EWU 2016 soccer was memorable in so many ways

Eastern Washington's women's soccer team had a season that will go down in the history books as the best ever.

The year included milestone after milestone, most notably the school's first-ever berth in the NCAA tournament, as well as the Eagles' Big Sky Conference title. These, and numerous other parts of this season earned the team the No. 2 EWU sports story in a vote of the Cheney Free Press staff.

This special season culminated with a 3-1 loss in Los Angeles to the tournament's No. 2 seeded team, the University of Southern California, Nov. 12. But that setback did not deter third-year head...