Box Score

NEWBERG, Ore. - Matt Gurlides of George Fox University hit a potential game-winning shot from past midfield into a wide-open net a second after time had expired in the second overtime, leaving the home-standing Bruins and the visiting Pacific University Boxers with a hard-fought 0-0 tie in Northwest Conference men's soccer action Saturday afternoon here at Morse Field.

George Fox out-shot Pacific 27-11 in the game, including a 10-1 advantage in shots on goal and a 15-6 margin in corner kicks, but could not dent the net as the Boxers' Jory Shene made 10 saves in the shutout. Geoge Fox keeper Jake Maguire stopped the only shot on goal by the Boxers, which came from Danny Williams with six minutes left in the first half. With big 6'2" defender Keith Marshall shadowing Matt McDonough all game, the Bruins limited McDonough, the number two scorer in the conference with six goals and three assists, to only two shots all game, none on goal.

The Bruins actually had their best chances to penetrate the goal line in the overtime periods, Shene stopping a line drive by Garrett Blizzard from five yards away in the first extra session and another by Erich Hangartner in the second overtime, and Blizzard put a potential winner just over the crossbar with two-and-a-half minutes left in the final stanza.

With 10 seconds left in the contest, Pacific's Kyle Chown took a corner kick from the left corner that was headed away from the goal by the Bruins. The ball was recovered by Gurlides midway between the keeper's box and the mid-field line, and he turned and fired a shot three-quarters of the length of the field toward a net that was totally unprotected, Shene having moved up near midfield as the clock ran down. The ball bounced twice before rolling into the open net, but the clock had run out just before the ball crossed the line, and the goal was immediately waved off by the official.

Both teams are on the road next Saturday, George Fox (5-3-2, NWC 1-3-1) visiting the University of Puget Sound and Pacific (5-2-1, NWC 2-2-1) going to Willamette University. Both conference matches begin at 2:30 p.m.