Junior Chloe Williams scored a milestone goal to tie the game up for Eastern Washington in a 3-1 victory at South Dakota and become the program's all-time leader in points. Her 57 points surpassed recent grad Cassie Black, who posted 55 before graduating in 2014. She entered this season as the program's all-time assists leader – she currently has 13 career assists – and she is currently second on the program's all-time goals list with 22, just two behind Black's current mark of 24. Big Sky play kicks off this week for alumni at EWU, Idaho, Montana and Sacramento State. 

Nearby schools are really starting to fly as their conference campaigns near or have begun. The Gonzaga men are now ranked for the first time since 2007 while on the women's side Eastern Washington and Idaho picked up a pair of wins and CC Spokane won their NWAC division opener in dominating fashion. And the alumni are also headlining throughout the entire northwest and beyond.  

Plenty of Shadow alumni featured in successful results in their collegiate play last week, but chief among them were the performances of several First Team players as their results grabbed headlines. Here's a look around the region and beyond and how Shadow alumni are doing. 

The second week of the collegiate campaign for SSC Shadow alumni was without a doubt highlighted by Gonzaga's historic upset of local foe Washington State last Sunday as they made their debut under the new lights at Luger Field.  

Universities around the nation kicked off play last weekend and a few recent Shadow graduates are making an impression as freshman. Here's a quick look at some of the early highlights. Look for more updates throughout the fall. 

The 24th edition of the Northwest Cup is in the books. Over 130 teams took to the pitches at the Plantes Ferry Soccer Complex competing from U10 to U19 from August 12-14. We hope everyone had a good time at the event. Photos available - click to view story for the link. 

The inaugural season for the Spokane Sounders is off to a fantastic start this summer with outstanding performances away from home in recent weeks, and followed it up with a great start in local tournament action last weekend at the River City Cup. Spokane Sounders sides kicked things off with a great showing at the Crossfire Challenge with seven teams reaching their respective finals and coming away with four championships over the event's two weekends. 

The Spokane Shadow Women’s First Team avenged their lone defeat of the season and handed South Sound its first loss of the year with a 2-1 victory on goals from two defenders, and the Shadow Men’s First Team copied the result with a 2-1 victory over the Shock in the second half of the doubleheader, giving them the opportunity to finish tied for second in the league. 

The Spokane Shadow First Teams will take to the field for the final time this season when they play host to the South Sound Shock Saturday at Spokane Falls CC Stadium. The Women’s First Team kicks off at 4:00 against the only team to hand them a defeat, and will celebrate capturing the inaugural Northwest Premier League championship following the match. The Men’s First Team will begin at 6:30.  

The Spokane Shadow Men's First Team dominated away from home in their final road trip of the 2016 Evergreen Premier League season, handing the eventual league champion Vancouver Victory their first loss of the campaign, 3-2, on Saturday and smashing Wenatchee FC 6-0 in the second match Sunday.  

Over 110 teams are already registered to take part in the 24th Annual Les Schwab Northwest Cup this summer. The tournament is just a few weeks away, but the deadline to register has been extended for anyone still interested in joining us at Plantes Ferry Soccer Complex August 12-14. 

Needing just two points to lock up the championship in the debut season of the Northwest Premier League, the Shadow Women's First Team did that and more over the weekend with a dominating sweep of the Seattle Stars and Fuerza FC to clinch the NWPL Championship. Meanwhile, the Men's First Team extended their amazing road unbeaten to 18 games with a win over Seattle before seeing it come to an end the next day in Bellingham. 

The Spokane Shadow First Teams head to the west side of the state this weekend for a pair of two-game road trips. Both teams will face the Seattle Stars on Saturday – at two different venues – before they split up for their matches Sunday as the Women’s First Team visits Fuerza FC in Marysville and the Men’s First Team travels to Bellingham to face one of their fellow title contenders. 

Washington Youth Soccer announced that registration for Open Tryouts for WA EPD and Eastern WA EPD teams are now open. The dates for the Eastern WA EPD sessions for Boys and Girls 2000 to 2006 are set for July 27 at Dwight Merkel Complex in Spokane and July 28 in the Tri-Cities.  

The Shadow Women's First Team scored three first half goals in a six minute span at Tiger Stadium in Centralia Saturday evening to grab a commanding lead en route to a 4-0 victory over Twin City Union. The result gave the Shadow a season sweep over the Union having already posted a 9-0 home win in May.