Oct. 22, 2006

Lutes, Bruins Play to Scoreless Tie in NWC Women’s Soccer

Match Statistics

Alyssa Blackburn - shutout in goal

TACOMA, Wash. – George Fox weathered a furious Pacific Lutheran offensive attack in the second 10-minute overtime period and the two squads ended up finishing with a 0-0 tie in a Northwest Conference women’s soccer match played Sunday at the PLU field.

After 90 minutes of regulation play and the first 10 minutes of overtime, the Lutes (10-4-2 overall, 7-3-2 NWC) had their best scoring chances in the second overtime period. About 103 minutes into the match George Fox goalkeeper Jessica Cardwell made two outstanding saves within a few seconds of each other. First, she stopped a shot by Jenny McKinsey, and then she knocked away the rebound effort by Christina McDuffie. Cardwell made one more save in the overtime period and ended up with 10 for the match.

Neither team put much pressure on the other during the first 90 minutes of the match. Pacific Lutheran had 12 shots, but all of Cardwell’s five saves were routine. The same was true for PLU keeper Alyssa Blackburn who had three easy saves on a total of seven shots by the Bruins.

The Lutes ended up with 10 of their 22 total shots in overtime, while George Fox (5-9-2 overall, 3-7-2 NWC) managed just one additional shot in overtime and finished with eight total efforts at the goal. PLU also had 11 corner kicks to just two for the Bruins, but the Lutes were unable to take advantage of that statistic.

Pacific Lutheran returns to action next weekend, hosting Whitman on Saturday at 11 a.m. in a Northwest Conference match.

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