Adidas Team of the Week Announced
LA GRANDE, Ore. – The Northwest University women’s soccer team has been named the “Adidas Teams of the Week” for Oct. 20-26, the Cascade Collegiate Conference announced Sunday.
The Eagles, under the direction of head coach Val Seid, captured the CCC regular season Championship yesterday after a double-overtime tie against the defending National Champions Concordia. NU finished with an 8-0-1 record and earned the # 1 seed in the upcoming CCC playoffs presented by U.S. Bank. A dominating 5-0 win over Warner Pacific on Thursday propelled the Eagles into the title tilt with CU.
NU has only given up two goals in CCC play. They also lead the conference in statistical categories of; goals, goals per game, goals allowed, goals against average and shutouts. Senior Acacia Johnson leads the league in goals, points and game winners with four. Senior goalkeeper Patty Hughes leads the league with six shutouts and a save percentage of .929.
The season accomplishments are even more impressive considering the team has been without several key players on various road trips due to their Friday on campus commitments to the Nursing program. The student athletes in the Nursing program who missed road games for academics were Samatha Porter, Annie Brynn-Stauffer and Morgan Clancy.
NU will concentrate on training until the CCC Championships semifinals on November 8
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