Local report: Reno, Tanasse among all-GNAC selections

ELLENSBURG, Wash. — West Valley’s Taylor Tanasse and Kittitas’ Mike Reno have been roommates as well as teammates on Central Washington’s football team. They are now teammates on the all-GNAC team. Reno was a first-team selection while Tanasse was named to the second team, according to a university news release. Reno, CWU’s nose tackle, had [...]

College volleyball: Offutt, Ryan help CWU past SFU

ELLENSBURG, Wash. — Jordan Offutt and Meg Ryan combined for 20 kills Saturday night as Central Washington ended its volleyball season with a 3-0 victory over Simon Fraser. Erin Smith added seven kills and three blocks as CWU won 25-18, 25-22, 25-13 to finish 9-9 in GNAC play and 15-11 overall. It was the 13th [...]

Local report: CWU knocks off Western

ELLENSBURG, Wash. — Central Washington recorded the biggest win of its volleyball season Thursday night, upsetting archrival Western Washington 3-1 in GNAC action in Nicholson Pavilion. Jordan Offutt put down 19 kills for the Wildcats, who won 25-18, 25-20, 9-25, 25-19. Erin Smith had seven kills, Kaely Kight 18 digs and Carlee Marble 36 assists [...]

Local report: YVCC falls in first round

AUBURN, Wash. — Green River scored once in the fourth minute and again in the 27th, and went on to end Yakima Valley’s women’s soccer season with a 2-0 victory in a first-round NWAACC playoff match Wednesday. YVCC, ranked sixth in the most recent NWAACC coaches poll, finished its season 12-6-1. Unranked Green River advanced [...]

Local report: YVCC wins to end regular season

ONTARIO, Ore. — Jumping on Treasure Valley with two quick goals, Yakima Valley’s women’s soccer team completed its regular season in triumphant fashion Saturday with a 3-1 victory in East Region play. The Yaks, who had already secured an NWAACC playoff berth, finished 10-5-0 in the region and 12-6-1 overall despite an unusually high number [...]

Local report: Offutt, Smith help lead CWU

FAIRBANKS, Alaska — Jordan Offutt and Erin Smith combined for 21 kills to lead Central Washington to a 3-0 sweep of Alaska Fairbanks in GNAC volleyball action Thursday night. The Wildcats won 25-21, 25-23, 25-21, improving to 7-7 in conference play and 13-9 overall. Offutt totaled 11 kills while Smith had 10 for CWU, which [...]

Brandli lifts CWU past NW Nazarene

NAMPA, Idaho — Freshman Danielle Brandli scored in the third minute of overtime Saturday to boost Central Washington past Northwest Nazarene 1-0 in GNAC women’s soccer. The victory, combined with Montana State Billings’ loss to Seattle Pacific, moved the Wildcats (8-3-2 conference, 9-4-4 overall) back into second place ahead of the Yellowjackets. Sophomore Kori Butterfield, [...]

Central soccer misses shot at postseason

BILLINGS, Mont. — Central Washington, hoping to enhance its NCAA Division II playoff hopes Thursday, came up empty in its showdown with Montana State Billings. The Wildcats scored an own goal and a sloppy exchange from their goalkeeper to a defender allowed another in a 3-0 GNAC loss to the Yellowjackets. “I am disappointed,” CWU [...]

Colleges: YVCC thumps Treasure Valley

YAKIMA, Wash. — Kaylah Gonzales and Elizabeth Figueroa scored two goals each Saturday as Yakima Valley beat Treasure Valley 5-1 in an East Region women’s soccer match on the Yaks’ field. YVCC, despite being decimated by injuries this season, improved to 7-4-0 in the region — good for third place — and 9-5-1 overall. Gonzales [...]

College roundup — Gonzales’ goal leads YVCC past CBC

YAKIMA — Kaylah Gonzales scored Yakima Valley’s only goal in Saturday’s East Region soccer match with Columbia Basin, but that was all YVCC would need for a key 1-0 victory on the Yaks’ field. Gonzales’ penalty-kick tally came in the 70th minute, and goalkeeper Amanda Freisz made it stand up with four saves as YVCC [...]

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