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For the first time in 10 years the Seattle University-Seattle Pacific men's rivalry returns to First Hill, but despite the Chieftains' best efforts, the outcome is unchanged. Dominic Dickerson's goal 11 minutes into overtime gives SPU its 21st straight win in the series, 2-1 at East Field. It's heated match with 56 total fouls, five cautions and three red cards issued.
Completing a run of six straight shutouts to end the season, Tahoma takes the girls' 4A state championship, 2-0, over previously unbeaten Richland at Lakewood. Whitney Gilson and Daniela Gonzalez score in each half for the Bears, who won titles in 1986 and 2001. It was Tahoma's 15th clean sheet and came against a Bombers team that had scored 82 goals. Jodi Palmer has 12 complete shutouts.
Following three weeks of cancellations due to snow, state league play resumes, and the Seattle Hungarians and United Hungarians combine for 10 goals. The Seattles, first-half winners, drub their United namesakes, 8-2, at Lower Woodland behind a Les Mueller hat trick. Heinz Ritter scores four in the Continentals' 11-1 rout of once-proud Buchan Bakers.
Walla Walla becomes the first NWAACC women's champion to complete a season unscathed, defeating defending champion Columbia Basin, 1-0, in overtime at Starfire Sports Stadium. The Warriors finish 18-0-0 when Tahlia O'Loughlin scores a golden goal in the 94th minute.
No. 2-ranked Portland, fueled by goals from two Washington state natives, blanks Washington, 2-0, at Husky Field. Erica Parish, a senior from Kent, puts the Pilots ahead and Judy Dutra, a freshman from Lacey, gets her first collegiate goal in the second period.
Seattle Pacific becomes the state's first collegiate program to travel outside the Pacific Northwest for regular season play, competing at the Far West Classic in Riverside, Calif. The Falcons open the season with a 3-1 win over host UC Riverside. The only previous trips outside Cascadia had been postseason games for SPC and Washington in California. The Falcons fall to Calvin in FWC semifinal, 1-0, in overtime. SPC finishes third, defeating Cliff McCrath’s former Spring Arbor side, 3-0.