Northwest Nazarene knocked the Clan out in the first round of the playoffs after splitting the season series.
The two losses to the Crusaders this year were only SFU’s second and third losses to NNU in the last three
seasons.
Simon Fraser ranked near the top of every offensive category in the GNAC, including leading the conference
in shots and goals.
Senior Jovan Blagojevic was one of the top scoring threats in the nation. The Daktronics West Region Player
of the Year scored 18 goals in 2014 and finished his career fifth on the GNAC’s all-time points list.
WESTERN WASHINGTON vikings
Record: 9-8-1 overall, 7-6-1 c onference
Pre-season Coaches Poll: 3rd
Conference Finish: 4th (22 points)
Stat Leaders: Goals – Tye Hastings (7); Assists – Luke Olney (8); Saves – Keegan Rogers (60)
All-Conference Selections: First – none; Second – Tye Hastings, Kurtis Pederson, Luke Olney; HM – Uche
Ugwoaba, Gabriele Zaccagnini, Troy McCarty, Keegan Rogers
Season Recap: The 2014 Vikings had a chance to make the NCAA tournament after winning 7 of their last
10 games, but just missed the cut.
Western Washington started the season the same way SPU
ended it, with a loss to NCAA West Regional champion Cal
State L.A. The Vikings finished nonconference play 2-2.
WWU had a rough start to conference play. After tying Simon
Fraser in the opener, the Vikings lost three straight. They
followed this with a four game win streak, however, and
eventually climbed into the NSCAA West Region Top 10.
Tye Hastings had seven goals for the Vikings including
three in their last three games.
WWU finished the season 3-3 and were left out of the NCAA tournament, but were close as they were
ranked eighth in the final NSCAA West Region poll.
The senior-freshman combo of Tye Hastings and Luke Olney provided the Vikings with much of their
offense, scoring a combined 11 of the teams 28 goals. These two finished the season seventh and eighth
respectively in the GNAC in points.
Defensively, goalkeeper Keegan Rogers recorded four shutouts in 2014, giving him 16 in his four year career
and ranking second in the school’s history.
MONTANA STATE BILLINGS yellowjackets
Record: 6-9-3 overall, 6-7-1 conference
Pre-season Coaches Poll: 5th
Conference Finish: 5th (19 points)
Stat Leaders: Goals –Thorge Jess (7); Assists – Sam Butterworth (6); Saves – Tom Lohmann (73)
All-Conference Selections: First – none; Second – Rhys Lambert; HM – Colin Ralston, Kyle Emerick, Sam
Butterworth