Sept. 20, 2006

Lutes Fall to Late Puget Sound Goal

Match Statistics

(Courtesy of UPS Sports Information Office)

TACOMA, Wash. - Thanks to a pair of goals from Adrienne Folsom, including the game-winner in the 83rd minute, the Puget Sound Loggers remained undefeated in Northwest Conference play with a 2-1 victory over Pacific Lutheran (5-2 overall, 2-1 NWC) on Wednesday afternoon in Tacoma.

Folsom scored her first goal, and her sixth of the season, in the 36th minute after taking a pass from Fiona Gornick and beating the Lute defense. The goal proved to be the only one in the first half as the teams went into the break with the 1-0 advantage for Puget Sound.

Jenny McKinsey - six straight PLU goals

The game, which only saw a total of four fouls called, remained relatively calm until the 81st minute when PLU freshman midfielder Jenny McKinsey (Greenacres, Wash. / West Valley HS) caught the rebound off Logger keeper Kallie Wolfer and tied the game up with a goal from about four yards out. McKinsey has scored in five straight matches and has tallied PLU's last six goals.

The tie game didn't last long as Folsom scored her conference-leading seventh goal with a beautiful right-footed strike from just outside the penalty box, giving the Loggers the lead with just over seven minutes to go.

Puget Sound out-shot the Lutes, 14-12, but the Lutes had seven shots on goal and forced Wolfer to make six saves.

Pacific Lutheran, which saw its string of shutouts end at four matches, returns to Northwest Conference action this Saturday with a noon match against George Fox in Newberg, Ore.

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