SOU SOCCER: Gaspar puts in 90th-minute winner for Raider men
Published 10:49 pm Friday, September 18, 2026
KIRKLAND, Wash. — The latest regulation game-winning goal in Southern Oregon men’s soccer history marked the arrival of the Cascade Conference season at Northwest (Wash.) on Friday afternoon.
Thirteen seconds remained when Raider junior Jonathan Gaspar delivered the decisive blow in a dramatic 2-1 defeat the Eagles, breaking a deadlock that had sustained for the previous 74 minutes at NU Field.
It unfolded when, with the clock winding down, SOU’s JP Warnell turned and took two defenders off the dribble and into the box. Northwest keeper Bailey Hopkins made a sliding stop — his 11th in the contest — of Warnell’s left-footed shot but couldn’t get to his feet in time to deny Gaspar, who gathered the deflection and fired through the defense from up close.
Gaspar, an All-CCC midfielder, tallied for the second time this season. The Raiders had come up empty on their 15 previous attempts of the half and finished with advantages of 25-8 in total shots and 13-4 on goal.
SOU improved to 4-0-1 overall, while the Eagles fell to 2-2-1. The Raiders have still yet to allow multiple goals in a game this season.
They fell behind in the seventh minute on a Roland Ngoy goal, but Michael Mutchukian, a 6-foot-5 defender, equalized in the 16th with a well-struck header off of Elias Ahmed’s free kick. Mutchukian’s goal was his second, and Ahmed’s assist gave him his first point as a Raider.
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The Raiders are unbeaten through five games for the fourth time in team history.
Women’s Soccer
SOU 2, NORTHWEST 0: At Kirkland, Wash.Southern Oregon recorded its third shutout of the year, aided by Ava Johnson’s successful penalty kick in the third minute and Tori Lasch’s goal in the 55th. The Raiders had last won at Northwest in 2019, and gone 0-4-3 in CCC matchups with the Eagles since then.
The Raiders improved to 4-0-2 overall, making their unbeaten run the longest of the season-opening variety in program history. It stretched to 10 regular-season games dating back to last fall, two away from matching another team record.
Redshirt-freshman goalkeeper Ashlyn Fuss was sharp again with seven saves that negated Northwest’s 12-9 edge in total shots.
Brycelin Endrikat, a freshman from Medford, was in the middle of both SOU goals. She drew a foul on a mistimed tackle by NU keeper Ali Tiechner to put Johnson at the penalty spot, and later delivered a crisp ball into the box that Lasch turned into a one-timer and Endrikat’s fourth assist.
Johnson’s goal was her fourth of the season and the 10th of her career. Lasch’s was her CCC-leading sixth; each has been delivered in SOU’s last three games.
The Eagles fell to 1-2.