Adidas Team of the Week Announced
LA GRANDE, Ore. – The Evergreen State College men’s soccer team has been named the “Adidas Teams of the Week” for Oct. 27- Nov. 2, the Cascade Collegiate Conference announced Sunday.
Playing the role of spoiler, The Geoducks avenged two earlier losses with road victories against Northwest Christian and Corban University. Both were 1-0 wins and propelled TESC into a tie for 3
rd place in the CCC standings. The win against Corban came on a 10 yard header by Willie Spurr in overtime.
Having secured a spot in the upcoming conference championships presented by U.S. Bank, The Geoducks (8-7-1, 8-4-1 CCC), under the direction of head coach John Purtteman, are on a four- game winning streak and have had four straight shutouts defensively.
TESC wraps up league play on the road against Concordia on Nov. 8. Final games this week will determine the match-ups for post season which gets underway on Nov.11 with seeds No. 1 and 2 hosting semifinal contests against seeds No. 3 and 4.