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#5 Loggers Chop Down Bearcats, 5-0
SALEM, Ore. - Collecting their fourth straight shutout in Northwest Conference play, the fifth-ranked Puget Sound Loggers used their potent offense to defeat the host Willamette Bearcats, 5-0, in a NWC women's soccer match on Saturday afternoon in Salem, Ore.
The Loggers (9-1, 7-0 NWC) first got on the board in the 34th minute when Melissa Abellanida (Pukalani, Hawaii/King Kekaulike) following the corner kick from Fiona Gornick (Portland, Ore./Grant) as Puget Sound took a 1-0 lead into halftime.
In the second half, the Logger offense broke it open. Just 1:47 into the second half, freshman Jenny Moore (Kent, Wash./Kentwood) made it 2-0 after firing in a shot from point blank in front of the net. Less than a minute after Moore's goal, Janece Levien (Beaverton, Ore.) took a pass from Mikaela Freeman (Alameda, Calif./Bishop O'Dowd) and shot from right to left and into the net for a 3-0 Logger lead.
In the 69th minute, Levien made it 4-0 after scoring unassisted from just three yards out. The Loggers scored their final goal with just 59 seconds remaining when Freeman took the corner from Gornick and fired off a shot from just four yards out.
Both Kallie Wolfer (Salt Lake City, Utah/Skyline) and Katie Wheeler (Sandpoint, Idaho) made two saves each for the Loggers as they shared time in net. The Loggers outshot the Bearcats 12-6 on the day, including 9-4 in the second half.
Puget Sound wraps up the first half of the NWC season on Sunday when they travel to Lewis & Clark. Game time with the Pios is set for Noon at Griswold Stadium in Portland, Ore.
