Former ASU Lewis shines in Northwest Premier League

MONTGOMERY, Alabama| Former Alabama State soccer star Ariela Lewis has helped the Seattle Stars FC to the Northwest Premier League championship match for the second consecutive season as the team won their semifinal match this past Sunday.

Seattle led 1-0 at the half until Lewis scored on back-to-back chances with the first coming in the 73rd minute for a 2-0 lead, and she added another in the 78th minute before the team was able to pull away for the shutout victory. The championship match, against defending champion Washington, is set for Saturday (July 21) at French Field in Kent (Wash.).



For the season, Seattle finished atop the standings with 24 points in eight matches, finishing a perfect 8-0; while Washington finished in second place in the regular season standings with 19 points with a 6-1-1 record. Seattle also finished with 28 goals scored and just two allowed, for a league-best +26 in goal differential.

Lewis was named the league's Offensive Player of the Week for the week of June 10, and led the team in the regular season with six goals scored. The total is the second-highest in the league, only behind Laadi Issaka of Capital FC - who finished with 12.

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