The Vikings advanced to the NCAA Division II National Championship game, earning national runner-up honors falling to Grand Valley State 1-0 in double overtime in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania…went 23-3-0 overall for the second-most wins in a season in program history (24 in 2016)…won eighth Great Northwest Athletic Conference regular-season title with a perfect 12-0-0 record, marking just the third perfect season in conference play in the 19-year history of the league (WWU 12-0-0 in 2016, SPU 14-0-0 in 2007)…also the Vikings fifth undefeated run through the conference slate including ties… raised the regular-season conference trophy for the seventh time in the last eight seasons and claimed the fifth GNAC Tournament title in eight years of the event (13-1-2 all-time GNAC Tournament record)…advanced to the NCAA II Championships for the 10
th time in program history and the 8
th consecutive season…played in the NCAA II West Regional Championship for the 5
th consecutive season (7
th time in last 8 seasons) and won a fourth West Regional title with a 1-0 win over Point Loma at Harrington Field…final national ranking of No. 2 in the United Soccer Coaches Division II Top 25, extending string of 63 consecutive polls to earn a national ranking…eighth consecutive season to earn an end-of-season national ranking, combining to go 159-17-9 (.884) during this stretch with a 92-5-5 mark in GNAC play (.926)…had a 19-game winning streak snapped with the loss in the national title game, the third-longest winning streak in program history…recorded 16
th consecutive winning season and eighth straight with at least 15 wins…went 10-0-0 in home games at Harrington Field, improving the all-time Harrington record to 58-2-1 (.959).
Set a program record with five players earning All-America honors and six players claiming All-West Region honors…had four players selected to the NCAA Division II All-Tournament team, including
Peyton Chick earning Defensive MVP honors…had 12 players earn All-GNAC honors and tied a program record with 10 GNAC All-Academic awards…four players earned United Soccer Coaches All-Region and All-America Scholar awards…set a conference record with 12 GNAC Player of the Week selections, by 10 different players.
Earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Division II Championships by winning the GNAC title, marking the 10
th trip to the NCAA Tournament and eighth consecutive in program history…advanced to the West Regional Championship following a pair of 1-0 wins in Rohnert Park, Calif., earning the right to host the West Regional Final and NCAA II Quarterfinal at Harrington Field in Bellingham…defeated Point Loma 1-0 to win the fourth West Regional title in program history and Dixie State 3-0 in the quarterfinal to advance to the NCAA II Final Four in Pittsburgh, Pa…defeated Flagler College 2-0 in the national semifinal to advance to second national title game in last four years…defeated by Grand Valley State 1-0 in double overtime on a golden goal in the 107
th minute to earn national runner-up honors…out-shot GVSU 26-8 in the title game…WWU is now 22-8-1 all-time in NCAA Tournament play.
Led all of NCAA Division II with a 0.341 goals against average, allowing just 9 goals during the season…posted a program record 18 shutouts to rank 2
nd in the nation…posted five consecutive shutouts in NCAA Tournament play…also ranked 27
th in NCAA II averaging 2.42 goals per game, with 63 goals scored the fourth-most in a season in program history…junior goalkeeper
Natalie Dierickx ranked 3
rd in NCAA II with a .373 goals against average and 4
th with 13 shutouts (3
rd in single-season program history)…
Karli White and
Peyton Chick tied for 21
st in the nation with 9 assists, tied for 6
th in WWU single-season history…scored 25 goals over a four-game stretch Oct. 5-15, including an 8-0 win over Montana State Billings on Oct. 5 at Harrington Field…
Zoe Milburn tied the GNAC single-game record with 4 goals vs. MSUB…
Karli White led the team with 23 points (7 goals, 9 assists) and
Grace Eversaul had a team-high 8 goals…14 players scored at least one goal and nine players scored at least 4 goals.
Finished the decade with a 179-26-16 record for a .846 winning percentage, the third-best record amongst all NCAA II programs behind Grand Valley State (224-15-15) and Central Missouri (195-22-12). WWU's four national semifinal appearances were also 3
rd-most amongst NCAA II programs behind GVSU (9) and Saint Rose (5).
United Soccer Coaches All-America:
United Soccer Coaches All-West Region:
D2CCA All-America:
D2CCA All-West Region:
GNAC All-Conference:
- Karli White, F (First Team) – Player of the Year
- Grace Eversaul, M (First Team)
- Emily Nelson, D (First Team) – Defensive Player of the Year
- Natalie Dierickx, GK (First Team)
- Zoe Milburn, F (Second Team)
- Jordyn Bartelson, M (Second Team)
- Darby Doyle, M (Second Team)
- Annaliese Laurila, D (Second Team)
- Makenzie Burks, D (Honorable Mention)
- Peyton Chick, D (Honorable Mention)
- Liv Larson, F (Honorable Mention)
- Estera Levinte, F (Honorable Mention)
GNAC All-Academic:
- Jordyn Bartelson (3.45, Communications)***
- Talia Daigle (3.35, Outdoor Recreation)
- Natalie Dierickx (3.29, Communications)**
- Grace Eversaul (3.83, Environmental Science)**
- Lindsey Fujiwara (3.30, Management Information Systems)
- Alice Hiebert (3.44, Recreation Management)**
- Liv Larson (3.29, Recreation Management)***
- Annaliese Laurila (3.54, Marketing Management)***
- Emily Nelson (3.55, Kinesiology)***
- Karli White (3.39, Sociology)
* number of GNAC All-Academic awards in career
CoSIDA Academic All-District 8:
United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-West Region:
United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America:
GNAC Team of the Week
- November 11-17
- December 9-16
GNAC Player of the Week:
- Sept. 2-9: White (Offense), Laurila (Defense)
- Sept. 9-15: Dierickx (Defense)
- Sept. 16-22: Bartelson (Defense)
- Sept. 30-Oct. 6: Milburn (Offense)
- Oct. 7-13: White (Offense), Nelson (Defense)
- Oct. 14-20: Burks (Defense)
- Oct. 21-27: Levinte (Offense)
- Oct. 28-Nov. 3: Doyle (Offense), Chick (Defense)
- Nov. 4-10: Dierickx (Defense)
- GNAC Tournament MVP: White
NCAA Division II All-Tournament Team: