ELLENSBURG, Wash. - Lynde Clarke scored the first two goals of the game and Amber Easterbrook recorded a shutout as Central Washington beat Northwest Nazarene 4-0 Saturday in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference women's soccer game at Ellensburg.

Clarke scored the only goal of the first half in the 24th minute, then added the first of three second-half goals at 58:49 as Central Washington improved to 5-2-2, including 2-1 in the conference.

Later Gwenna Carie helped produce two insurance goals, setting up a score by Ellie Eckroth at 67:22, then getting an unassisted goal herself at 82:32.

Easterbrook, meanwhile stopped four Northwest Nazarene shots to record her sixth shutout of the season and extend her own school record for career shutouts to 14.

CWU outshot the Crusaders (1-8-1, 0-2-0) by a 16-6 count and had five of the game's six corners. Pip Herman had six saves for NNU.

COLLEGE WOMEN'S SOCCER

 

Northwest Nazarene (1-8-1, 0-2-0 GNAC) vs. Central Washington (5-2-2, 2-1-0 GNAC)
Date: Sep 27, 2008  Attendance: 112
Weather: 65 degrees F, sunny

 

Goals by period       1  2  Tot
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Northwest Nazarene..  0  0 -  0
Central Washington..  1  3 -  4
 
SCORING SUMMARY:
1.  23:40 CWU Clarke,Lynde (2) (Tomaso,Serena)
2.  58:49 CWU Clarke,Lynde (3) (unassisted)
3.  67:22 CWU Eckroth,Ellie (2) (Carie,Gwenna)
4.  82:32 CWU Carie,Gwenna (1) (unassisted)

 

Shots: Northwest Nazarene 6, Central Washington 16
Saves: Northwest Nazarene 6 (Herman,Pip 6), Central Washington 4 (Easterbrook,Amber 4)
Great Northwest Athletic Conference match