FOREST GROVE, ORE. – A solid week in the net for Pacific's Leyton Thommasen (Fr., Des Moines) has earned the freshman goalkeeper selection as the Northwest Conference Men's Soccer Defensive Student-Athlete of the Week. The award, selected by the conference's sports information directors, was announced Monday night.

Thommasen paced the Pacific defense as they went 1-1-0 last week. In Thursday's 2-0 victory over Oregon Tech, Thommasen earned his first collegiate shutout as he made four saves against eight shots. The freshman saw one ball get past him in the 89th minute of Sunday's loss to the Univ. of Dallas, but also made four saves against nine shots taken by the Crusaders.

"Leyton has been solid thus far this season," said Pacific head men's soccer coach Eric Mild. "The NWC recognition is a just reward for his hard work and performance. We are excited about his future in our program."

With four non-conference matches under his belt, Thommasen leads the NWC with a 0.57 goals against average. In 315 minutes of action, Thommasen has allowed just two goals while making a league-leading 15 saves.
A graduate of Kennedy Catholic High School in Burien, Thommasen was a two-time First Team All-State and First Team All-Seamount League selection in his final two prep seasons.

The Boxers open NWC play on Sat., Sept. 20, at Puget Sound.

Trio playing for UW Soccer

Three area graduates are now playing for the University of Washington men's soccer team.

Darwin Jones from Mount Rainier High School in Des Moines is playing forward as a senior for the Huskies and Ian Lange from Kennedy Catholic High School in Burien is now a junior midfielder.

Des Moines resident Jim Oganga is a junior midfielder/forward who came to the UW by way of Thomas Jefferson High School and Highline Community College.

McPherson scores 11 kills

Kennedy graduate Jennica McPherson scored 11 kills for the Western Washington University women's volleyball team in a 3-1 win over Azusa Pacific University on Friday morning.