Whit women invited to DIII soccer tourney

Whitworth University was given an at-large bid into the NCAA Division III women’s soccer national tournament Sunday night, it’s first national tournament appearance in program history.

The Pirates (17-2) will find out their opponent and the site of the match this morning.

Whitworth is one of 18 schools to receive at-large bids. Northwest Conference foe Puget Sound also received a bid.

“Cyeeta Mott scored two goals to become the school’s all-time single season leader and Eastern Washington defeated Utah Valley State 3-0 in non-conference play at Cheney.

Eastern completed its season with its first winning record (9-8, 3-4 in Big Sky Conference). Utah Valley State fell to 5-14-1.

“Gonzaga University scored three goals during a 20-minute span of the second half and went on to beat Cal State Bakersfield 4-0 in non-conference play at Bakersfield, Calif.

Sarah Hall, Nanda McCormick, Christine Soma and Lacey Castleberry scored for Gonzaga (11-7-1).

“Shari Summers’ shot deflected off the post before crossing the goal line, giving Stanford University (13-2-3, 4-1-2) a 2-1 Pacific-10 Conference overtime victory over Washington State (10-4-3, 3-3-1) at Stanford, Calif.

“Valerie Barnes scored the game-winning goal in the 79th minute to give California a 2-1 Pac-10 victory over Washington at Berkeley, Calif.

Men’s soccer

Gonzaga University (9-3-4, 4-1-4) and Saint Mary’s College (6-7-2, 2-5-2) played to a scoreless tie at Martin Field, but the one point the Bulldogs picked up in the standings enabled them to move into a tie with idle San Diego for second place in the West Coast Conference standings.

San Diego had fallen out of first place with a 2-1 loss to now-league leading Santa Clara on Friday.