#4 LOGGERS ADVANCE TO SECTIONALS WITH 2-1 WIN
TACOMA, Wash. - Coaches will say that the toughest thing to do in sports is beat an opponent three times in one season but that is just what the fourth-ranked Puget Sound Loggers did, defeating the 11th-ranked Whitworth Pirates, 2-1, in the Second Round of the NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Championship on Sunday afternoon on East Athletic Field in Tacoma, Wash.
Whitworth (18-3) got on the board right away when Penelope Crowe took a pass from Jael Hagerott in just the fourth minute and fired in a shot from about 25 yards away into the upper corner of the goal for a 1-0 Pirate advantage. The Loggers (20-1-1) evened things up in the 13th minute when Janece Levien (Beaverton, Ore.) place a beautiful cross in front of the net and senior Katie Gillette (Fairbanks, Alaska/West Valley) put a head on the ball to direct it into the goal.
The Loggers earned the game-winner in the 29th minute when Adrienne Folsom (Lakewood, Wash./Charles Wright Academy) redirected a bullet from Levien for the eventual 2-1 Logger victory. The two squads combined for 18 more shots in the second half but the two defenses stole the show in the hard-fought match.
Logger keeper Kallie Wolfer (Salt Lake City, Utah/Skyline) made just two saves on the day to collect the shutout while Whitworth keeper Krista Dietz was much busier, making nine saves but allowing the two Logger goals.
Puget Sound now advances to the Sectionals where they will face Wartburg College at a site to be announced by the NCAA on Monday morning. Joining the Knights and Loggers at the site will be top-ranked Wheaton (Ill.) and Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
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