{"id":249524,"date":"2025-10-30T06:37:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T06:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/249524\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T06:37:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T06:37:10","slug":"redhawks-and-pilots-womens-soccer-draw-in-i-5-clash-the-spectator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/249524\/","title":{"rendered":"Redhawks and Pilots Women\u2019s Soccer Draw in I-5 Clash \u2013 The Spectator"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seattle University Women\u2019s Soccer battled to a 2-2 draw against the University of Portland Pilots Oct. 22 at Championship Field in a match that was both intense and unpredictable. Coming off a previous win over the University of San Francisco, the Redhawks showed resilience and played hard.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"Seattle U player lines up for a penalty kick. (Justin Hartshorn)<\/p>\n

As the first half began, Seattle U, eager to keep its undefeated streak alive, pushed forward with energy. Portland, however, gained an early advantage when a Redhawk defender slipped in the box and pulled a Portland player down. After the play was reviewed with video assistance, the referee awarded a penalty kick to Portland in the 31st minute, giving Portland a 0-1 lead at the half.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

After halftime, the Redhawks applied pressure with the wings and worked to earn several corner kicks that created goal-scoring chances.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Thirteen seconds into the second half, senior midfielder Caroline Penner<\/a> volleyed a shot from outside the penalty area that snuck under the crossbar, evening the score at 1-1 and electrifying the home crowd. The Redhawks kept pressing, showing quick movement and patient passing as they tried to break through a stubborn Portland defense.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the whole team had great intensity. It was really competitive, but also a really frustrating game. We had really good attacks. We should have capitalized more on some of them, but I do think we were trying to create a lot of opportunities, but there were just a lot of unfortunate calls and balls in the right place,\u201d Forward Kailee Wilson<\/a> said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Seattle U managed to stay in the game thanks to several vital saves from goalkeeper Kassidy Kirgan<\/a>. The Redhawks needed to find greater success in the attacking third to pull level in the second half.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"Seattle U and Portland players in the middle of the game. (Justin Hartshorn)<\/p>\n

Portland regained the lead in the 63rd minute with another penalty kick, bringing the score to 1-2. Seattle responded with even more urgency, winning duels and earning set pieces. Eventually, a collision in the box took down Wilson, giving Seattle a penalty of their own in the 84th minute. Wilson stepped up and slotted her shot into the bottom right corner, sealing a hard-earned draw and sparking celebration among Redhawk faithfuls.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone kept each other accountable and kept working hard. I think that was fantastic. I think obviously it\u2019s a rough game, getting two penalty kicks that don\u2019t normally happen, and I think we did a great job bouncing back from that,\u201d Penner said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Redhawks finished with seven corner kicks and eleven shots but were unable to break the deadlock against a resilient Portland team, despite their intense efforts. The match ended in a draw, but the Redhawks were proud of their tenacity throughout a challenging, physical contest.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"The Redhawks and Pilots fist-bumping to start the game. (Justin Hartshorn)<\/p>\n

After the game, the team joined head coach Julie Woodward<\/a> to reflect. Although upset about the penalty kicks, Woodward understood it was not a loss and that they now needed to look forward to their upcoming games.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe battled back twice after going down a goal, then going down another goal, which I was really proud of them for.. It was sort of a game where there were a lot of frustrating calls for the opposing team, as well as for us. And I think them just continuing to fight and keeping their cool and playing till the very end, was pretty special,\u201d Woodward said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

With the result, Seattle U continues its strong season, showing elite performance against tough competition. The Redhawks aim to build on this match, focusing on maintaining intensity and teamwork on the field.\u00a0<\/p>\n

At the time of publishing, Seattle U Women\u2019s soccer fell to Gonzaga University 2-3 Oct. 25, only their third loss of the season. The Redhawks take on Oregon State University Nov. 1 at 7 p.m. at home. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Seattle University Women\u2019s Soccer battled to a 2-2 draw against the University of Portland Pilots Oct. 22 at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249525,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-249524","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-soccer","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}