TACOMA, Wash. – A pair of second-half goals four minutes apart by the University of Puget Sound offset a last-minute goal by George Fox University, enabling the Loggers to sneak past the visiting Bruins 2-1 and keep pace with league-leading Linfield College in a critical Northwest Conference women's soccer match Sunday afternoon here at East Field.

After a scoreless first half in which Puget Sound out-shot George Fox 9-2, the Loggers broke through with two tallies early in the second half.  Robin Vieira took a shot that bounced off the post, but collected her own rebound and put it back in for her third goal of the season at 47:40 to give the Loggers the lead.

Shortly thereafter, at 51:33, it was Amalia Acorda-Fey scoring for the first time this season when she finished inside the left post off a cross from 15 yards out by Kylie Beeson.  That goal proved to be the game-winner when the Bruins spoiled the potential shutout with a score only 13 seconds from the end, Tenlee Holser notching her first career goal with a long-distance blast that deflected off the hands of second-half keeper Lauren Thomas and into the net.

The Loggers finished with a 21-3 advantage in total shots, 8-3 in shots on goal, and 6-0 in corner kicks.  George Fox goalie Alyssa Montero went the distance and made six saves.  Casey Thayer worked the first half in the net for the Loggers and made two saves, while Thomas got the win in the second half but had no saves.

George Fox, which had battled UPS to a 0-0 double-overtime standoff in Newberg on Sept. 28 despite being out-shot 51-5, fell to 3-12-1 overall and 1-10-1 in the conference.  Puget Sound improved to 11-2-2 overall and 9-1-2 in the NWC with its ninth straight win, remaining two points behind Linfield, which won a 3-2 double-overtime game over Whitworth University.

NEXT: George Fox hosts Linfield on Saturday at 11:00 a.m., the game time moving forward one hour to adjust for the upcoming Daylight Savings Time change over the weekend … Puget Sound hosts Pacific Lutheran University on Wednesday at 3:00 p.m.