LINFIELD UNIVERSITY SOCCER VERSUS LEWIS & CLARK • NOVEMBER 8, 2025

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WOMEN’S COACH STEVE SIMMONS

Steve Simmons is in the seventh year of his second tenure as Linfield women’s soccer coach. Simmons’ resumé sports 15 years of Division I coaching experience at Oregon State and Northern Illinois, in addition to serving five years as head coach of the Linfield men’s and women’s soccer and women’s lacrosse programs from 1996 until 2000.

Simmons, who owns a career record of 202-181-44 in 22 seasons as a collegiate head coach.

During his first tenure at Linfield, he took over a men’s team that went 1-15-0 in 1995 and led the Wildcats to three seasons of double-digit wins, including a 21-1-1 mark in 2000. That team knocked off top-ranked Ohio Wesleyan in the NCAA Division III quarterfinals losing in the NCAA Division III semifinals to eventual national champion Messiah College. On the women’s side, the Wildcats rose from ninth place to fourth place in his final season as coach.

Most recently, Simmons spent nine years as head coach of the Oregon State men’s soccer program. During his OSU tenure, the Beavers produced three MLS

SuperDraft first round picks.

Prior to Oregon State, Simmons went 59-47-3 in six seasons as head coach at Northern Illinois.

He began his coaching career as an assistant at his alma mater, Concordia University-Portland, in 1990 before heading to Gonzaga University in 1994 as an assistant coach. A head coaching position followed the next season at Division III Whitworth University. Simmons led Whitworth to a 9-8-2 record in his first season to earn Northwest Conference Coach of the Year honors before moving on to Linfield.

As a collegian at Concordia, Simmons netted first-team All-America honors from the National Christian College Athletic Association and NAIA Academic All-America recognition as a senior. He was a two-time NAIA Northwest All-Region selection and was honored with Concordia’s Male Athlete of the Year Award in 1990 and was selected to the school’s Athletics Wall of Fame in 1993.

A graduate of Chugiak High School in Eagle River, Alaska, Simmons

earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Concordia in 1990. He received a master’s degree in physical education from Gonzaga in 1996. Simmons and his wife, Maria, reside in Corvallis. They raised three grown children, Keagan, Jordan and Katey.

2025 LINFIELD WOMEN

Middle Row: Assistant Coach Steve Elmore, Assistant Coach Madi Reimer, Bailey Schroeder, Amalia Tufts, Mia Arellano, Ava Vargas-Quiroz, Natasha Freimuth, Emily McGuire, Sarah Robbins, Ruby Lacktrup, Avery Zahniser, Marley Ells, Katy Doyle, Certified Athletic Trainer Madeline Eliassen, Assistant Coach Carole Thomas, Head Coach Steve Simmons.

Front row: lvarez, Alexa Fritz, Clair Moss, Faith Richards, Maddie Funk, Tati Zahajko, Kylie Rouspil, Lena Caballero Uhtoff, Brooklyn Vanderlipe, Jasleen Gasca, Melania Valdez, Mia Curtaz.

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MEET THE LINFIELD WOMEN

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MEET THE LINFIELD WOMEN

5-5 | Sophomore | D

amalia tufts| 16

5-6 | Junior | M Seattle, Washington

parker vale | 25

5-5 | Sophomore | D Palo Alto, California

5-5 | Freshman | M

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Reese Jones | 7 5-5 | Senior | D Lake Forest Park, Washington emily mcguire | 17

jasleen gasca | 8 5-2 | Sophomore | D Brentwood, California

STANLEY | 18 5-8 | Senior | D Puyallup, Washington

Izzy Thompson | 26 5-7 | Sophomore | F Litchfield Park, Arizona

brooklyn vanderlipe|37 5-3 | Freshman | D Tracy, California

Lize rendon | 27

5-3 | Senior | M Portland, Oregon

fia swanson | 38 5-7 | Freshman | M Hubbard, Oregon

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THE RECORDS

With a record of 8-5-5 and 6-5-3 in league play, Linfield is locked into the Northwest Confer-ence’s No. 3 ranking, just behind Puget Sound and Pacific Lutheran. Lewis & Clark ranks seventh at 3-10-5 and 3-7-4 in the NWC.

LINFIELD AT A GLANCE

After the Wildcats were held scoreless last weekend against a pair of the top-two teams in the conference, Lize Rendon, Lena Cabellero Uhtoff and Jenna Stanley aim to get the offense back on track in Linfield’s final home match. With a win this weekend, the Wildcats will have had one of their best seasons by point total since the 2013 season, with hopes of a third-place finish on the horizon.

LEWIS & CLARK AT A GLANCE

The Pioneers are 1-2-2 in their last five matches, coming off a 3-0 defeat on the road at Whit-man. Nine different Pioneers have scored goals this season. Mischa Vanek leads the team with three goals. Lewis & Clark has started three goalkeepers this season. Anna Ingadottir has recorded the most minutes while making 11 starts in goal this season.

SERIES HISTORY

The Wildcats took the first matchup between the two teams earlier this season, 1-0, and are unbeaten against Lewis & Clark dating back to 2023. All-time, Linfield is 26-9-9 against Lewis & Clark and 15-3-4 when playing at home. The ’Cats average 1.64 goals per game against the Pios.

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LINFIELD SOCCER HISTORY

Growing the sport of soccer at Linfield has taken time, though a bevy of outstanding players have made their mark as Wildcats

Several monumental years stand out as significant in men’s soccer team history. 1975 was the first year the team was declared a varsity sport and 1979 marked the first year the team competed in the Northwest Conference. Experiencing a 19-year drought with no better conference finish than fourth, the team finally broke the pattern and in 2000, capturing Linfield’s first NWC crown on its way to reaching the NCAA Division III semifinals. Since finishing 21-1-1 that season, the team placed no lower than third in the conference the next five seasons, with a third-place finish in 2003 and runner-up finishes in 2001, 2002 and 2005. In 2003, the Wildcats won their only other league title.

Linfield has competed in the NCAA playoffs three times (2000, 2002 and 2003). The 2006 season continued another tradition of excellence, marking the team’s eighth consecutive winning season.

In addition to outstanding seasons, the team has also featured outstanding players. In 2003, defender Sean Chighizola was named NWC Defensive Player of the Year. In 2000, Chris McDonald was also tabbed the conference player of the year.

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In 2005, Watson was honored as NWC coach of the year. Fourteen players have been recipients of all-West Region honors. All-America distinction has been bestowed upon McDonald (2000), Phil Haines (2003) and Jordan Bebee (2003).

The development of the Linfield women’s soccer program is a bit like a fine wine – it has taken time to nurture and reach its full potential. Never finishing higher than fourth place in the Northwest Conference prior to 2000, the program’s pioneers walked a long and difficult road to success.

The team’s first year as a conference participant was 1985. The most success for the women’s program came in 2001 and 2002 when the team reaped the highest conference finishes in the history of the sport, placing third each season. Linfield posted a program-best 13 wins both times.

Among the top players are Cheryl Sato (1989-91), Zoe Salvione (1990-92), Robyn Halvorsen (1992-95), Emily Baker (1995-97), Cherish Kaaa (1997-2000), Bryn Devlin (2001-02), Meghan Whalen (1998-01), Lauren Millhollin (2000-03), Kathleen Wochnick (2002-05) and Emily Fellows (2010-14).

MEN’S COACH ANDREW DUVALL

Andrew Duvall is in his sixth year as head coach of the Linfield men’s soccer program. Duvall came to Linfield after spending eight years as assistant men’s coach at Concordia University-Portland.

While at Concordia, Duvall managed a multitude of responsibilities, including recruiting, team training, academic mentorship, team travel, program budgeting, camps, team equipment and team scheduling.

The CU men’s program compiled a record of 90-60-14 during Duvall’s tenure, all while transitioning from an NAIA institution to a full-fledged member of NCAA Division II.

As a player, Duvall lettered four seasons in soccer at Concordia from 1999-2002, playing in 73 career matches. He began as an assistant coach at Concordia in 2011.

He holds a United States Soccer Federation (USSF) National B License and a USSF National Youth License. He completed a bachelor’s degree in psychology at Concordia in 2003 and went on to earn a master’s degree in physical education with a concentration in sport administration and coaching from the University of New Mexico in 2011.

Duvall has been a head coach, age group coordinator, assistant director of coaching and director of coaching for various youth soccer organizations in Washington, New Mexico and Oregon.

At Concordia, Duvall served as the athletic department’s director of internal operations, facilities coordinator, and taught courses as an adjunct professor within the School of Management and Department of Exercise and Sport Science.

2025 LINFIELD MEN

Middle Row: Jamis Gonzalez, Santi Freile, Aedan Carroll, Blake Tasci, Tate Bliss, Nick Reggia-ni, Jayden Cummins, Don Moss, Johann Singh Sanchez, Sam Haynes, Jaren Nishikawa, Joe Syson, Aidan Crossler, Head Coach Andrew Duvall.

Front row: Davidson Kathman, Julian Lara-Martinez, Jose Yanez, Riley Rama, Jacob Toves, Hayden Sciera, Matty Hourigan, Colby Reese, Caleb Ishizaka, Oli Gaines, Marco Orlando, Ryan Valdez, Beau Perez.

MEET THE LINFIELD MEN

marco orlando | 19 5-5 |

riley rama | 20 5-7 |

colby reese | 42 5-10 | Junior | GK

Ryan hutchinson | 21

6-3 | Sophomore | F Corvallis, Montana

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hayden sciera | 43 6-4 | Junior | GK

| 22 6-5 | Freshman | D

5-6 | Freshman | M

julian lara-martinez | 44 5-6 | Freshman | F

| 23 5-10 | Junior | M

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MEET THE LINFIELD MEN match breakdown

santi freile | 6 5-6 | Sophomore | M Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina

Evan Stafford | 16

6-1 | Senior | F Davis, California

ANDERSON KELLY | 25

6-3 | Sophomore | D San Diego, California

joe hetherington |38 5-11 | Freshman | M Sevenoaks, England

Sam haynes | 7 5-9 | Senior | F Portland, Oregon

ryan valdez | 17 5-4 | Junior | M Chula Vista, California

David Contreras | 8 6-0 | Senior | M McMinnville, Oregon

oli gaines | 18 5-7 | Sophomore | M Happy Valley, Oregon

Jaren nishikawa | 27 5-9 | Sophomore | M Rancho Palos Verdes, California

joe syson | 39 5-10 | Freshman | D Crested Butte, Colorado

derek rowe | 29 6-0 | Freshman | D Redwood City, California

don moss | 40 5-10 | Freshman | D Barrigada, Guam

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THE RECORDS

Linfield leads Lewis & Clark in the Northwest Conference standings. The Wildcats (1-14-3, 1-10-3 NWC) stand four points ahead of the Pioneers (0-15-3, 0-12-2 NWC) who are searching for their first win of the season.

LINFIELD AT A GLANCE

The Wildcats scored two goals against the schools from Tacoma last weekend, where Ross Vargo scored a late penalty kick against the Lutes and Derek Rowe netting a bicycle kick against the Loggers. Linfield has scored at least one goal in all but four matches of the NWC season.

LEWIS & CLARK AT A GLANCE

Lewis & Clark has gone scoreless in its last five matches. Dylan Weinstein and Ben Schwartz have combined for five Poineer tallies this season. Micaiah Garan has made 17 starts in goal for Lewis & Clark and boasts a 71.7% save percentage.

SERIES HISTORY

Linfield is 6-0-1 against Lewis & Clark all-time, including 3-0 when facing the Pioneers at home. In the season’s first matchup, the two squads had one of their best offensive outputs, netting a 4-4 draw in Portland on October 12. Linfield averages 3.29 goals per match against Lewis & Clark.

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THE TOPCAT CLUB

The Linfield University TopCat Club serves as a support organization to the 23 NCAA Division III varsity sports teams and the more than 500 students who participate in athletics each year. Each year, support from the TopCat Club is essential to maintaining and expanding each of these programs.

The mission of the TopCat Club is to provide students with an outstanding athletic and academic experience and to strengthen the overall competitiveness of the overall Linfield athletics program.

At Linfield, we continually strive to improve programs and facilities so that our teams may compete at the highest level. Roughly 75 percent of the athletic department’s annual operating budget comes from the university’s general fund. The remainder is generated through a wide variety of external sources, including annual gifts to the Linfield TopCat Club.

To learn more about giving opportunities, please visit the TopCat Club website at www.linfieldtopcat.com.

•Empowering future leaders with scholarships

•Bridging the gap to support students in need

•Increasing diversity and inclusion

•Attracting students from various backgrounds

•Giving students the tools to succeed

LINFIELD’S WILDCAT

First called “Wildcats” in 1924, Linfield teams have always been known for their scrapiness

It has been a just over a century since Linfield athletic teams were first called “Wildcats.”

According to historical accounts, as competitive athletics grew in popularity and prominence during the 1920s, the student body voted in 1924 that the athletic mascot would be known as a “Wildcat” because Linfield was “a small school with a lot of fight and scratch.”

Before the 1924 vote, spectators at Linfield sports events cheered for the “Baptists,” owing to the school’s early heritage, or the “Cardinal and Purple,” a reference to the school colors.

The current Linfield athletic logo, showing a scowling Wildcat wearing a jauntily cocked sailor’s cap, first became a visual fixture on the sides of the football team’s helmets in 1963 under Hall of Fame coach Paul Durham.

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Regarded as one of the most influential coaches in school history, Durham directed the Wildcats from 1948 to 1967. In 20 seasons, Durham rolled up a career record of 122-51-10 while leading Linfield to seven conference titles and two appearances in the NAIA championship game.

Though that version of the Wildcat logo underwent only minor cosmetic changes over the next six decades, the basic logo from the 1960s remains the recognizable symbol of all Linfield varsity athletic teams today and by extension, it has come to represent many periphery segments of campus life, too.

Linfield teams also sport one of the most unique color schemes in all of college athletics. The college adopted the current colors of Cardinal (Red) and Purple in 1917.

ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME

The Linfield Athletics Hall of Fame prepares to induct four new members this fall, including three remarkable athletes and a jack-of-all-trades contributor

Three record-setting athletes, plus a one-of-a-kind contributor, have been chosen for induction into the Linfield Athletics Hall of Fame this fall. They comprise the 27th class of Hall of Fame inductees and are to be enshrined on Saturday, November 14, inside Linfield’s Nicholson Library. Pacific Office Automation again is serving as title sponsor, which preceeds the November 15 Linfield-Willamette football game.

Here’s a quick glance at each of the 2025 selections:

Amanda (Attleberger) Strahm ’08, softball: A four-time first-team all-Northwest Conference honoree, Amanda was a member of four straight NWC title teams and NCAA Division III playoff teams, including two that advanced to the national finals. She was a key contributor on Linfield’s 2007 NCAA championship club, and holds 12 top-10 career records and owns six top-10 single-season marks.

Aaron Boehme ’10, football: A two-time NWC Offensive Player of the Year, D3football.com All-American and Linfield

Most Valuable Player, Aaron quarterbacked Linfield to a pair of conference titles and piloted the ’Cats to the national semifinals in 2009. He ranks fourth all-time in single-season offensive years and sixth in career passing TDs. Aaron spent 12 years as a member of the Linfield football coaching staff.

Kevin Schjei ’02, baseball: A three-year letter winner, Kevin continues to hold the career record for highest batting average of .446 more than 20 years after his graduation. As a senior in 2002, his 74 hits established a new Linfield singleseason record, the same season he received second team ABCA All-America recognition. Kevin twice earned first team all-NWC honors at third base.

Billy Maxwell, Class of 1924, meritorious service: A man who did a little bit of everything in support of Linfield Athletics, Billy will be honored posthumously. He ran scoreboards during home games for more than 50 years, helped raise funds to aid Wildcat teams, drove team and fan buses, and was a fixture at most all Linfield athletic events.

Inductees are chosen from a list of submitted nominations and voted upon by the Hall of Fame Executive and Selection Committees. The 18-member panel is made up of current and former staff members, past inductees, a member of the media, and a former athlete representing each of the preceding six decades.

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KEEPING TABS ON THE WILDCATS

All Linfield Sports Network webcasts are now carried on FloSports, a conference-wide pay-to-watch platform

Linfield University has joined together with its eight fellow Northwest Conference institutions in support of a new partnership with streaming provider FloSports to offer live and on-demand video coverage of nearly every athletic event Linfield participates in An annual subscription costs $107.88 ($8.99 per month). A monthly subscription runs $19.99.

Linfield students, faculty and staff with linfield.edu email addresses will enjoy discounted rates of $71.88 per year ($5.99/ month) or $9.99 if purchased monthly.

Schools are expected to receive annual investments from FloSports to build and expand broadcast capabilities and make other investments within the athletic department. Linfield personnel will continue to staff and operate all home broadcasts.

“Entering into this agreement with FloSports was a conferencewide decision,” said Linfield Vice President and Director of Athletics Scott Brosius. “While it does represent a change in how our streams are viewed, we do believe this partnership signifies a positive step forward. We anticipate increased quality of our streams conferencewide, as well as programming allowing viewers to watch college sports not just from within our conference, but from all across the country. This is the direction other Division III conferences are moving toward. Many of our out-of-conference competitions already require a FloSports subscription.”

As Brosius noted, FloSports subscribers will have the capability to access more than 40,000 events nationwide spanning 25 different sports.

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FloSports expects to deliver live and on-demand coverage of Linfield events across 15 different sports: Football, volleyball, men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s wrestling, men’s and women’s swimming, men’s and women’s tennis, baseball, softball, and women’s lacrosse. Northwest Conference Championship events in all sports except golf and cross country will also be streamed as part of the annual agreement.

Beyond live competition, FloSports plans to invest in original content and storytelling initiatives online and across social media aimed at elevating the profile of NWC student-athletes and institutions. The NWC joins several of its regular non-conference opponents in partnering with FloSports, the industry leader and primary media rights partner for Division III conferences.

Each year, FloSports will provide a global platform to live stream over 800 regular-season and postseason events.

FloSports is available via web, mobile apps (iOS and Android), and streaming platforms including Roku, Apple TV, and Amazon Fire TV. The FloSports app is expected to be pre-installed on most topselling Smart TVs in the U.S. this year.

LINFIELD SPORTS NETWORK

Whether the Wildcats are playing at home or on the road, you can follow the action on LSN using FloSports play-by-play duties on Linfield football, basketball, baseball and softball webcasts. He also assists with sports communications and social media needs.

The Linfield Sports Network brings fans live action of Linfield soccer games each week. Fans can watch live video webcasts of all home and road games on their computer, tablet, mobile device or Smart TV using the FloSports pay-per-view app.

The Farnham Electric Pregame Show begins 20 minutes prior to kickoff, exclusively on the LSN. Broadcasts include a complete postgame wrap-up with analysis, statistical breakdown.

McMinnville native Joe Stuart begins his fifth year as the Athletic Department’s Broadcast Operations Coordinator, managing all aspects of Linfield’s webcasting outreach and handling lead

Linfield junior Ethan Kline, a journalism and media studies major, is in his first season of calling the play-by-play action of Linfield men’s and women’s soccer.

All LSN broadcasts can be accessed via the FloSports, using mobile apps (iOS and Android), and streaming platforms including Roku, Apple TV, and Amazon Fire TV.