SALEM, Ore.—Despite five saves from sophomore goalie
Declan Cloutier, Lewis & Clark College men's soccer fell 4-0 to host Willamette University on Sunday afternoon at Sparks Field.Â
THE BASICS
Willamette 4, Lewis & Clark 0
(Lewis & Clark 0-14, Northwest Conference 0-10)
(Willamette 6-7-1, NWC 6-3-1)Â
HOW IT HAPPENED
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Less than two weeks after the Pioneers put a scare in the defending NWC Champions in Portland, Willamette scored four goals in a 30-minute span to cruise to a 4-0 home win.Â
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Cloutier posted five or more saves in a conference contest for the third time in as many NWC starts. He kept the hosts off the board for nearly 40 minutes and ended the game with five saves on nine shots.Â
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Sophomore
Daniel Estoll posted Lewis & Clark's lone shot of the contest.Â
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After being held off the scoreboard for the majority of the first half, Willamette struck for two goals in a 3:58 span late in the half. Luka Varav scored from the top of the box in the 39
th minute and Ryan O'Grady made it 2-0 at 42:39.Â
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Jett Starr tacked on a goal just over 10 minutes later to make it 3-0 at 53:20.Â
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For the second-straight day, Lewis & Clark saw their opponent go down a man due to a straight-red. Willamette's Thiago Palhetas was whistled for a red card for an action away from the play in the 59
th minute.Â
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The Pioneers struck for their lone shot of the game in the 72
nd minute, when Estoll sent a shot just wide of the net.Â
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BY THE NUMBERS
- Willamette finished the game with a 25-1 edge in shots and 9-0 lead in shots on goal.Â
- Lewis & Clark's goalies have now recorded five or more saves in 10 of their 14 games. Cloutier ranks second on the team with 26 saves in six games.Â
- Estoll posted his third collegiate shot in 13 contests.Â
- The Pioneers have now had an opponent record a red card in back-to-back games. In 21 countable games since returning to the varsity level, Lewis & Clark has never been issued a red card.Â
WHO'S NEXTÂ
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The Pioneers will continue on their season-long, five-game road streak, when they travel to take on Linfield University on Saturday at 2:30 p.m.Â
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