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Season in Review - Women's Soccer

Vikings play in NCAA National Championship Game finishing with 23-3-0 record

1/29/2020 4:15:00 PM

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 10th time in program history and the 8th consecutive season…played in the NCAA II West Regional Championship for the 5th consecutive season (7th 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 16th 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).
Award Season
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.
Playing for the National Title
Earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Division II Championships by winning the GNAC title, marking the 10th 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 107th 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.
Statistically Speaking
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 2nd in the nation…posted five consecutive shutouts in NCAA Tournament play…also ranked 27th 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 3rd in NCAA II with a .373 goals against average and 4th with 13 shutouts (3rd in single-season program history)…Karli White and Peyton Chick tied for 21st in the nation with 9 assists, tied for 6th 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.
Wrapping Up The Decade
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 3rd-most amongst NCAA II programs behind GVSU (9) and Saint Rose (5).
2019 Honors & Awards

United Soccer Coaches All-America: United Soccer Coaches All-West Region: D2CCA All-America: D2CCA All-West Region: GNAC All-Conference: GNAC All-Academic: * 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:
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