Box Score MCMINNVILLE, Ore. -- The Lewis & Clark Pioneers earned their first conference win against Linfield on Sunday afternoon with a 3-0 shutout of the Wildcats. The Pioneers offense was aggressive from the start of the game, outshooting the Wildcats 8-2 in the first half.
Celeste Schreifels scored the first Lewis & Clark goal in the 11th minute of play and picked up an assist on the second score by Becca McCullough, sending the Pioneers into the break with a 2-0 lead. Freshman Sasha Raimondo scored her career-first goal in the 62nd minute of the second half, putting the Pioneers at a 3-0 advantage that they defended until the end of the game.
Sophia Young tended goal for the full 90 minutes of the match, making five saves to keep the Wildcats off the scoreboard.
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Key Moments
The Pioneers played a particularly strong first half offensively, outshooting the Wildcats 8-2, with four of their eight shots on goal. The Pioneers peppered Wildcats goalie Alyssa Brakkensen with six shots in the first 20 minutes of play, with Chloe Helenihi and Brecklyn Beighle logging two each. Alexa Myers, who returned to play last week after an early pre-season injury, logged the assist on Schreifels' goal at 10:27. Raimondo's first attempt to score came at 15:58 but was saved by Brakkensen. Beighle and Raimondo would later find the back of the net in the second half when Raimondo threaded through the Wildcats defense to score off a pass from Beighle, giving her the assist.
Deeper Look
- Elsa Horsted's three shots put her at fourth on the Pioneers' leaderboard with six total
- McCullough's two goals is a new career-high for the midfielder
- Linfield took four corner kicks to the Pioneers' three
- This is Myers's career-first assist
- Schreifels leads the team in assists with three and is now tied with Helenihi for top scorer with three goals apiece
- Young brings her season saves up to 19, just one save shy of Abby Prager's 20
Looking Ahead
The Pioneers play a double-header at home next weekend, hosting Pacific on Saturday and Pacific Lutheran on Sunday.
