Box Score SALEM, Ore. -- A penalty kick goal in the 87th minute broke a tie in the Lewis & Clark Pioneers 4-3 loss to the Willamette Bearcats on Wednesday night at Sparks Field.
Willamette's Lacey Jones scored with under four minutes left after a penalty was called on the Pios. Prior to the game-winner, Lewis & Clark's Anjali Kothari and Caitlin Gallagher, both seniors, scored on goals in the 84th and 86th minutes, respectively, to tie the game at three. Kothari's is the first of her career.
Brecklyn Beighle scored the Pioneers first tally in the 23rd minute for her team-best fourth of the season. All three of Lewis & Clark's shots scored against Willamette goalkeeper Grasiela Quevedo-Ramos.
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Key Moments
The Pioneers were called for nine fouls in the match including three more (4-1) in the second half. The last prompted the Jones penalty kick, which was scored in the upper right of the net.
The penalty disrupted a string of play that put the Pios even after two goals in a two-minute span after Lewis & Clark fell behind 3-1. Off a pass from Courtney Schmidt, Kothari scored from 19 yards out left into the upper middle of the goal to cut the deficit down to 3-2. Following an unsuccessful corner kick try, the Pioneers scored again on a 15-yarder by Gallagher to the lower middle off Beighle's pass.
Lewis & Clark had trailed for multiple 20-minute stretches in the game prior to evening the score. Willamette scored four minutes in on Caroline Adams goal and held the lead until the 23rd minute when Beighle scored on a 14-yard free kick into the lower right. Sydney Wilson put the Bearcats back ahead in the 37th minute. The lead was extended in the 70th minute on Emma Blackburn's 8-yard score.
Deeper Look
- The Pioneers lost their third straight game after a three-game unbeaten streak
- Kothari's goal was on her 10th career shot and her third of the season, which ties a career high
- Meanwhile, Gallagher's goal is her second all-time - and first since her freshman season - on a career-high sixth shot this season
- Sophia Young faced a total of nine shots and made five saves, her third game in the last four with at least five saves
- Lewis & Clark faced a 22-3 disadvantage in shots
- Madi Pastores and Emily Tash joined Gallagher as starting defenders
- Cassity Bunjovac played the most minutes (52) from the reserves
Looking Ahead
Lewis & Clark celebrates Senior Day on Saturday in Portland. The Pios host Willamette in the season finale.
