Box Score

NEWBERG, Ore. - Ryan Powers and Matt Friesen scored a goal apiece, one in each half, and the Whitworth University defense recorded its fifth straight shutout and sixth in eight games as the visiting Pirates posted a 2-0 win over the home-standing George Fox University Bruins in a Northwest Conference men's soccer match Sunday afternoon here at Morse Field.

Whitworth got its first-half goal at 30:34 when Brent Zahn crossed from the left corner to the far post, where Skye Henderson headed the ball back to the center of the penalty box for Powers, who drove the ball home for his third score of the season. The Pirates made that 1-0 lead stand until midway through the second half, when Zahn and Keith Kirsch sent passes around the top of the box to Friesen on the right side, from where the Pirates' leading scorer sent a shot inside the far post for his fifth goal at 68:59.

While the Whitworth offense was shooting 19 times (nine on goal), the defense limited the Bruins to five shots, only one on goal, and that was stopped by keeper Scott Barnum four-and-a-half minutes into the game. The Pirates also held a 10-0 advantage in corners. George Fox keeper Kyle Putnam made seven saves, including one sensational grab of a high liner that he might not have reached were he not 6'8".

George Fox fell to 3-6 overall and 1-3 in the conference, while Whitworth remained in first place by improving to 6-1-1 overall and 4-0 in the NWC. Both teams play again Saturday at 2:30 p.m., the Bruins visiting Pacific University and the Pirates going to Pacific Lutheran University.