NU Women Open Season with a Victory 8/24/2016 9:58:28 PM TAHOE VISTA, Calif. – The Northwest University Eagle women’s soccer team opened their 2016 season with a 6-4 non-conference win over Sierra Nevada College at the Tahoe Regional Park this afternoon. Northwest U fell behind early when Annie Clements scored the first of her two goals in the 15th minute to give Sierra Nevada the 1-0 lead. Jalisa Santiago tied the game at the 36:18 mark when she took Jubilee Zevenbergen’s pass for the score. Allison Lorraine put NU in front with her unassisted goal in the 39th minute giving the Eagles a 2-1 lead at halftime. Clements scored her second unassisted goal at 49:53 to knot the score at 2-2, but 40 seconds later Tiffany Taylor would put NU back into the lead with her unassisted goal. The SNC Eagles tied the score once again at 3-3 on a goal by Allison Piccinini at the 53:18 mark. Northwest U took the lead for good in the 69th minute with Whitney Weaver’s goal and 41 seconds later senior Tatyana Reveles scored the clincher at 70:02 on an assist from teammate Tiffany Taylor, putting the Eagles up 5-3. Northwest U picked up another score on an own goal by SNC to make it a 6-3 score. Sierra Nevada would make it 6-4 in the 81st minute on a goal by Makayla Long and assist by Annie Clements. Northwest U (1-0) outshot Sierra Nevada 26-12 with goalkeeper Kat Sanchez coming up with 4 saves in goal for the Eagles. Sierra Nevada’s (0-1) goalkeeper, Rachel Marler made 11 saves in goal. Coach Bryan Chud said after the match, “Good to get off to a victory in our opening match with a good display offensively with 6 different goal scorers, but we were a bit sloppy at times and there is room for improvement going ahead. We have a very strong team with a lot of depth and will be looking for more complete performances in the future.” The women will take to the pitch on Saturday when they take on Simpson University in Redding, Calif., before returning to Kirkland.