Whitworth men edge Linfield

Travis Gutierrez scored with just over a minute remaining in overtime to give the Whitworth men’s soccer team a 1-0 victory over Linfield in a Northwest Conference match Sunday in Spokane.
The Pirates (10-5-2, 7-4-2 NWC) won their final home match of the season despite playing the final 67 minutes of the match with only 10 players after Cameron Bushey received a red card.
Bryan Sherpe made four saves for Whitworth in his first game back since suffering a concussion.

• Gonzaga remained winless on the road in West Coast Conference play with a 2-0 loss to San Francisco. The Bulldogs (4-12, 1-8 WCC) dropped to 0-5 on the road in WCC matches, and it was the seventh shutout loss of the season overall.
Gonzaga dropped to 3-6 all-time on Halloween.

• Tenth-ranked Cal scored in the 109th minute for a 2-1 double-overtime win over upset-minded Washington in Pac-10 play in Berkeley, Calif. John Crenshaw scored for the Huskies (9-5-1, 3-4-0 Pac-10), and Spencer Richey made eight saves.

Women’s soccer

Sarah Berentson scored the match’s only goal and Callie Bergstrom made eight saves for her eighth shutout of the season as Whitworth beat Linfield 1-0 in Northwest Conference play in Spokane.
Berentson’s seventh goal of the season helped the Pirates, who played their final home match of the year, improve to 13-5-1 overall, 11-3-1 NWC.

• Lauren Barnes and Jenna Richmond scored to give No. 22 UCLA a 2-0 win over Washington State in a Pac-10 match in Los Angeles.
Senior Mallory Fox played in her 79th match for the Cougars (6-13, 1-7 Pac-10), second-most all-time at WSU.

• Jordan Marada scored in the second overtime period to give Saint Mary’s a 4-3 come-from-behind win over Gonzaga in West Coast Conference play in the Bulldogs’ final home match of the season.
Cassie Geerdts and Emily Hutchins scored in the first half to give Gonzaga (8-10-1, 3-3-0 WCC) a 2-0 lead at the half. Ashley Riley’s fourth goal of the season forced overtime.

• Idaho missed out on a chance to win the regular-season Western Athletic Conference title, losing 1-0 in overtime to Fresno State in Moscow. 

The Vandals (14-6, 5-3 WAC) are locked into the No. 3 seed for the conference tournament, which Idaho will open Thursday morning in Ruston, La., with a rematch against the sixth-seeded Bulldogs.
• Washington lost 2-0 to No. 23 USC in Los Angeles, dropping the Huskies to 11-7-1 overall, 4-4 Pac-10.

Volleyball

Eleventh-ranked UCLA swept Washington State in Los Angeles, winning the Pac-10 match 25-10, 25-12, 25-14.
Meagan Ganzer had nine kills and a match-high three blocks, Ocena Bush had eight digs and Sara Biondi had 15 assists for the Cougars (6-15, 0-11 Pac-10).

Junior hockey

Ryan Hadley-Schaal scored with just over 2 minutes left in the game to give the Spokane Braves a 3-2 victory over the Nelson Leafs in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League play at Eagles Ice-A-Rena.
Brycen Fisher and Joel Stewart also scored for the Braves (12-11-0), and Mckinlee Baum made 18 saves.

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