Gonzaga (9-6-4) receives a surprising NCAA men’s tournament berth, despite losing its final three regular season games. "I heard them say Gonzaga and I was trying to figure out who they were talking about that was in the tournament that we had played," said coach Einar Thorarinsson. "I looked up and saw and realized we were in."

Alex Chursky accounts for all the Seattle Wolves' scoring in a 3-2 first-round road victory over the Portland Timbers U23 at PGE Park. Chursky ties it in the 30th minute, again on a header in the 81st and wins the PDL playoff in the 90th. It's the Wolves' fourth straight win.

England and Leeds star Jackie Charlton returns to hold June youth clinics for more than 500 in Bellevue, Federal Way and Seattle.

Thanks to Robin Vieira's brace, Puget Sound clinches its 13th Northwest Conference title in a row with a 2-0 victory over Lewis & Clark in Tacoma. Vieira tallies in the 8th and 74th minutes while the Loggers deny the Pioneers a single shot for the first 55 minutes. UPS wins nine of the last 10, allowing just four goals in the process.

Washington holds No. 25 Mississippi to five shots – none on frame – and wins its NCAA first round game, 1-0, in Portland. Kate Deines scores from 18 yards midway through the first half, after McKenna Waitley settles a Veronica Perez cross. The Huskies are beaten by No. 2 Portland, 2-1, in the second round.

Christopher Morris heads in a long free kick from Evan Robicheau just 79 seconds into overtime, and 13th-ranked Seattle Pacific knocks out longtime postseason rival Cal State Dominguez Hills in a first-round NCAA game at Interbay. It's the Falcons first playoff win since 2005. The Toros, who won eight straight versus SPU, including elimination games in 2000 and '05, forced overtime by equalizing with 4 seconds left in regulation.