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Salem-News.com Sports (October 15, 2006 02:14)

UPS Gets by Wildcats, 2-1

Linfield’s two-game winning streak ended and the Wildcats slipped to 3-5-2, but still have six games to try for their best season since 2003.

(McMINNVILLE) - Linfield's Stephanie CasterNationally ranked Puget Sound had its hands full defeating scrappy Linfield 2-1 Saturday in Northwest Conference women’s soccer.

UPS improved to 6-1-2 in the conference and leapfrogged Whitworth (6-2-1) into second place when Whitworth lost to first-place , 13th-ranked Willamette (8-1) .

Linfield’s two-game winning streak ended and the Wildcats slipped to 3-5-2, but still have six games to try for their best season since 2003.

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Salem-News.com Sports (October 15, 2006 02:06)

McKay Graduate Trevor Scharer Passes For Career High as Linfield Beats Southern Oregon

Linfield held the Raiders to 85 yards rushing, outgaining the visitors in total yards, 551-342.

(McMINNVILLE) - Linfield's Trevor ScharerLinfield junior quarterback, and McKay High School graduate Trevor Scharer passed for a career-high 443 yards and five touchdowns to power No. 18 Linfield to a 37-29 nonconference victory over Southern Oregon Saturday night at Maxwell Field. Five different receivers caught touchdowns from Scharer, who became one of only five Linfield quarterbacks to throw for more than 400 yards.

Linfield (3-2) led for most of three quarters, but had to fend off a second-half surge by the Raiders (2-4) to pull out the home-field victory.

A 7-yard touchdown catch by Tyler Kaluza from Scharer gave Linfield an early 7-0 lead. But the Raiders pulled even with 1:23 left in the half, marching 90 yards following a punt. Kevin Holtzman scored on a 27-yard reception from Casey Mitchell.

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Salem-News.com Sports (October 15, 2006 02:04)

Wildcats Win Wild One Over Wolves, 28-21

The Wolves had 474 yards of total offense but never led in the game and reached paydirt only once in falling to 4-2 on the season.

(ELLENSBURG, Wash.) - WOU logoWestern Oregon kicked a school-record five field goals and outgained host Central Washington, but still came up a touchdown short during a 28-21 loss to the Wildcats in front of 3,359 fans at Tomlinson Stadium.

Central Washington rode the arm of Mike Reilly, who hit 22 of 32 passes for 314 yards (a season high) and three touchdowns. All three scoring tosses were to Johnny Spevak, who had nine catches on the day for 139 yards, also a career best.

Western Oregon’s Eliot Vinzant rushed for over 100 yards for the 13th consecutive time, gaining 132 on 22 carries. That gives him an even 1,000 yards for the season, making him the only WOU back in school history to rush for over 1,000 yards in back-to-back years.

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Salem-News.com Sports (October 15, 2006 02:03)

Willamette Defeats Whitworth, 1-0

Woody saves penalty kick with 1:54 left to preserve shutout.

(SALEM) - Soccer ballSophomore forward Emily Gross tapped in a shot near the left post to complete a corner kick by Willamette University and senior goalkeeper Kari Woody saved a penalty kick with 1:54 left, as the Bearcats remained in first place in the Northwest Conference with a 1-0 victory over Whitworth College, Saturday at Sparks Field.

Willamette, tied for 13th in the NCAA Division III National Rankings, improved to 11-1-1 on the season, 8-1-0 in the NWC.

Whitworth, ranked #20 in Division III, fell to 8-2-2 overall, 6-2-1 in the NWC.

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Salem-News.com Sports (October 15, 2006 01:58)

Blaney Wins Dollar General 300; Harvick Captures Busch Championship

Blaney outdueled Matt Kenseth in a side-by-side battle on the last lap of a green-white-checkered finish to grab his first win in any of NASCAR's three major touring series.

(CHARLOTTE, N.C) - Dave BlaneyDave Blaney won the Dollar General 300 NASCAR Busch Series race on a bizarre Friday the 13th evening at Lowe's Motor Speedway, while Kevin Harvick clinched the series championship.

Dollar General 300 Results:

1 23 #132 Dave Blaney Chevrolet Hass Avocados from Mexico 185/5 203 Running

2 42 #99 Michael Waltrip Dodge Family Dollar 175/5 203 Running

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Salem-News.com Sports (October 15, 2006 01:50)

Washington State Edges Oregon State, 1-0

Washington State (7-4-2, 2-0) got a goal by Caeli Abeyta at the 52:00 mark to earn the win over the Beavers (8-4-2, 1-2).

(CORVALLIS) - OSU womens soccerThe Oregon State and Washington State women’s soccer teams both had stellar defensive efforts, but one play helped the visiting Cougars to a 1-0 Pacific-10 Conference victory on Friday night at Lorenz Field.

“Tonight we are disappointed in the result but not in our performance,” OSU Coach Steve Fennah said. “I thought it was a good game and we played pretty well. We created opportunities to score and their keeper made a couple of outstanding saves on very good strikes on goal. It’s disappointing but it’s the nature of our sport. We put on a good performance tonight against a really good Washington State team but didn’t get a lot to show from it.”

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Salem-News.com Sports (October 15, 2006 01:45)

Beavers Rally Late, Come Up Short

With the win Arizona State moves to 10-8 overall and 2-5 in the Pac-10, while Oregon State falls to 3-13 overall and 0-7 in conference play.

(CORVALLIS) - OSU volleyballOregon State made a valiant comeback attempt in the third game seeking to force a fourth game, but came up short against Arizona State.

Abby Windell held a block party during the Beavers’ rally turning away the Sun Devils four times.

“I told the team that I am proud of the way they came back in the third game because when you’re down like that it could go the other way,” said head coach Taras Liskevych. “I firmly believe that we can win. If we finish any of those games it turns the momentum and then we’re in the match.”

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Salem-News.com Sports (October 15, 2006 01:39)

Ducks Atop Pac-10 Standings With Win Over Huskies

Oregon reached 3-0 in league play despite being outshot 15-8, and 13-2 in the second half.

(EUGENE) - Ducks soccerHere’s a first: the Oregon women’s soccer is alone on top of the Pacific-10 Conference.

The Ducks used a couple of quick scoring strikes to run away from Washington 3-1 on Friday at Pape’ Field, and pull ahead of idle UCLA.

Oregon is now 3-0 in the Pac-10 for the first time in school history, and moved to 9-5 overall, tying the school record for victories in a single season.

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Salem-News.com Sports (October 15, 2006 01:34)

Whitman Rallies to Down Bearcats, 3-1

The Bearcats will remain on the road to take on Whitworth College in Spokane, Wash., on Saturday. Match time is scheduled for 5:00 PM.

(WALLA WALLA, Wash.) - Bearcats logoThe Willamette University Bearcats roared out to a 30-25 win in the first game, but Whitman College rallied to win the next three games, 30-16, 30-23, 30-24, for a Northwest Conference victory at the Sherwood Center.

Whitman raised its record to 8-9 overall, including 4-5 in the NWC.

Willamette went to 4-15 overall, 0-9 in the NWC.

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