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Kim Lynass scores four times while playing just over 45 minutes and Washington State routs Gonzaga, 15-0, at Martin Stadium. Only four goals separated the teams earlier in the season. The win snaps a three-game losing skein for the Cougars, all in southern California.
Seattle Hungarians score first but cannot hold on in San Francisco, losing a National Challenge Cup regional semifinal to Greek American AC, 2-1, at Balboa Park. The visitors go in front when John Phelps chips the keeper in the fourth minute. But the Greek Americans dominate the second half, tying and then winning on Jim Frame's drive from 15 yards in the 50th minute.
Washington maintains its share of the Pac-10 lead by winning its record sixth straight, 1-0, over California at Husky Soccer Field. Freshman Caroline Putz gets the game's only goal on Theresa Wagner's record seventh assist, and Gretchen Mensinger posts the shutout.
University of Puget Sound senior defender Bridget Stolee scores two goals, the first coming during the first minute of play, and the Loggers proceed to beat Messiah College (Pa.), 3-0, in the NCAA Division III semifinal at Greensboro, N.C. Stolee first strikes at 41 seconds, heading in Katie Wullbrandt's long free kick into the box. Freshman Adrienne Folsom gets her 12th goal of the season in the 26th minute, and another Stolee header makes it 3-nil at 30:46. Erin Williams notches her record 15th shutout of the year.
Dana Garner scores a hat trick in his third straight game for Seattle Pacific, a 13-0 rout of Montana State Billings at Interbay. After scoring four times in the first nine outings, Garner now has 10 goals in the last four, including earlier hat tricks vs. Chico State (7-1) and Northwest Nazarene (13-1).
Lyndsey Patterson scores the winner in the 70th minute, and the Seattle Crossfire Sounders Women upset top-seeded San Diego, 2-1 on the road, for the W-League West championship. The SunWaves, who snapped the Sounders' six-game win streak five days earlier, open the scoring in the 30th minute. But Seattle quickly answers when Dani Bridges scores. Patterson gets her fifth goal in six games off a pass from Tafara Pulse. It's Seattle's first trip to the national semifinals since 2003.