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NEWBERG, Ore. - Chris Paradis scored both Linfield College
goals, including the tiebreaker with 30 minutes left in the game,
and the Wildcats made it stand up for a 2-1 win over the George Fox
University Bruins in a Northwest Conference men's soccer matchup of
Yamhill County rivals Friday afternoon here at rain-soaked Morse
Field.
The Wildcats struck quickly when Paradis scored from 10 yards
out into a wide-open goal only 1:19 into the game. Mike Grabast had
driven into the left side of the box, and when George Fox keeper
Jake Maguire came over to challenge any shot, Grabast centered a
deflected pass over to Paradis, who lofted a floater into the
midsection of the net just under the crossbar.
The Bruins got the equalizer a little over eight minutes later
at 9:44. Erich Hangartner sent a cross from the left sideline into
the middle of the box, where Dylan Durrell headed it over to the
right side for Dan Potter, whose shot nicked the right post and
deflected past Linfield keeper Grant Williams and into the net. It
was Potter's first goal of the season.
The game remained tied for 50 more minutes until the Wildcats'
Tim Solimano gave a throw-in to Ryan Thomas, who sent a cross from
the right into the box for Paradis, who headed it into the left
corner for his seventh goal of the season. The Linfield defense did
the rest, holding George Fox to 13 shots overall and five on goal
in the game. The Wildcats had 23 shots, 10 on goal. Williams had
four saves, Maguire six, along with two Bruin team saves.
The score might have been different either way if not for the
unusual fact that the keepers stopped all three penalty kick
attempts in the game. Williams stopped a shot by Ryan MacKenzie
that could have given George Fox a 2-1 lead at 25:02 in the first
half. Maguire deflected two in the second half, thwarting Spencer
Hunter at 55:51 with the score still 1-1, and Paradis with 20
seconds left in the game.
Both teams end their regular seasons Saturday with 1:30 p.m.
games. George Fox (7-9-2, NWC 3-9-1) hosts 17th-ranked and
newly-crowned NWC champion University of Puget Sound, while
Linfield (9-6-2, NWC 6-5-2) entertains Pacific Lutheran University.
