NEWBERG, Ore. – Bringing their first season under new head coach Luis Del Rio to a close, the visiting George Fox University Bruins dropped a 2-0 decision to the Pacific University Boxers, who got two first-half goals from Garrick Knowles, in Northwest Conference men's soccer action here Friday under the lights of Lincoln Park Stadium.

George Fox ends the season 2-16-1 overall and 2-12 in the conference, finishing in eighth place.  Pacific is done also with a 5-14 overall slate and a 3-11 NWC mark, closing out the season in seventh.

Knowles notched both of his goals, his first two of the season, on almost-identical plays in the first half.  At the 6:17 mark, he took a free kick from the right side of the keeper's box following a George Fox foul and drilled it into the net past Bruin rookie keeper Luis Angel Del Rio, giving the home team an early lead. 

That score stood until six seconds were left in the half.  Following yet another Bruin foul, Knowles placed the ball in the same spot and hit the same kind of shot into the goal to give the Boxers a 2-0 lead at the break, which they made stand up through the final 45 minutes.

Pacific out-shot George Fox 20-12 in total shots and 12-4 in shots on goal, with a 4-2 margin in corner kicks for good measure.  Mark Watson led the Boxers in shot opportunities with seven, four on goal.  Luke Dickens came off the bench to take three shots, two on goal, to pace the Bruins.

Michael Summers made four saves in goal for the Boxers to preserve the shutout.  Del Rio had a career-high 10 saves in keeping the Bruins close in the contest, seven in the second half.