PARKLAND, Wash. - Taking just 2:25 to put their first ball in net, the top-ranked Puget Sound Loggers held off the upset-minded Pacific Lutheran Lutes, 4-2, in a Northwest Conference women's soccer match on Wednesday afternoon at PLU Soccer Field in Parkland, Wash.

Puget Sound, ranked first in the latest D3Soccer.com Top 25, got on the scoreboard at the 2:25 mark when Mikaela Freeman (Alameda, Calif./Bishop O'Dowd) crossed the ball in from the right side and Maddy Fisk (Corvallis, Ore.) got a head on the ball for her first collegiate goal.  Puget Sound doubled the lead just a few minutes later when Freeman got her boot on a ball that was mishandled by PLU keeper Lauren Chambard and the Loggers had a 2-0 lead just 4:40 into the game.

Pacific Lutheran got a goal of their own in the 12th minute when Olivia Lee fed the ball Karli Hurlbut, who unleashed a strong left-foot shot from about 12 yards out that got just past Logger keeper Kallie Wolfer (Salt Lake City, Utah/Skyline).  Sophomore Jenny Moore (Kent, Wash./Kentwood) made it 3-1 Loggers heading into the break after Freeman fed in a beautiful ball and Moore was able to recover after a collision with Chambard to poke the ball into an empty net.

In the second half, the Lutes struck first when Lee scored on a corner kick by Courtney Walker just 1:11 into the final period as PLU got back within a goal.  Senior forward Janece Levien (Beaverton, Ore.) finished up the scoring, tallying her 10th goal of the season and the 62nd of her career in the 67th minute to give Puget Sound the 4-2 victory over PLU, their 22nd straight victory over their crosstown rivals.

Puget Sound outshot the Lutes, 34-8, on the afternoon, including 21-5 in the second half.  Wolfer made four saves to collect the victory while Chambard made 10 saves and PLU had one team save in the loss.

The Loggers will be back on the pitch on Sunday when they play host to George Fox, beginning at Noon on Peyton Field at Baker Stadium in Tacoma, Wash.