PORTLAND, Ore. – Senior
Celeste Schreifels scored her 34
th career goal and 11
th of the season to tie the program record in both, while junior
Kate Meinhard scored the equalizer for Lewis & Clark College women's soccer, but Whitworth University escaped Griswold Stadium with the three points after scoring in the 88
th minute on Sunday afternoon.
THE BASICS
Whitworth 3, Lewis & Clark 2
(Lewis & Clark 4-11-3, 2-10-2 NWC)
(Whitworth 11-4-2, 9-3-2 NWC)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Schreifels scored her record-tying goal at 38:53 to give the Pioneers a 1-0 lead. Junior
Carli Driskill sent a free kick from inside the sideline into the box, and Schreifels lept to head the ball back towards the near post. Schreifels ties 2022 Lewis & Clark Hall of Fame inductee Lisa Housman with 34 career goals. The first-half goal was Schreifels' 11
th this fall, tying herself and Housman for the most goals in a season, with Housman recording the feat in 2004 and Schreifels achieving the mark in 2021.
Keeper
Anna Ingadottir kept the Pirates at bay early, making crucial saves on Yacine Bitibale's first shot attempts in each half. The junior finished with three saves as the Pioneers faced 17 total shots.
Driskill assisted both Lewis & Clark's scores in the game to set a new career high. She also sent a free kick in for Meinhard's equalizer in the 82nd minute.
Sophomore
Grace Smith tested Whitworth's Anna Boyer early with the first shot on goal for either team in the fourth minute. Bitibale responded a minute later, but Ingadottir saved the shot at the near post. Driskill attempted to put the Pioneers on the board at 13:15, but Boyer stopped the low right shot. The two teams combined for 13 total shots in the first half. Schreifels found the back of the net on the Pioneers' eighth shot in the 39
th minute to put Lewis & Clark up 1-0 at the half.
The momentum shifted after the break as Whitworth found their rhythm. Claire Nguyen equalized in the 68th minute off Katherine Kent's assist, and Emma Ellerd gave the Pirates the lead just two minutes later with assists from Nguyen and Kent.
Down 2-1, Meinhard scored the equalizer for the Pioneers at 81:13, converting a deflected free kick from Driskill. The ball bounced off Meinhard 14 yards out and caromed inside the post.
Ingadottir earned her final save of the game, stopping an attempt by Nguyen in the 84
th minute. Smith attempted to score the go-ahead goal for the Pioneers in the 87
th minute, but a Pirates defender blocked it. Lily Cardenas sealed the victory for Whitworth with a goal in the 88th minute off Baylee Trejo's cross.
BY THE NUMBERS
- Three of the five goals were scored off of free kicks.
- With the goal, Schreifels tied Housman for second place in program history with 23 season points. Housman earned 23 points in the 2004 and 2005 seasons.
- Meinhard's goal was her second of the season and Driskill's third assist.
- Sophomore Iris Stutzman and first-year Siena Flock each recorded a shot for the Pioneers.
- Six of Schreifels' 34 career goals were scored against the Pirates, including her 11th goal in the 2021 season that tied Housman for the program record for the first time.
WHO'S NEXT
Lewis & Clark will honor seniors
Abby Hayes,
Ashlyn Little and Schreifels ahead of Saturday's final home match against George Fox. The first kick is scheduled for 1:45 p.m.