FOREST GROVE, Ore. - Unleashing a total of 42 shots between the
two teams, the Puget Sound Loggers fell short against the Pacific
Boxers, 2-0, in a Northwest Conference men's soccer match on
Saturday afternoon at Lincoln Park Stadium in Forest Grove, Ore.
Pacific opened up the scoring in the 28th minute when Avery Neal
fed the ball in on a long cross from the far left and Sean Mills
found himself with the ball in front of the net, knocking past
Logger freshman Chris McDonald (Newton, Mass./Noble &
Greenough) for an early 1-0 Boxer lead. Pacific doubled the
lead just a few minutes later when Jasem Jaihouni fed a ball into
Patrick Murray, who finished from five yards out for his third goal
of the season.
In the second half, senior keeper Greg Saetrum (Boise,
Idaho/Timberline) entered the game and had a strong half, making
five saves in the final 45 minutes but the Logger offense couldn't
find a way past the Boxer defense and Pacific keeper Andrew
Stevermer as the home team collected the 2-0 victory.
Stevermer made four saves on 13 Loggers shots to collect the
shutout. McDonald made three saves, allowing the two goals,
on 19 Pacific first-half shots while Saetrum made his five saves on
10 second-half shots.
Puget Sound will stay in Oregon for one more game, taking on
George Fox beginning at 2:30 p.m. in Newberg, Ore.