TACOMA, Wash.āHost University of Puget Sound struck for two goals in a 10-minute span, late in the first half, to earn a 2-0 win over Lewis & Clark College women's soccer in both team's Northwest Conference opener on Saturday afternoon.Ā
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THE BASICS
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Ā Puget Sound 2, Lewis & Clark 0
(Lewis & Clark 0-4-1, NWC 0-1)Ā
(Puget Sound 2-2-1, NWC 1-0)Ā
HOW IT HAPPENED
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Senior
Anna Ingadottir made five saves and fellow senior
Carli Driskill posted the team's lone shot/shot on goal to lead Lewis & Clark.Ā
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The Loggers opened the scoring just before the half-hour mark, when Zoe Witter made it 1-0 at 29:59.Ā
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Puget Sound doubled their lead at 38:28. Leila Hausia-Haugen scored her second goal of the season to make it two Loggers goals in an 8:29 span.
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The hosts came out with a quick flurry of shots on the Pioneers goal. Ingadottir made three of her five saves in the opening 12:31 with saves on shots from Kate Short, Anne Linggi and Hausia-Haugen.Ā
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After a slew of substitutions, Puget Sound opened the scoring at 29:59. The Loggers won the ball off a Lewis & Clark throw-in along the near sideline and quickly switched the field. Witter received the ball along the far side 35-yards out and drove towards the box, before firing a low right-footed shot that just bounced past a diving Ingadottir.Ā
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Lewis & Clark posted their only shot of the contest at 33:33. Sophomore
Ava Lazzara sent a long clearance up field and junior
Mischa Vanek won the ball off a Loggers defender. Senior
Kate Meinhard left the ball off for Driskill who sent a high, floating shot that Puget Sound goalie Gianna Maldonado was able to pounce on.Ā
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Puget Sound made it 2-0 with less than seven minutes to play before halftime. Haugia-Hausen received a through ball in the center of the field. She ran past her defender and blasted a left-footed shot just inside the post from 20-yards out.Ā
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BY THE NUMBERS
- Puget Sound finished the game with a 21-1 edge on shots and 7-1 lead on shots on target.Ā
- Senior Abby Morrow, junior Grace Smith, Driskill and Ingadottir all played the full 90 minutes on Saturday.Ā
- First year Riley Yip made her NWC debut. She started and played 74 minutes. Sophomore transfer Maggie Faye came off the bench to play 11 minutes in her NWC debut.Ā
- Driskill's shot was her second of the season. Both of her shots this year have been on target.Ā
- Ingadottir had made at least five saves in all three of her outings this year.Ā Ā
WHO'S NEXTĀ
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Lewis & Clark will travel across Tacoma to take on defending NWC Champions Pacific Lutheran University on Sunday at Noon.Ā