First-half goals lift WWU to national semifinals

It may be the start of basketball season, but you don't have to play basketball to reach the NCAA Division II national semifinals at Western Washington University anymore.

Following in the footsteps of the success of Western's men's and women's basketball teams last spring, the school's ninth-ranked women's soccer team reached the Final Four for the first time in program history with its 2-0 victory over No. 10 St. Edward's (Texas) in the national quarterfinals on Sunday, Nov. 24, at Whatcom Community College's Orca Field.