SLCC Women Win 18-0 and the Men Win 8-0 on One Afternoon in Kennewick

Salt Lake Community College played two soccer matches at Pacific Northwest Christian College in Kennewick, Washington, on Thursday, September 24, 2026, and scored 26 goals without conceding one. The women won 18-0 in the 1 p.m. Pacific match. The men followed at 3:30 p.m. Pacific and won 8-0. Both results come from the final scores the two SLCC team accounts posted after the matches.

Both teams stay unbeaten. The women were 7-0-1 before Thursday and the men 6-0-2 on SLCC's schedules, so the wins take them to 8-0-1 and 7-0-2. Both play again on Saturday, September 26, at North Idaho.

How did SLCC score 18 goals?

Nine different players scored for the SLCC women, according to the goal list the team posted after the final whistle. Nanami Nakagawa, a sophomore forward from Osaka, Japan, scored five. Seanna Harris, a sophomore forward from Chandler, Arizona, scored four. Lizzie Cowdell and Lexi Kovatch scored two each, and Kate Scoville, Oakley Zenger, Claire Cypers, Rilynn Bassett and Kennedy Prestwich scored one each.

The assists were spread as widely as the goals. Keagan Grange and Kamryn Weaver had three assists each, and all three of Weaver's set up Nakagawa goals. Kennedy Prestwich and Sara Briganti added two assists apiece, and Zenger, Cowdell, Scoville, Jayla McFarland and Harris one each. Goalkeepers Manaka Shindo and Lexie Lund shared the clean sheet.

Harris came into the week as the team's leading scorer. SLCC's September 17 recap had her on six goals, and she scored twice more in the 3-1 win over the College of Southern Idaho on September 19, including a 68th-minute penalty.

A Utah roster scored half of the goals

The women's roster has 27 players, and 23 of them list Utah hometowns, which is the idea behind SLCC's two unbeaten rosters. In Kennewick that roster split the scoring exactly in half. Nakagawa and Harris, the two scorers from outside Utah, had nine goals between them. The other nine came from seven players with Utah hometowns:

• Lizzie Cowdell (Sandy, Alta High) and Lexi Kovatch (Spanish Fork) scored two each.
• Kate Scoville (Lehi, Skyridge), Oakley Zenger (Sandy, Brighton), Claire Cypers (Layton, Northridge), Rilynn Bassett (Syracuse) and Kennedy Prestwich (Saratoga Springs, Westlake) scored one each.

The assists had the same Utah roots. Grange is from Millville and played at Ridgeline, Weaver is from Syracuse by way of Clearfield, Briganti from Bluffdale by way of Riverton, and McFarland from Herriman by way of Mountain Ridge. Eleven of the 13 players who scored or assisted on Thursday list Utah hometowns on SLCC's roster.

What happened in the men's 8-0?

The men's match followed at 3:30 p.m. Pacific, and SLCC's men's account posted the 8-0 final with a short message: "Job done. Focus shifts to Saturday." The post did not list the scorers.

The result keeps the men unbeaten through nine matches. They opened with a 3-0 home win over No. 13 Arizona Western on August 20, won 4-1 at Snow College on September 10, and drew 0-0 with CSI on September 19. Alan Guzman and Sharif Sayawu led the team with five goals each after September 17, according to SLCC's recap of the 5-0 win over Truckee Meadows. The men's roster is built very differently from the women's, with 16 of its 29 players listing hometowns outside the United States.

Who is Pacific Northwest Christian College?

Pacific Northwest Christian College plays in Kennewick, Washington, and competes in the Scenic West Athletic Conference with SLCC. Its women's team had not won a match before Thursday: the conference standings listed it at 0-6 overall on September 24. Its own schedule shows conference losses of 15-0 to North Idaho, 10-0 to Truckee Meadows, 22-0 to CSI, 10-0 to Colorado Northwestern and 12-0 to Snow College.

That context matters for reading the score. SLCC's 18-0 is the biggest result in its own season so far, but it is not the widest margin against Pacific Northwest Christian this year. CSI won 22-0 on September 12.

How did the rest of Utah's junior colleges do on Thursday?

Utah's other two junior college soccer programs were also on the road in the Scenic West. Snow College swept Truckee Meadows in Reno, with the women winning 2-1 and the men 1-0. USU Eastern played at North Idaho, where the women drew 0-0 and the men lost 4-0. Every one of those results is listed on Who's Playing Today in Utah, which pulls from the schools' own schedule feeds.

What comes next for SLCC soccer?

Both SLCC teams play at North Idaho College in Worley, Idaho, on Saturday, September 26. The women kick off at 11 a.m. Pacific, which is noon in Utah, and the men at 1:30 p.m. Pacific, 2:30 p.m. in Utah. SLCC's schedule lists the men's opponent as No. 10 North Idaho, which led the Scenic West standings at 5-0 in conference play and 9-0-1 overall on September 24, before beating USU Eastern 4-0 on Thursday. North Idaho's women drew with USU Eastern on the same day.

SLCC returns to the Zions Bank Training Center in Herriman to host USU Eastern on October 3. Both SLCC teams won the Region 18 tournament in Herriman on October 31: the men beat North Idaho 3-1 to earn a place at the NJCAA national tournament in Wichita, Kansas, and the women drew 2-2 with Snow College and won the championship 4-2 on penalties.

Follow the season on the SLCC women's soccer team page.

Follow the season on the SLCC men's soccer team page.

Key facts:

• Date and place: Thursday, September 24, 2026, at Pacific Northwest Christian College in Kennewick, Washington.
• Women: SLCC won 18-0. Nanami Nakagawa scored five goals and Seanna Harris four; nine different players scored.
• Assists and goalkeepers: Keagan Grange and Kamryn Weaver had three assists each; Manaka Shindo and Lexie Lund shared the shutout.
• Men: SLCC won 8-0. The team's post did not list scorers.
• Records: women 8-0-1, men 7-0-2, both unbeaten.
• Since then (as of October 9): at North Idaho on September 26 the women won 3-0 and the men drew 1-1 with No. 10 North Idaho; SLCC's schedules list the women 10-0-2 and the men 9-0-3, both still unbeaten.