Early Goal Leads #5 Loggers Past Pios, 1-0
PORTLAND, Ore. - Junior Janece Levien (Beaverton, Ore.) scored her 14th goal of the season in the eight minute as the fifth-ranked Puget Sound Loggers shutout the Lewis & Clark Pioneers, 1-0, in a Northwest Conference women's soccer match on Sunday afternoon at Griswold Stadium in Portland, Ore.
Levien's goal came at the 7:13 mark following a pass from freshman Abby Goss (Spokane, Wash./University). Levien was able to draw out L&C keeper Kate MacDougall before firing the ball into an empty net for the game's only goal. The Loggers kept offensive pressure on the Pios all afternoon, out shooting Lewis & Clark, 19-5, while forcing MacDougall to make 11 saves.
Kallie Wolfer (Salt Lake City, Utah/Skyline) made two saves on the day to collect the shutout, her fourth of the season. The Loggers, winners of the last six NWC titles, now hold an eight-point lead over second-place Whitman following the first half of conference play.
The Loggers will open up the second half of conference play on Wednesday afternoon when they travel to Parkland, Wash. to take on Pacific Lutheran. Game time with the Lutes is set for 3:30 p.m. on PLU Soccer Field.
