With the regular season complete, the Spokane Sasquatch women’s and men’s soccer teams now look toward the postseason.
The women went 12-3-4 overall and 4-3-1 at home, good enough for the top spot in the East Region of the Northwestern Athletic Conference. Spokane has only seen defeat one time at home; a 4-0 loss in the home opener vs. Cerritos College back on Sept. 2.
Back in 2017, than freshman, now sophomore forward Cheris Brown, was named most valuable player, while sophomore midfielder Sydney Clements was named to the 2017 NWAC Women’s Soccer All-Star Team, as well as sophomore defensive midfielder Grace Ellis.
For their excellence on and off the field, a trio of Sasquatch players were named to the 2017 NWAC All-Region team. Emily Carrell, Peyton Vasquez, who have since transferred to other schools, and CCS forward Sabrina Castaneda.
The Sasquatch locked up the No. 1 seed in the NWAC’s East Region. While soccer is a 90-minute game, sometimes it takes overtime, or even double overtime, for a team to come out on top. If the score remains tied at the end of double overtime, the two times go to a shootout.
The No.1-seeded Sasquatch took the visiting Titans to a shootout Saturday afternoon at SFCC. In the shootout, it was the visitors from Tacoma Community College coming out on top 5-4 over the No.1-seeded Sasquatch.
On the other side, the Sasquatch men finished in second place in the East Region with a 8-6-2 record overall and 7-3-2 in conference.
The No.2 seed Sasquatch went on the road to play a quarter-final matchup Saturday afternoon. Whatcom knocked off Spokane and eliminated the Sasquatch from playoff contention by a final of 1-0 thanks to a first half goal by Whatcoms Keegan Rubio.
With the 2018-19 soccer season complete for both teams, the Sasquatch will now look toward next season. For the women, Magen Wilkinson led the team in goals with nine, while Diego Esquivel led the men with six.
Overall, the women finished with 12-3-5. The men finished overall with a record of 9-7-2. Spokane will say goodbye to a total of 21 sophomores. And just announced, the most valuable player for 2018 from the East Region, from your Spokane Sasquatch sophomore left midfielder Gaby Kenndy, who was also named to the 2018 NWAC Women’s all-star Team. Also from the women’s team, the coach of the year in the East Region, head coach Jim Martinson. For more information:
2018 NWAC Women’s
All- Star Team
Two time All-Star sophomore forward Sabrina Castaneda, first time All-Star freshman forward Megan Wilkinson, sophomore midfielder Shannon Frucci and sophomore defensive midfielder Taylor Ward.
2018 Northwest Athletic Conference Men’s All-Star Team
1st time All-Stars:
Freshmen:Left midfileder Jared Mehaffey, right midfielder Alex Nana, defensive midfielder Carlos Campo
Sophomore: defensive midfielder Hunter VanCleave