Box Score

NEWBERG, Ore. - Two early goals off corner kicks got the University of Puget Sound off to a fast start and the Loggers later added two more scores, offsetting a pair of corner-kick goals by the George Fox University Bruins in the second half, to take a 4-2 victory in Northwest Conference men's soccer Friday afternoon here at Morse Field.

The Loggers struck two minutes into the game when Daniel Lee sent a kick from the left corner to the far post, where Taylor Hyde headed it back toward the near post, and Andrew Hewitt headed it back into the far corner for his first goal of the season. The Loggers made it 2-0 at the 19-minute mark as Greg Swanson sent a corner from the right side into the middle for Hyde, who banged it home for his fifth goal. At 25:19, the Loggers upped it to 3-0 when Mark Conrad passed from the left side to Kyle Benson near the right corner of the penalty box, and he angled a shot back and into the upper near corner for his fifth score of the season.

The Bruins cut into the Loggers' lead six minutes into the second half when Peter Luginbill centered a corner kick from the right side where, after a brief skirmish in front of the goal, Sean Daughtry came up with ball and snuck it in for his first collegiate goal. The home team's momentum was short-lived, however, as the Loggers scored 24 seconds later, Conrad centering to Jackson Lindeke for his first goal and a 4-1 UPS lead. The final score of the game came when Luginbill again sent a corner kick to the box, this time to the far side where Brian Story trapped the ball and then lined it inside the near post for his first goal.

Puget Sound out-shot George Fox 12-9, had an 8-3 advantage in shots on goal, and might have fared even better had the Loggers not been whistled offside a dozen times. The Bruins held the corner-kick edge 7-3. Kyle Putnam had three saves in the net for the Bruins, while Scott Macha, the third of three UPS keepers, had the only save for the Loggers.

George Fox (3-12-3, NWC 1-9-3) concludes its season Saturday at 1:30 p.m., hosting Linfield College. Puget Sound (14-3-1, NWC 9-3-1) visits Pacific University Saturday at 1:30 p.m., then must wait until Sunday to see if it will receive an at-large bid to the NCAA Division III National Tournament. Either Whitworth University or Pacific Lutheran University will earn the NWC's automatic bid to the playoffs.