Box Score SEATTLE, Wash.--Seattle Pacific scored three times in the second half to pull away from Western Oregon in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference title match, 3-1 on Saturday afternoon at Interbay Stadium.

The Falcons earned the GNAC's automatic berth into the NCAA tournament with the win. The Wolves, who came into the weekend ranked No. 9 in Super Region 4, will now have to await the NCAA Selection Show on Monday to learn their postseason fate. The top 10 teams in the final NPI tally are in.

WOU will await the show with a 11-4-5 record and a GNAC regular season title. They had won six straight matches coming into the GNAC championship. Seattle Pacific, ranked No. 5 in Super Region 4, will take a 17-3-1 record into the NCAA playoffs.

Western Oregon jumped out to a 1-0 lead on a beautiful goal by Ignacio Brandan at 13:17. Brandan sprinted past midfield with a defender on his hip and then launched a ball from about 30-yards out when he noticed the SPU keeper had come out of the box. The ball sailed over the entire defense and dropped cleanly into the goal for 1-0 lead that held into the halftime break. That lead was protected by two great saves back-to-back by Austin Valdez in the 43rd minute. 

WOU had just two shots on goal in the first half while SPU had three. 

The match turned in the second half.

SPU's Owen Swartout broke the tie with a goal in the 59th minute. Less than two minutes later, Swartout converted a penalty kick to make it 2-1 Falcons to completely flip the match. The Falcons then controlled the ball and added more insurance at 81:50 when Lucas Witthauer added a final tally.

Archie Dhima gave it one last gasp effort after that with a shot that banged off the post in the final moments. That was WOU's lone shot on goal in the second half. 

SPU led the stat column with an 18-10 shot advantage, including 9-3 on goal. The Falcons had 10 corner kicks to none for WOU. 

Brandan was named to the GNAC All-Tournament team, as was Valdez and defender Vitaliy Polyukh. The GNAC Championships Elite Scholar Athlete is WOU's Sean Aoun.