TACOMA, Wash. - After a shot by Chris Shaw (Coeur d'Alene,
Idaho/Coeur d'Alene Charter) bounced off the right post, sophomore
Sean Rice (Boulder, Colo.) gathered the ball and fired it into an
empty net as the Puget Sound Loggers beat the Linfield Wildcats,
2-1, in overtime in a Northwest Conference men's soccer match on
Sunday afternoon on Peyton Field at Baker Stadium in Tacoma, Wash.
After a scoreless first half, the Loggers (8-7-2, 5-4-2 NWC) got
on the board first in the 77th minute when Kyle Benson (Mukilteo,
Wash./Kamiak) got a pass over to Derek Woodworth (Taocma,
Wash./Bellarmine Prep), who dribbled around one defender and fired
the ball past a diving Jon Thompson for the 1-0 Logger
advantage. Just when it looked like the Loggers would pick up
the win, the Wildcats evened it up in the 89th minute when Travis
Isaacs fed the ball in to Michel Camacho, who finished from about
15 yards out to send the game into overtime.
In the extra period, the teams battled in the middle third of
the field for the opening minutes but the Loggers got a breakaway
from about 30 yards out. Thompson tried to cut off the angle
on Shaw, whose shot nicked the right post, but Rice was there to
collect the rebound and put the ball in from point-blank for the
game-winner.
Freshman Chris McDonald (Newton, Mass./Noble & Greenough)
was solid in net for Puget Sound, making five saves on 11 Linfield
shots and allowing just the one goal. Thompson made four
saves for Linfield, allowing the two Puget Sound goals.
The Loggers will remain home next week as they play host to
George Fox on Saturday and Pacific on Sunday. Gametimes for
both games are set for 1:30 p.m. in Tacoma, Wash.