NAMPA, Idaho - The NNU women's soccer team will host a pair of matches this week against Montana State Billings on Thursday and RV Seattle Pacific on Saturday. Both games will be broadcasted live on the GNAC Newtork with Thursday's game having a 4 p.m. kickoff and Saturday's game scheduled for a 3 p.m. kickoff.

The Nighthawks

Northwest Nazarene enters with a 2-7-3 overall record and 2-4-2 in conference play. NNU currently sits tied for fifth place with MSU Billings, each with eight points on the season. NNU holds the head-to-head tie-breaker after defeated the Yellowjackets on the road 1-0 on October 3. The Nighthawks are currently on a two-game slide after falling at home 1-0 to No. 9 Western Washington before falling 3-1 on the road to Central Washington. 

NNU has scored 10 goals this season for a 0.83 goals per game average but have given up 19 goals this season, 1.58 goals against per game. The Nighthawks are averaging 13.2 shots per game with 158 total shots. They have put the ball on target 67 times for a shots on goal percentage of 42.4. NNU has outshot opponent, holding them to 138 shots and are giving up 11.5 shots per game. They have given up 67 shots on goal and a shots on goal percentage of 48.6. Their best game of the season came on September 24th where they defeated Saint Martin's 3-0. Three different Nighthawks scored has Lucy Bergford scored her second goal of the season and Attie Jo Westbrook and Alexis Cromwell scored their first.

NNU has four players with two goals while Attie Jo Westbrook leads that group with an assist and five points. Lucy Bergrod, Mylee Carver Moulton, and Alexis Cromwell each have two goals and four points. Elliana Kimball has a goal and two assists while Jadalynn Ramos scored her first goal of her career against Seattle Pacific. Ali Adkins, Mackenzie Brown, and Keira Dwinell each have one assist. 

Alex Barrass has played the majority of the minutes in goal for NNU, starting in all 12 games. Barrass has given up 18 goals with 42 saves. She is averaging 1.59 goals against per game and has a save percentage of 70 percent. She has totaled three shutouts including back-to-back shutouts against Saint Martin's and Montana State Billings that earned GNAC Defender of the Week honors. Isabella Brown made her first appearance against Central Washington and gav up one goal with two saves.

The Yellowjackets

MSU Billings enters this week with a 2-5-5 overall record and 2-4-2 in conference. They are tied with NNU in the GNAC standings with eight points and have not won since defeating RV Simon Fraser 1-0 on September 26th. Since then, the Yellowjacks have not scored over the course of four games. They suffered three 1-0 losses at hte hands of Central Washington, Northwest Nazrene, and Saint Martin's, before a scoreless draw with Seattle Pacific last Saturday.

MSUB has scored eight goals this season and averages 0.50 goals per game. They have taken 93 total shots and average 7.8 shots per game with a shots on goal percentage of 53.8. They have given up 13 goals and average 1.08 goals against per game and have given up 200 total shots for 16.7 shots per game. Out of those 200 shots, 88 of them have been on target for a shots on goal percentage of 44 percent. 

Abby Thompson and Emmersyn Burckley lead the team with two goals while Thompson has added an assist for five points on the season. Kennedy Craig and Ava Gibbs have scored one goal while Jordyn Daigle, Vivian Gaither, Kolbi Kiblen, Cianna Sexton, and Payton Tarabokija each have one assist. 

Tenley Leffler has played every minute in goal for MSUB and has given up 13 goals with 71 saves. Leffler is averaging 1.08 goals against per game and has tallied three shutouts on the season. Leffler currently sits at second in the GNAC in saves and third in goals against average. She leads the conference in saves per game with 5.92. 

All-time vs Montana State Billings

NNU trails in the all-time series 16-20-3 but has won the last three matches, including a 1-0 win earlier this season. NNU has held the Yellowjackets scoreless for in the last two games and only gave up one goal in their last three meetings. MSU Billing's last win came on October 31, 2024 as they took a 3-1 decision in Nampa. 

The Falcons

Seattle Pacific comes in at third place in the GNAC with 14 points after putting together a 7-3-2 overall record and a 4-2-2 conference record. The Falcons are on a four-game unbeaten stream that included a 1-1 draw with NNU, 3-1 win over Central Washington and Western Oregon, and a scoreless draw with Montana State Billings. SPU started their 2026 campaign strong as they started 5-1 before dropping back-to-back games to RV Simon Fraser, 5-0, and Western Washington, 3-0. 

SPU has scored 22 goals this season, averaging 1.83 goals per game but has given up 19 goals, 1.58 goals per game. The Falcons have taken 169 total shots and are averaging just over 14 shots per game. They have put their shots on target 49.7 percent of the time. Defensively they have allowed 133 shots and 11.1 shots per game. They have also allowed 64 shots on goal for a shots on goal percentage of 48.1 percent.

Sophie Hanay has proved to be the main goal creator, tallying two goals and a team leading five assists for nine points this season. Logann Dukes follows with four goals and eight points, while Nora Patterson has three goals, two assists, and eight points. Ashlyn Valdovinos has scored four times and Andie Buckley has two goals and three assists. Rounding out the offense for SPU is Haley Teofilo with three goals, Maddie Cooke with a goal and two assists, Grace Coston with three assists, and Ava Suarez with one goal. Jaylee Curran, Peyton Dukes, and Piper Paslay have one assist. 

Landry Schoennauer has started every game for the Falcons, tallying 28 saves with 18 goals against. Schoennauer is averaging 1.92 goals against and has totaled two shutouts with a 6-3-2 record. Celia Ramos has appeared in six games, giving up one goal with nine saves and a 1-0-0 record. 

All-time vs Seattle Pacific

NNU has struggled in the all-time rivalry with SPU and trails 5-41-2 all-time. NNU worked a 1-1 draw in the last meeting that saw Jadalynn Ramos net her first career goal. NNU has not won since November 3, 2022 where they took a 2-1 decision at home. Savanna Herz opened the scoring in the fourth minute before SPU's Sophie Beadle tied it up in the 13th minute. NNU's Madison Grande scored her 11th goal of the the 2022 season in the 38th minute that proved to be the game winner.