Lutes Tie Whitman, 1-1, in Conference Match

Match Statistics

(Courtesy of Whitman Sports Information Office)

As it did Saturday against Puget Sound, the Whitman women's soccer team rallied from a second-half deficit to forge a 1-1 overtime tie with Pacific Lutheran Sunday afternoon at the Whitman Athletic Fields.

Jackie Oehmcke - scores PLU goal

Sunday's 110-minute deadlock leaves the Missionaries with a 1-2-3 record in Northwest Conference play. The Lutes left town with a 3-2-1 conference record and they are 6-3-1 overall.

Pacific Lutheran took a short-lived 1-0 lead with a goal in the 52nd minute. Senior forward Jackie Oehmcke got credit for the goal, her second of the season, when she and two Whitman players, keeper Erica Goad and defender Lindsay Wymer, collided just outside the Missionary goal. The ball popped loose and squirted just over the goal line.

Less than seven minutes later, Whitman pulled even on Kristen Berndt's team-leading third goal of the season. Berndt got to a loose ball in front of the Pacific Lutheran goal and tapped it home.

With about 16 minutes left, Whitman's Corina Gabbert broke through on the right side and rifled a shot that Pacific Lutheran keeper Amanda Taschauner knocked through the end line. On the ensuing corner kick, Whitman's Alysse Ginkel clanged a shot off the crossbar.

Both teams took 12 shots over the 90 minutes of regulation play. Whitman outshot the Lutes 3-1 in the two overtime sessions. For the game, the Missionaries put seven shots on goal, two more than Pacific Lutheran.

Pacific Lutheran plays host to Linfield and Willamette next Saturday and Sunday at the PLU soccer field.