Box Score

McMINNVILLE, Ore. - Kurtis Wong punched in the only score of the game midway through the first half and the Linfield College Wildcats made it stand up for a 1-0 victory over the George Fox University Bruins in a Northwest Conference men's soccer match Saturday afternoon here at the Linfield Soccer Field.

The Wildcats attacked the George Fox goal relentlessly all day, taking 31 total shots to seven for the Bruins, and held a 19-6 advantage in shots on goal.  Linfield also had a 7-1 margin in corner kicks, but the Bruin defense turned back almost ever Wildcat effort.  GFU keeper Jake Maguire made 14 saves and the defense recorded four more team saves.

It was that one solitary score that proved to be the Bruins' downfall, however.  Travis Isaacs provided a decoy run that drew the defense away from Wong, who broke around the other side and slipped a low shot past Maguire after a pass from Carter Elhabassi at 29:17 in the first half.  It was Wong's seventh goal of the season.

Linfield goalkeeper Jon Thompson made six saves in recording the shutout as the Wildcats avenged a 3-1 loss to the Bruins back on Oct. 5 in Newberg.  That was the Bruins' lone conference victory thus far this season.

George Fox (2-12-3, NWC 1-8-2) will be out to snap a six-game losing streak in the Bruins' final home game of the year Sunday at 1:30 p.m. against Pacific Lutheran University.  Linfield (8-8, NWC 4-7)hosts the University of Puget Sound Sunday, also at 1:30 p.m.  Both matches will be preceded by women's NWC games at 11:00 a.m.