EPLWA: Artesians battle before falling to first place Seattle Stars

OLYMPIA, WA—(Artesians release)  The first place Seattle Stars scored a fifth minute goal and a stoppage time goal near the end of the game to knock off the Oly Town Artesians 2-0 on Saturday evening at Wembley Field at The Evergreen State College.

In other action on Saturday around the Evergreen Premier League the title-contending Bellingham United Hammers got a late goal to edge the Spokane Shadow 3-2 in Spokane. In Ridgefield Washington Premier South Sound made sure that Vancouver Victory would not repeat as league champions as the Shock took a 2-1 win that eliminated the Victory from the title race.

Early and Late for the Stars

Aty Taylor scored the opening and what proved to be the game winning goal for the Stars on a bicycle kick from an Artesians clearance gone awry. Tyler Bjork got a piece of the clearance and was credited with…