Box Score

NEWBERG, Ore. – Closing in on the team record for shutouts in a season, the George Fox University Bruins notched their seventh whitewash of 2008 with their third straight 1-0 victory, this one over the Linfield College Wildcats in a Northwest Conference women's soccer match Sunday afternoon here at Morse Field.

With just over the half the season remaining, the Bruins are only two away for their single-season best of nine shutouts in 1998.  George Fox keeper Sally Page earned her sixth shutout (freshman Becka Doyle has the other one) by making eights saves to keep the Wildcats at bay.  The Bruins' record for shutouts in a season by a keeper is nine in 1998 by Meghan Gibson.

After a scoreless first half that saw the Bruins get only two shots on goal and the Wildcats just four, the home team finally broke through in the 61st minute for the only score of the game.  Forward Jenny McKinsey drove down near the right baseline, turned inside, and fed midfielder Kirsten Cardwell coming in toward the near post.  Cardwell took the past, skirted a defender and, as Wildcat keeper Kelsey Hasselblad came out to defend, shot the ball into the far left corner from 15 yards out for her third goal of the year at 61:27.

Linfield finished with 14 shots, eight on goal.  The Wildcats' best chance to score came four minutes before Cardwell nailed the winner when Steph Caster angled a shot from the left side of the penalty box past Page that hit the far post but bounced out instead of in.  George Fox took 17 shots, seven on goal, with Hasselblad making six saves.  The Bruins held a 5-3 advantage in corners.

George Fox (7-2, NWC 3-2) next hosts Pacific University Wednesday at 4:00 p.m.  Linfield (3-7, NWC 1-5) hosts Willamette University Wednesday at 5:00 p.m.