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#6 Loggers Shut Down Pios, 4-0
TACOMA, Wash. - An outstanding defensive effort and a strong offensive effort combined to allow the sixth-ranked Puget Sound Loggers to shut down to Lewis & Clark Pioneers, 4-0, in a Northwest Conference women's soccer match on Friday afternoon on Peyton Field at Baker Stadium in Tacoma, Wash.
The Loggers (17-1-0, 15-0-0 NWC) got on the board for the first time in the 23rd minute when Janece Levien (Beaverton, Ore.) fired in a shot from the left side of net and L&C keeper Kate MacDougall had no chance of stopping it. In the 27th minute, freshman Jenny Moore (Kent, Wash./Kentwood) fed in a pass to Levien, who touched the ball over to Catherine Means (Seattle, Wash./Garfield) and Means scored her second goal of the season to give UPS a 2-0 halftime lead.
In the second half, the Loggers struck again in the 63rd minute while Mikaela Freeman (Alameda, Calif./Bishop O'Dowd) fed in a ball from the endline and Abby Goss (Spokane, Wash./University) rose above to crowd to head the ball into the net. Just 1:12 later, Freeman assisted on yet another goal, this time by Moore, who earned her seventh goal of the season.
The Logger defense had an outstanding game, holding the Pios without a shot. It was the first time the Loggers held their opponents without a shot since Nov. 12, 2005 in a NCAA Division III First-Round game against Maryville (Tenn.) in Atlanta, Ga.
The Loggers will wrap up the 2008 regular season on Saturday when they play host to Willamette, beginning at 11:00 a.m. Puget Sound will then wait until 9:00 a.m. PST on Monday morning to find out who and where they will play to open up the 2008 NCAA DIII Championship Tournament.
