Box Score

WALLA WALLA, Wash. - An efficient Whitman College offense picked up four goals on only five shots on goal all game, giving the home-standing Missionaries a 4-1 win over the visiting George Fox University Bruins in a Northwest Conference men's soccer match Sunday afternoon here at the Whitman Athletic Fields.

Steven Phillips gave Whitman a 1-0 lead with less that two minutes left in the first half, notching his first goal of the season with assists from Andy Huntington and John Rue at the 43:41 mark. One minute into the second half, Huntington stole a pass in the midfield and beat George Fox keeper Jake Maguire for a 2-0 Missionary lead.

Phillips, assisted by Simon Quay, got his second goal of the game at the 63:37 mark of the second half. With less than four minutes to play, Whitman's Jasper Lipton made it 4-0 when he chipped his first college goal over Maguire's head, with Chris Dorough assisting on the play.

With less than two minutes remaining, George Fox averted a shutout when Bret Hamilton scored after a shot by teammate Erich Hangartner bounced off Whitman keeper James Millikan. It was Hamilton's second goal of the year. Millikan finished with five saves and Maguire had one for the Bruins. Whitman outshot George Fox by a slim 14-12 margin, although it was the Bruins with a 6-5 edge in shots on goal.

George Fox, after starting the season with their second-best start ever at 4-0-1, is now 4-2-1 and 0-2 in the conference. Whitman is 2-0-1 overall and 1-0-1 in NWC play. Both teams play again Saturday, the Bruins hosting Pacific Lutheran University and the Missionaries going to Pacific University. Both games are set for 2:30 p.m. following women's games at 12 noon.