This week in sports (10/7/2010)

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Women's Soccer

1.  #2 Portland (12-1-0)
2. Pepperdine (8-3-2)
3.  LMU (8-3-0)
4.  #13 Santa Clara (7-3-2)
5.  San Diego (7-4-2)
6. Saint Mary's (6-3-3)
7.  Gonzaga (5-7-1) 
8.  San Francisco (4-9-0)

The Pilots faced off at Merlo against regional competition last weekend, defeating the University of Oregon 4-1, and then taking out the University of Washington with a penalty kick in double overtime, finishing the game 2-1. The Pilots also jumped in the NSCAA rankings this week to the No. 2 position, still trailing Stanford. This weekend the Pilots begin conference play against Gonzaga, traveling to Spokane for a Sunday game.

Men's Soccer (conference play)

1. LMU (2-0-0)
2. Saint Mary's (2-1-0)
3. Portland (1-0-1)
4. Santa Clara (1-0-1)
5. San Diego (1-1-0)
6. Gonzaga (0-2-0)
7. San Francisco (0-3-0)

Last week the Pilots opened conference play, defeating Gonzaga on the road 2-0, and later playing to a 1-1 draw with Santa Clara. This week the Pilots also dropped out of the NSCAA coaches poll into the "others receiving votes" category. This week the Pilots play on the road again against San Diego at 7 p.m. on Friday, and against LMU on Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

Volleyball (conference play)

1.  #23 San Diego (2-0) 
2.  #25 Saint Mary's (2-0) 
3.  Pepperdine (2-0)
4. LMU (2-0)
5. Portland (0-2)
6. San Francisco (0-2)
7. Gonzaga (0-2)
8. Santa Clara (0-2)

This week the Pilots return home to continue conference play against Santa Clara tonight at 7 p.m. and against San Francisco Saturday at 1 p.m. Both San Francisco and Santa Clara are winless thus far in conference play.

(courtesy portlandpilots.com, WCCsports.com)