LYNNWOOD — The Peninsula College women shut out another opponent and the men remained atop the division as the Pirates swept a soccer doubleheader on the road against Edmonds.
The Peninsula men defeated the Tritons 2-1 on Saturday to maintain sole possession of first place in the Northwest Athletic Conference North Division.
After the first of three rotations through the division, the Pirates are 4-0-1 (6-1-2 overall).
The Peninsula women, meanwhile, beat Edmonds 3-0 to improve to 4-1-0 (9-1-0 overall).
The shutout was the Pirates’ ninth in 10 NWAC games. They have allowed just one goal this season and have scored 38. Both figures lead the conference.
Manaia Siania-Unutoa earned the shutout, her NWAC-leading seventh of the season, and made one save.
Peninsula only found the net once in the first half, that coming when Kameryn Jury-Hale set up Audrey Barham in the 39th minute.
The score remained 1-0 until the Pirates scored two goals in the final seven minutes of regulation.
Olivia Moore crossed the ball to Coby Yoshimura for a goal in the 83rd minute, and then Lexi Krieger scored in the 90th minute to make it 3-0.
Krieger is tied for second in the NWAC with nine goals.
“I was pleased with the effort, and except for a slow start to the second half we showed improvement as the game went along,” Pirates coach Kanyon Anderson said.
“It was nice to get a few goals at the end. We worked hard and were unlucky to not have had a few more.”
Edmonds (2-3-0, 3-4-1) falls to fourth place in the NWAC North, behind Everett (5-0-0, 7-1-1), Peninsula and Shoreline (3-2-0, 5-3-1).
The Pirates play at Shoreline on Wednesday. They beat the Dolphins earlier this month 2-0.
Men’s Match
Peninsula 2, Edmonds 1
Two minutes after the Tritons tied the game at 1-1, the Pirates took the lead for good when midfielder Eddie Benito found Jonathan Martinez over the top on the backside, and Martinez brought the ball down and was able to volley it over oncoming Edmonds goalkeeper Gilberto Avila.
The Pirates scored early in the first half to take a 1-0 lead.
After a near-miss on a header by Santi Sierra, Peninsula remained on attack and broke through when Martinez beat a defender one-on-one on the left side, and cut the ball across the box to a waiting Micah Weller, who kicked it in at the 18-minute mark.
Edmonds (2-2-1, 2-4-2) tied the game in the 48th minute when Marcus Wilson converted after getting past the Peninsula defense.
The Pirates look to settle an earlier draw with Shoreline (1-1-3, 1-1-6) on Wednesday.
The teams played to a 1-1 tie earlier this month.
