Nov. 12, 2014
Contact: Nathan Webber
SPU Headlines “GNAC Tournament” in First Rounds of NCAA’s
PORTLAND, Ore. – The GNAC doesn’t have a men’s
soccer tournament, but three schools are making up for
that in the first and second round of the NCAA
tournament.
Final Standings and Schedule
GNAC
Team
W
L
*Seattle Pacific
12 1
Northwest Nazarene
11 2
Simon Fraser
9 3
Western Washington
7 6
Montana State Billings
6 7
Mary
4 9
Saint Martin’s
3 10
South Dakota Mines
0 14
*Clinched Regular Season Title
GNAC champions Seattle Pacific received the No. 1
overall seed in Super Region IV and earned a first round
bye. SPU will host the winner of the first round match
between familiar foes Northwest Nazarene and Simon
Fraser.
NNU and SFU moved up one spot each in the last week
of the regional rankings and were selected as a four and
five seeds respectively.
T
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
Pts
37
34
29
22
19
13
10
0
Overall
W
L
15 1
14 3
11 4
9 8
6 9
5 9
3 14
1 17
T
2
1
2
1
3
2
1
0
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS
SATURDAY, NOV. 8
Mary 6, South Dakota Mines 1
Saint Martin’s 0, Seattle Pacific 0
Northwest Nazarene 3, Montana State Billings 0
Simon Fraser 2, Western Washington 0
This put all three GNAC teams on the same side of the
bracket, meaning the conference will be guaranteed a
spot in the Regional championship game.
Northwest Nazarene and Simon Fraser play on Thursday
at 3 p.m. Pacific at Interbay Stadium in Seattle.
2014 NCAA TOURNAMENT
THURSDAY, NOV. 13
#5 Simon Fraser vs. #4 Northwest Nazarene, 3 p.m.
At Interbay Stadium in Seattle, WA
The Clan handed NNU its first home loss of the season
just a few short weeks ago, avenging a 3-2 loss to the
Crusaders in the third week of conference play.
SATURDAY, NOV. 15
Winner of #5 SFU/#4 NNU at #1 Seattle Pacific, 7 p.m.
At Interbay Stadium in Seattle, WA
GNAC Player of the Year Jovan Blagojevic scored the
matches only goal against the defensive Player of the
Year in NNU’s Alfredo E. Ontiveros. That was one of
only four goals Ontiveros gave up in the second half of
the season.
Around the GNAC
These two teams currently hold the conferences longest
winning streaks and have won a combined 25 matches.
All-conference teams were selected on Monday and Seattle
Pacific led all schools with 11 players chosen to one of the
three teams. SPU coach Mark Collings also was picked as
co-Coach of the Year. Western Washington and Northwest
Nazarene were second with seven players.
SPU held the conferences longest winning streak this
year at 13 matches and went unbeaten until the 16th
game of the season when it suffered its only loss of the
season to NNU.
The host team will face the winner of the NNU/SFU
match on Saturday at 7 p.m. in Interbay Stadium with
the winner having bragging rights as the unofficial
“GNAC tournament” champions.
NNU took home four awards in conference voting Monday
including Coe Michaelson being voted as co-Coach of the
Year and Julio Castillo Newcomer of the Year. The
Crusaders Yannick Petzschke was also chosen as Freshman
of the Year.
The winner of Saturday’s match-up will advance to the
regional championship game against either the
PacWest’s Azusa Pacific or the California Collegiate
Athletic Association’s Cal State L.A. or UC San Diego.
Thursday’s and Saturday’s matches will not be broadcasted,
but live stats will be available at SPUFalcons.com and
GNACsports.com.