#10 LOGGERS FALL IN DOUBLE OT, 2-1
SPOKANE, Wash. - For the third time in the last four games between the two squads, the 10th-ranked Puget Sound Loggers and the Whitworth Pirates headed to overtime, unable to settle things following 90 minutes of regulation. While it was the Loggers who earned the 2-1 overtime victory in Tacoma on Sep. 30, it was the Pirates who picked up the 2-1 overtime victory on Saturday in a Northwest Conference men's soccer match in Spokane, Wash.
In a game much like that of a month ago, the Pirates (13-2-1, 11-1 NWC) scored the game's first goal, an unassisted score by Ryan Powers in the 24th minute that gave Whitworth a 1-0 halftime lead. The Loggers evened things up midway through the second half when reserve Ben Coffey (Mt. Vernon, Wash./Western Washington) headed in a cross from senior Greg Swanson (University Place, Wash./Curtis) in the 72nd minute for his first career goal as a Logger. Neither team was able to score a go-ahead goal in the remaining 18 minutes as the two teams headed to overtime.
Neither squad was able to get a shot off in the first overtime period but come the second, it was the Pirates who controled play and finally scored the game-winner in the 109th minute when Keith Kirsch put in a clear attempt from point blank for an unassisted score and a 2-1 Whitworth victory.
Logger keeper Pete Van Sant (Santa Cruz, Calif.) made two saves on the day while Whitworth keeper Scott Barnum was forced to make five saves in the win. The Pirates outshot the Loggers, 9-7, while the Loggers were whistled for more fouls, 17-15.
The Loggers will look to keep their playoff hopes alive on Sunday afternoon when they travel to Walla Walla, Wash. to take on Whitman. Gametime with the Missionaries is set for 2:30 p.m.
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