Five hours after Japanese planes attack Pearl Harbor, Mrs. Wickman’s Pies meets the sailors from the British battleship HMS Warspite in semifinal of George Washington Cup at Lower Woodland. The Warspite crew, whose ship is undergoing repairs in Bremerton, take 3-0 lead in first half. But the Piemen rally to tie two minutes remaining. Darkness prevents overtime from being played.

Seattle Pacific erupts for five second-half goals and Maddie Dickinson posts the No. 1-ranked Falcons’ 10th straight shutout – all wins – to open the season, in a 5-0 victory at Western Oregon. Kelsey Jenkins, who also had an assist, opens the scoring six minutes after halftime with a low 12-yard shot off a pass from Megan Lindsay. Eight minutes later Lindsay breaks open the match by heading in a free kick from Janie Wurth.

Peter Hattrup scores Seattle Pacific’s first postseason hat trick as the Falcons battle from behind to beat Missouri St. Louis, 5-2, in an NCAA quarterfinal at Memorial Stadium. UMSL quickly cancels out Gerard McGlynn’s 2’ opener and takes a 2-1 lead. But in the final half-hour Hattrup strikes three times and Brad Elmenhurst adds a penalty kick. Afterward SPU coach Cliff McCrath flops in a pickup bed-full of Jell-O to make good on a promise to fans.

Black Diamond given permission to use ‘firebrand forward’ Jackie Mills, who was suspended for life in 1939 (for continued rough play he since served hitch in Navy). Miners had vowed not to play until he was reinstated.

Shannon Higgins, a graduate of Mount Rainier High School in Des Moines, is named the nation's top player. Higgins, a senior who has never lost a game at North Carolina, is the second female winner of the Hermann Trophy. She had been runner-up to Michelle Akers for 1988. Higgins has 14 goals and 15 assists for the Tar Heels this season.

Washington State scores three times in the first 16 minutes and goes on to upset No. 6 Washington, 3-2, at Pullman. Cailan McCutchan gets a goal and an assist for the Cougars, who have denied their rivals a win in the last four visits (0-3-1) to the Palouse. Alix Rustrum opened the scoring just 96 seconds into the game. Less than six minutes later when McCutchan makes it 2-nil on a header, and at 15:44 WSU is in front, 3-0, following a goal by Haley Miller from McCutchan. The Huskies trim the deficit to 3-2 on a pair of first-half goals by Tina Frimpong.