Point Loma shutout a pair of RMAC schools with goalkeeper Julia Pinnell leading the defense with nine saves in the victories over MSU-Denver and Fort Lewis. Concordia bombarded Northwest Nazarene 4-0, with Elle Soleau contributing a goal and assist. Those are your weekly award winners, based on matches through Sunday.
 
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PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Concordia's Elle Soleau, MF, Sr., 5-6, Huntington Beach, Calif.                                
Concordia's Elle Soleau scored a goal and had an assist to help her Golden Eagles to a 4-0 blitz of Northwest Nazarene. The senior midfielder assisted in CUI's first goal of the match in the 17th minute and then piled on insurance in the 83rd minute with a strike. That marked the third straight match that the University of San Diego transfer had scored for her new team. That string included a game winning shot on Sept. 10 against CSU Dominguez Hills. Soleau's college journey began at the University of San Francisco, went to Boise State, USD and now finishing with a flurry at CUI.

DEFENDER OF THE WEEK: Point Loma's Julia Pinnell, GK, Sr., 5-9, Beaverton, Ore.                                     
Point Loma's Julia Pinnell played a typically big role in the Sea Lions' two shutouts last week against MSU-Denver (2-0) and Fort Lewis (1-0). She had four saves against the Roadrunners and five more versus Fort Lewis, including a penalty kick stop in the second half. The three-time All-PacWest selection had nine total saves and faced 27 shots. The 2024 PacWest Co-Goalkeeper of the Year has three shutouts in 2025 and a 0.67 goals against average, and has now tallied 181 career saves with a collegiate 0.62 GAA.

TEAM OF THE WEEK: Point Loma Sea Lions                                                                                                        
Point Loma is the Team of the Week after taking out MSU-Denver and Fort Lewis. That helped the defending PacWest champs improve to 3-2-1 on the season, wrapping up their non-conference play. Nikki Ross had a goal in each match for the home team, including the only goal and match winner against Fort Lewis in the 72nd minute. That came after Julia Pinnell saved a penalty kick in the 65th minute to spark the Sea Lions. Earlier in the week against MSU-Denver, the Sea Lions scored twice in the first 15 minutes to create distance and then played defense to win. Ross scored one of those goals and Kylie Garcia hit the other at 7:03. 

PACWEST NEWS AND NOTES: Menlo became the second PacWest school this Fall to beat up on California Maritime, an NAIA and CalPac Conference squad. The Oaks won 20-0, using three goals by Liz Brunzell in the first 15 minutes to jump start the rout...Azusa Pacific had an impressive week, defeating No. 12 nationally ranked Colorado Mesa (2-0) and tying with CSU Los Angeles (0-0). Against the Mavericks, APU scored in each half (Faith Cruse and Anela Sandobal) and used goalkeeper Alexia Muniz's four saves to claim the upset. Against CSU Los Angeles, the Cougars outshot the Golden Eagles 12-4 (4-2 on goal) but had to settle for the deadlock...Vanguard was also unbeaten on the week (1-0-1) with a 2-0 win over CS San Marcos and a 1-1 tie with Colorado Christian...Lydia Keller had eight saves during Hawaii Hilo's a 1-1 tie with Chaminade...Six PacWest teams have winning records after the preseason slate--Concordia (3-1-1), Dominican (2-0-4), Biola (3-1-3), Menlo (2-1-1), Azusa Pacific (2-1-2) and Point Loma (3-2-1). 

LOOKING AHEAD: Ten matches are on tap this week, including six PacWest counters. Those league games include Hawai`i Hilo at Dominican on Wednesday, Hawaii Pacific at Jessup and Chaminade at Fresno Pacific on Thursday, Hilo at Menlo on Friday, Chaminade at Dominican and Hawaii Pacific at Fresno Pacific on Saturday.  To see the complete list, click here.