Area roundup: EWU picks up first Big Sky soccer win of season

Goals by Jenny Chavez and Taylor Matheny along with a Portland State own goal led to a 3-2 Eastern Washington women’s soccer victory Sunday in Cheney for the Eagles’ first Big Sky Conference win of the season.

Matheny’s unassisted goal in the 54th minute gave EWU (5-4-2, 1-1-0) a 3-1 lead. Chavez’s goal came on a header off Allison Raniere’s corner kick.

“I thought we did a good job going forward, we fixed some things that we have talked about fixing. At the end we had to fight and I thought our kids battled and fought hard and we got back on track,” said EWU head coach Chad Bodnar in a media release.

The Vikings fell to 2-7-0, 0-2-0.

Myah Merino and Hadley Sbrega scored goals and Makayla Presgrave turned in her fourth shutout as Idaho (5-5-1, 2-0-0) handed Sacramento State (2-7-2, 1-1-0) a 2-0 defeat in Moscow.

Taylor Brust and Kayleigh Frederick picked up assists for the Vandals, who have opened conference play with two shutout victories for the first time.

Rachel Wofford scored in the 40th minute and Molly Webster made four saves in a 1-0 shutout win for Whitworth (5-1-2, 3-0-1 Northwest Conference) over Pacific (1-7, 1-3) in Spokane.

Wofford took a pass up the middle from Kelly Wucherer and put in a one-touch goal that deflected off the Boxers goaltender.

Men’s soccer

Drew Williams scored twice and Jesus Nunez made six saves and Whitworth (4-4-2, 3-0-1 Northwest Conference) took a 3-0 win over Pacific Lutheran (6-4-0, 2-2-0) in Spokane.

The Pirates had a 1-0 lead after a PLU own goal in the first half before Williams scored in the 59th minute with an assist from Azzam Azzam before scoring unassisted in the 86th.

Volleyball

The No. 12 Oregon Ducks (9-3, 2-0 Pac-12) defeated No. 22 Washington State (9-3, 0-2 Pac-12) in five sets in Eugene. Set scores were 22-25, 25-22, 22-25, 25-23, 15-12.

McKenna Woodford led the Cougars with 20 kills on .288 hitting while Taylor Mims had 17 kills.

Kara Bajema had 21 kills to lead No. 13 Washington (10-2, 2-0 Pac-12) from a 0-2 deficit in a victory over Oregon State in Corvallis, Oregon. Set scores were 20-25, 21-25, 25-18, 25-19, 15-10.

Women’s golf

Maggie Peters earned medalist honors in leading Whitworth to a season-opening victory at the Pacific Lutheran Invitational at Lake Spanaway GC in Spanaway, Washington.

Peters shot a 70 in her final round to finish at 3-over 147 over 36 holes and an eight-shot win over Avery Gill of Southwestern Oregon CC. Emma Torres of CC Spokane finished 14 over for third.

Whitworth finished at 64 over as a team for a 21-shot margin over second-place SW Oregon among the seven schools competing as teams. CCS was seventh at 130 over.