the No. 1 overall seed in
the West Region while Seattle Pacific was chosen as a
fifth seed.
The Falcons knocked off the Vikings in penalty kicks at
the GNAC tournament championship game on Saturday
to reach the NCAA tournament for the 12th year in a
row.
WWU received an at-large bid, but was selected to host
the first two rounds as the West Region’s top seed. The
Vikings also received a bye in the first round.
On Thursday, Seattle Pacific will travel to Harrington
Field in Bellingham, Wash. to battle the fourth seeded
Cal State Stanislaus Warriors in the opening round.
The Warriors are 13-4-1 on the year and received an atlarge bid to the tournament.
Even though they did not reach their conference
tournament, missing it by one point, the Warriors faced
strong competition in the California Collegiate Athletic
Association including playing the two seed Cal State L.A.
and the three seed Cal Poly Pomona.
CSUS was ranked as high as third in the nation earlier in
the season when it started 7-0 with victories over Cal
Baptist, Azusa Pacific and GNAC member Central
Washington.
The Falcons and the Warriors each beat UC San Diego
this year as well as Central Washington and Simon
Fraser.
No. 12 Western Washington will play the winner of this
match-up on Saturday in Bellingham at 1 p.m.
The Vikings beat Seattle Pacific 2-0 in the second round
of the NCAA tournament last season on their way to the
national semifinals in Georgia.
A live broadcast for Thursday’s and Saturday’s games,
along with live stats, can be found on GNAC.TV.
Final Standings and Schedule
GNAC
Team
W
L
+Western Washington 11 0
Montana State Billings
9 3
*Seattle Pacific
9 3
Central Washington
7 4
Western Oregon
4 6
Northwest Nazarene
3 10
Saint Martin’s
3 10
Simon Fraser
2 12
+GNAC Regular-Season Champions
*GNAC Tournament Champions
T
3
2
2
3
4
1
1
0
Pts
36
29
29
24
16
10
10
6
Overall
W
L
16 0
11 4
12 4
8 8
6 8
4 11
3 13
2 16
T
4
2
3
3
4
3
2
0
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS
THURSDAY, NOV. 6
Seattle Pacific 1, Montana State Billings 0
Western Washington 2, Central Washington 1
SATURDAY, NOV. 8
Seattle Pacific 1, Western Washington 1 (SPU 5-4 in Penalty Kicks)
2014 NCAA TOURNAMENT
THURSDAY, NOV. 13
#5 Seattle Pacific vs. #4 Cal State Stanislaus, 7 p.m.
At Harrington Field in Bellingham, WA.
SATURDAY, NOV. 15
#1 Western Washington vs winner of #5 SPU/#4 CSUS, 1 p.m.
At Harrington Field in Bellingham, WA.
Around the GNAC
Montana State Billings and Central Washington end their
seasons with losses in the GNAC tournament. The
Yellowjackets finished above .500 after not accomplishing
that feat last year and the Wildcats finished with their third
non-losing season in 12 years.
52 GNAC women’s soccer players were named to the
academic all-conference team last Wednesday. Saint
Martin’s led all GNAC schools with 10 on the list while SPU
had nine.
Even though the Falcons won the GNAC championship
tournament on penalty kicks, the game goes down as a
draw in the record books after two scoreless overtimes.