Soccer

Central’s women’s soccer team split its games this past week. They fell to Western Washington University (WWU), ranked second in NCAA Division II, 1-0 at home and beat Northwest Nazarene University (NNU) 2-1 in overtime on the road.

WWU out-shot Central 12-9, scoring in the 76th minute, a week after edging Central 2-1 in overtime in Bellingham, Wash.

Central’s sophomore midfielder Mackenzie Nolte, reigning GNAC Freshman of the Year, booted the game winning goal in overtime against NNU, her second goal of the season. Nolte added an assist, her sixth of the season, ranking her second in the GNAC.

The team’s other goal came from freshman midfielder Lexsi Manning, the first of her college career.

Central outshot NNU 31-8 in their second victory over them this season.

With four games left in the season, the women will likely need to win at least three of those to make the GNAC tournament.

The team’s final four games are against teams in front of them in conference standings.

Cross country

Freshman Brenna Liebel had Central’s top individual finish at the Emerald City Open on Saturday, Oct. 17.

Liebel placed 28th, and the women’s team finished sixth out of the eight teams at the event. Liebel was one of six Central runners that traveled to the event.

With the GNAC championship meet taking place this Saturday, Oct. 24, only runners that didn’t qualify for the meet participated. This gives Central’s runners competing Saturday a chance to get their legs fresh before the conference championship meet.

Men’s rugby

Central’s men’s rugby team qualified for a bid for the 2016 USA Rugby 7’s College National Championship last weekend Oct. 17 and 18.

The team went 6-0 last weekend in the Northwest Collegiate Rugby Conference (NWRC) 7’s Qualifier tournament held at Central.

The tournament included 12 schools from Washington, Oregon and Idaho.

Central proved once again they are the premier rugby team in the Pacific Northwest with a near perfect performance in their seventh straight NWRC Qualifier tournament championship.

The men started the weekend knocking off Washington State University Tri-Cities  48-5, led by sophomore Dominic Lindstrom’s three trys.

Central followed an impressive team performance against Idaho State University . Seven different Wildcats scored in the 50-0 victory.

To close out the day, Central notched a 40-5 victory over Boise State University .

On day two of the tournament, Central continued to make it look easy. Outscoring the University of Oregon and WWU 73-0 in the first two games.

Sophomore Seth Halliman led the way in the final game with three trys as Central knocked off Gonzaga University 60-5.

Central outscored opponents 271-15 in six games, pitching three shutouts.