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Columbia River of Vancouver reclaims the girls' 3A championship by defeating Mount Spokane, 2-1. The Chieftains took their first title in 2009. All three goals come in a 12-minute span of the first half. Marion Lilly opens in the 25th minute, the Wildcats' Alyssa Lloyd answers in the 35th and Emily Heaton's 18-yard drive from an attempted clearance proves the winner in the 37th.
Stan Thesenvitz's late goal forces overtime and Sean Cassidy delivers the vital winner for Seattle University in a 3-2 victory over William Carey College (Ms.) in an NAIA semifinal at Birmingham, Al. The Chieftains trail in the first half until Tom Hardy scores in the 33rd minute. After going behind in the 85th, they get a close-range equalizer from Thesenvitz with 2:30 to go in regulation. Cassidy finally puts SU over the top with a sudden-death winner 9:26 into the first extra period, his fourth goal of the postseason.
Washington Youth Soccer Association suspends and will expel Lake Washington Youth Soccer Association, effective Dec. 7, leaving the future of 6,500 young player from Kirkland, Redmond and Sammamish in question. The move by the state association comes after Crossfire Premier president Jim Harnasch questioned LWYSA finances and the LWYSA board retaliated by suspending Harnasch’s 15-year-old son. WSYSA seeks to assure parents that "every one of our members will continue to play on their teams as we replace the previous association with a new one."
Quentin Pearson's header brings Washington level, and James Moberg's penalty kick two minutes later seals a 3-2 road comeback victory over Dartmouth. The 9th-ranked Huskies, who trailed 2-nil at halftime, move to 4-0-3.
Megan Kufeld stops Stephanie Verdoia from the penalty spot, enabling Washington to trim Seattle University, 1-0, at Championship Field. With the match still scoreless, Kufeld's dive to her right stops Verdoia. In the 66th minute, Kimby Keever latches on to an Amanda Perez ball to score the winner. The Huskies, with six wins in the first eight games, have nearly equaled their 2013 victory total of seven.
Morgan Weaver celebrates her final home match for Washington State by tying a record with four goals in a 4-1 win over Colorado at Pullman's Lower Field. Weaver, whose first goal comes in the third minute, ties a record first set by Kim Lynass in 1990. She goes on to finish No. 2 in career goals with 43.