Pacific Lutheran's stingy defense is enough to lock down a sixth consecutive NWC championship with a 0-0 draw at Lewis & Clark. Shaylin Cesar makes five saves in goal to earn her eighth shutout and the Lutes' 10th. PLU allows only 10 goals in the regular season.

Marcus Hahnemann's stay at Wolverhampton will be extended another year as the goalkeeper's new contract is signed. Hahnemann, originally signed as Wayne Hennessey's backup, started 25 straight matches at one point as Wolves finished 15th in the Premier League, eight points above the relegation zone.

Seattle Pacific takes another step toward an unprecedented third straight NCAA soccer title by beating Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, 2-1, in a first round game before 800 at Memorial Stadium. Bobby McLaughlin's goal in the 28th minute proves to be the winner. Danny Machado, scoring in his fifth straight game, opens the scoring in the 23rd minute.

A soggy artificial surface slows the Sounders at first, but they eventually hit their stride and get their sixth straight win, 3-0 at Portland, behind two Boris Bandov goals. The victory clinches the second playoff seed in the West with one game remaining. Over an inch of rain fell on the Civic Stadium turf during the day. Eric Skeels puts the visitors in front a minute before halftime. Bandov, making only his third appearance and first start, doubles the lead at 47' and adds another at 80'. Tony Chursky makes five saves, extending his record scoreless streak to 360 minutes.

Pacific Lutheran's diminutive forward, Abraham Abe, is voted player of the year in the Northwest Collegiate Soccer Conference, despite the Lutes finishing a distant third behind Washington and Seattle Pacific. The Falcons' Ken Covell finishes as top scorer with 18 goals and Ward Forrest sets a new UW mark with 14.

Brandon Kelley scores a brace and Snohomish cruises to a 5-1 triumph over South Kitsap in the boys' 4A championship game at Sumner. It's the largest winning margin in a 4A final in 11 years. It's a 1-nil game until midway through the second half, when Snohomish scores three times in as many minutes. Colin Lacy doubles the lead from a corner kick in the 59th minute. In the 61st, Kelley pounces on a lost ball from the South Kitsap keeper, and a minute later finishes a run up the right side with a 14-yard blast for a 4-0 advantage. Brandon Crutchfield and Brendan Rosgen also score for the Panthers (20-1-0), ranked sixth nationally. Travis Gutierrez scored No. 13 South Kitsap's late goal. In all, seven state teams are nationally ranked.