Last Saturday, Oct. 19, in the midst of gale-force winds and the start of an atmospheric-river rainfall, Western’s men’s and women’s soccer teams did what they’ve done for a decade now at their home Harrington Field.
They played through.
The men beat Montana State University Billings, 2-1, in an understandably sloppy game with two penalty kicks (one for each) called and converted in the first three minutes. Later in the evening, the league-leading women’s team beat Simon Fraser, 1-0, on a goal in the 80th minute by Emily Holdridge, who celebrated, then later wrung out her jersey…