The Falcons were ousted in the first round of the NCAA tournament by a golden goal score in doubleovertime against Cal State Stanislaus.
Even though SPU didn’t quite reach the plateau it did in 2013, it still continued its streak of 12 straight
NCAA postseason appearances.
SPU was one of the harder teams to beat at home this season, scoring 23 of its conference high 36 goals at
Interbay Stadium.
GNAC Player of the Year and championships MVP Isabel Farrell was part of a duo of Falcons that led the
conference in points. Farrell scored seven goals while passing for seven assists while teammate Hannah
Huesers led the GNAC with 15 goals, more than double anyone else in the conference.
CENTRAL WASHINGTON wildcats
Record: 8-8-3 overall, 7-4-3 conference
Pre-season Coaches Poll: 3rd
Conference Finis h: 4th (24 points)
Stat Leaders: Goals – Mackenzie Nolte (8); Assists – Hadli Farrand (4); Saves – Kayla Lipston (97)
All-Conference Selections: First – Hadli Farrand; Second – Mackenzie Nolte (Freshman of the Year); HM –
Megan Ward, Abby Litka, Allie Bohnett, Kayla Lipston
All-West Region Selections: Hadli Farrand, Mackenzie Nolte
Season Recap: The Wildcats had a tough schedule to start off the 2014 season,
playing three CCAA teams away from Ellensburg including NCAA tournament four
seed Cal State Stanislaus.
Once conference play started though, Central Washington got into a groove. Only
losing two of their first seven matches, the Wildcats quickly rose to one of the top
teams in the conference.
CWU was the only team in the GNAC to tie regular season champion Western
Washington and beat conference tournament champion Seattle Pacific.
Hadli Farrand led CWU to the
GNAC championship
tournament for the second
straight year.
The Wildcats had one of the tougher defenses in the conference ranking third in
goals-against average and second in shutouts. A big reason for this was goalkeeper
Kayla Lipston. The senior honorable-mention team member made 97 saves while producing the most
shutouts per game in the GNAC.
Freshman of the Year Mackenzie Nolte and GNAC first-teamer Hadli Farrand set the pace for the Wildcats in
goals. The two scored 13 of the teams 22 goals in 2014, including six of its last 10.
WESTERN OREGON wolves
Record: 6-8-4 overall, 4-6-4 conference
Pre-season Coaches Poll: 4th
Conference Finish: 5th (16 points)
Stat Leaders: Goals – Makana Pundyke (4); Assists – Taylor Higa (4); Saves – Amanda Rose Johnson (81)
All-Conference Selections: First – JoEllen DeLeon, Amanda Rose Johnson; Second – Mariah Konyn; HM –
Makana Pundyke, Peyton Moon