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Seattle Pacific SPU (11-6-2, 9-5-1)
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Winner Northwest Nazarene NNU (12-3-4, 10-2-3)
Seattle Pacific SPU
(11-6-2, 9-5-1)
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Final
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Northwest Nazarene NNU
(12-3-4, 10-2-3)
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Seattle Pacific SPU 1 0 1
Northwest Nazarene NNU 2 0 2
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Game Recap: Women's Soccer | | Josh Burkholder - Director of Athletic Communications

Nighthawks Ground Falcons, Advance to GNAC Final

NAMPA, Idaho – Northwest Nazarene women's soccer made history on Thursday night, earning their first-ever GNAC Championships win with a 2-1 victory over Seattle Pacific to advance to Saturday's final.
 
The second-seeded Nighthawks (12-3-4, 9-3-2 GNAC) got the victory in just their third GNAC Championships appearance, and will now look to earn the GNAC's auto bid with a win on Saturday to make their first-ever NCAA Championships appearance.
 
How It Happened
 
NNU opened the scoring almost immediately, as in the fourth minute Savanna Herz got her foot on a ball in the box and flicked it over the keeper for the goal.
 
SPU would even things up just nine minutes later, though, when Sophie Beadle curled a great ball right into the top right corner of the net.
 
The Nighthawks were not done scoring in the first half, however, as Madison Grande let loose a missile from outside the box and drilled it into the back of the net to put NNU up 2-1 in the 38th minute.
 
NNU's defense clamped down from there, only allowing three second-half shots as they earned the victory.
 
Nighthawks Notes
 
  • The Nighthawks are the first active GNAC women's soccer program not named Western Washington or Seattle Pacific to reach the conference final since 2012 (now-closed Concordia made it in 2017 and 2018)
  • With a win over WWU on Saturday, NNU would earn the automatic bid to the NCAA Championships tournament
  • NNU dominated the run of play, outshooting SPU 19-7
  • Grande now has 11 goals on the year, tied for the second-most in a season in program history and two shy of the record
  • NNU's 12 wins are now just one short of the program record for victories in a season (13) set in 2001
  • The Nighthawks avenged a 1-0 loss at Seattle Pacific just five days ago, earning just their fourth win ever against the Falcons in 27 meetings since 2008
  • NNU is now 11-0-1 this year when scoring first in the match
 
Next Up
 
As mentioned, the Nighthawks will look to win their first-ever GNAC Championships on Saturday and advance to the NCAA Tournament when they play top-seeded Western Washington at noon.
 
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Scoring Summary

Scoring Summary
Scoring Team Scoring Play
03:21
NNU Savanna Herz (3)
Assisted By: Sierra Sanchez
GOAL by NNU Herz, Savanna Assist by Sanchez, Sierra.
12:05
SPU Sophie Beadle (5)
GOAL by SPU Beadle, Sophie.
37:34
NNU Madison Grande (11)
Assisted By: Alejandra Jaramillo
GOAL by NNU Grande, Madison Assist by Jaramillo, Alejandra.

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