Point Loma won a huge showdown in the PacWest title race with a 2-0 victory over Concordia, and they also took down Vanguard, 3-0. Biola’s Briley Phelps had the highest goal output of the season with four scores against Westmont while Chaminade goalkeeper Sydney Bakritzes had eight total saves in two shutouts for two Silversword victories.

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TEAM OF THE WEEK: Point Loma Sea Lions                                                                                                                                                
Point Loma is the Team the Week for the third straight time after winning their fourth and fifth matches in a row. The Sea Lions moved into first place in the PacWest with a 2-0 win over Concordia and a 3-0 conquest of Vanguard and now sit at 6-0-2 in conference play (20 points) and 9-2-5 overall. Goalkeeper Cameron Simmons had two shutouts and tallied six saves in the huge win over the Golden Eagles. That was the first conference loss for CUI, ranked No. 13 nationally. Point Loma, under head coach Kristy Kiely, have just one match left on the schedule, and a win next Saturday against Westmont would ensure a sixth title in the last eight years for the Sea Lions.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Biola’s Briley Phelps, MF, Sr., 5-5, Santa Clarita, Calif.                                            
On Senior Night, Biola’s Briley Phelps scored four times as Biola kept their playoff hopes alive with a 6-1 win over Westmont. The two totals are PacWest season highs and the four goals equals the second highest total in PacWest history. Both the 4 and 8 are also Biola D2 era school records. On the season Phelps leads the PacWest in points (30), assists (6) and is tied in goals (12). In Biola’s only match last week, Phelps scored twice in the first half and twice after the break during the 6-1 win over Westmont. Two of her scores were on penalty kicks. This is Phelps’ third PacWest Player of the Week award this year and fourth overall.

DEFENDER OF THE WEEK: Chaminade’s Sydney Bakritzes, GK, Sr., 5-7, Edina, Minn.                
Chaminade’s Sydney Bakritzes is the Defender of the Week after helping lead the Silverswords to a pair of shutout wins over Dominican (1-0) and Jessup (2-0). The senior from Minnesota had four saves in each match as CUH won their third straight to improve to 3-5 in PacWest play, their first three wins of the season. It was the first two shutouts of Bakritzes career at Chaminade after playing the previous two seasons (three total) at Division I North Dakota.

PACWEST NEWS AND NOTES: It’s down to three teams fighting for two spots in the Pacific West Conference Championship tournament, November 5 and 7 in Hilo, Hawaii. Point Loma moved into the top spot this past week with two wins and they are 6-0-2 (20 points) with one match remaining. They have clinched a tournament spot, as has host Hawaii Hilo who is 5-0-3 (18 points). That leaves Concordia (5-1-1) and Biola (5-1-1) both with 16 points and Vanguard (5-3) with 15 points. Vanguard and Biola play each other on Wednesday and Concordia and Biola square off on Saturday…Hawaii Pacific’s Lavina Vaipulu scored twice during a wild 4-3 loss to Dominican…Chaminade’s Shannon Healy scored both Silversword goals in a 2-0 victory over Jessup, both in the last nine minutes of the contest…Concordia’s Christina Sidoti had a PacWest season-high 13 saves in the loss to Point Loma. She faced 27 shots from the PLNU attack and gave up just two goals.

WEST REGION RPI: Point Loma is No. 4, Concordia is No. 5 and Hawaii Hilo is No. 9 in this week's NCAA west region ranking. To see the list, click here.

LOOKING AHEAD: It’s Finals Week as the countdown to PacWest tournament qualification reaches it’s final six days. On Monday, Jessup visits Hawaii Pacific and Dominican is at Hawaii Hilo. Wednesday shows Biola at Vanguard and Concordia at Westmont, and the 2026 regular season wraps up on Saturday with HPU at Chaminade, Point Loma at Westmont, Jessup at Dominican and Biola at Concordia.