NEWBERG, Ore. – In one of their better defensive efforts of the season, the George Fox University Bruins allowed Willamette University only three shots on goal - but two of them went in, giving the Bearcats a 2-0 win over the visiting Bruins in a Northwest Conference men's soccer match Saturday afternoon here at Sparks Field.

After a scoreless first half in which George Fox got only three shots in all and Willamette only two, the Bearcats finally broke through at 65:21 on a 25-yard free kick from 10 yards inside the left sideline by Brendan Dineen.  The kick was sent on the ground into the penalty area and went untouched into the far right corner of the goal for Dineen's third goal of the season.

Willamette increased the lead to 2-0 at 73:55 on Derek Johnson's first goal of the year.  The scoring play started when Patrick Yagi reversed the field with a lengthy cross from the right side to Mike McGrew, who crossed from the left to Johnson in the middle of field about four yards out, from where he redirected the ball into the goal.

The Bearcats took 12 shots total, while the Bruins managed four shots, two on goal.  One was stopped by Eben Helleckson, who got the shutout win, and the other was a team save.  Elliott Davis had a save on the only other Willamette shot on goal. 

NEXT: George Fox (0-5-1, NWC 0-3), which suffered its fourth straight shutout and fifth in six games, visits Linfield College Sunday at 2:30 p.m. ... Willamette (3-4-1, NWC 1-2) hosts league-leading Pacific University Sunday at 2:30 p.m.