Box
Score
NEWBERG, Ore. - Justin Meyer scored a hat trick and assisted on
a fourth goal, sparking the George Fox University Bruins to a 7-1
rout of the Walla Walla University Wolves for their first win of
the season in a non-conference men's soccer match Monday afternoon
here at Morse Field.
Walla Walla got on the board first five minutes into the game
when Dominique Hunt scored on a right cross from Isaac Lopez, one
of only five shots the Wolves could muster in the first half. The
Bruins tripled the number of shots but could get only one of their
15 tries to go in, Meyer scoring his first goal when John Zaganiacz
got loose along the right baseline and fed him in the mouth of the
goal for the tying score.
The Bruins finally began to find the gaps in the second half
when they out-shot the Wolves 19-3. Meyer fed Carlos Pehr for the
go-ahead goal two minutes into the half, and Meyer scored his
second goal 41 seconds later when Matt Gurlides crossed to him from
the right side.
In the 65th minute, Gurlides scored when Ryan MacKenzie passed
ahead to him on a fast break, and Gurlides passed to Pehr two
minutes later for another score. Meyer added his third goal in the
74th minute when MacKenzie crossed from the left side of the box to
the middle and Meyer scored off a subsequent free ball. Zaganiacz
closed out the scoring with a goal seven minutes from the end with
an assist from Peter Menig.
The Bruins finished with 34 shots to eight for the Wolves, 20
shots on goal to three, and nine corner kicks to two. Kyle Putnam
had two saves in the first half and Jake Maguire covered the goal
in the second half for the Bruins. Walla Walla keeper Timothy Lo
made 10 saves before coming out with an injury 16 minutes from the
end, and Jorge Fernandez had a pair of saves in the remaining time.
George Fox (1-1) plays its first road game of the season Tuesday
when the Bruins take on Warner Pacific College at 8:00 p.m. in a
match at Portland Christian High School. Walla Walla (0-1) is off
for two weeks, playing next on Monday, Sept. 17, at Canadian
University College in Lacombe, Alberta, at 4:00 p.m.
