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Senior Vadim Tolstolutsky earns his 43rd career assist to break the Seattle Pacific record in a 2-1 win over Simon Fraser. Tolstolutsky, who had a career-best four assists two weeks earlier vs. Northwest Nazarene, finishes with 44 for four years. Scott Cairns (1983-86) had 42.
Seattle Center director Virginia Anderson presents four options to the City Council for refurbishing and maintaining the Center for 25-30 years. The cost estimates range from $40 million to $240 million. Three of the options call for demolition of Memorial Stadium, which is owned by the Seattle School District. If the stadium were torn down, the city would have to build a replacement on another site, which could cost as much as $15 million.
Sounders FC Reserves complete the season in strong fashion by beating Portland, 4-1, at JELD-WEN Field behind David Estrada's goal and assist. With the victory, Seattle vacates the basement of the MLS Western Conference on points per game, finishing 4-6-2. The reserves go 3-1-1 over the final five matches.
Peter LaBarge and Mike Miller score to send Western Washington to its first NAIA national finals with a 2-0 upset of 16th-ranked Warner Pacific in Portland. LaBarge knocks in a Cliff Potter rebound five minutes before halftime, and Miller intercepts a pass and beats the Knights keeper in the 65th minute. Paul Maycock get shutout with defender Steve Bowmer keeping Warner's top scorer under wraps.
Central Valley rallies for the late equalizer, then prevails in the shootout to become the first Spokane school in 20 years to raise the girls' 4A trophy at Puyallup. Jessie Kunz-Pfeiffer saves two tiebreaker penalties, and Madison Kinsolving delivers the decisive third conversion for the Bears to defeat Issaquah, 2-2 (3-2), for their first state championship. Juliana da Cruz puts the Eagles in the lead after 70 minutes, but with a minute left in regulation CV's Hailey Spooner strikes back, forcing overtime and eventually the shootout.
Peter Fewing calls time on his coaching days with Seattle University, transitioning to associate athletic director after 29 total seasons. Nate Daligcon, who had been associate head coach and at SU since 2013, takes over. Fewing's teams won the 1997 NAIA national championship and 2004 NCAA Division II championship. He earned national coach of the year honors each title season. In two stints covering four levels of affiliation, Fewing was 343-197-50. The Redhawks advanced as far as the Div. I third round in 2015.