PORTLAND, Ore. – Lewis & Clark College men's soccer outshot defending Northwest Conference champion Whitman College 5-1 in the first half, but the Blues scored twice after halftime to defeat the River Otters 2-0 in conference play Friday at Griswold Stadium.
THE BASICS
Whitman 2, Lewis & Clark 0
(Lewis & Clark 1-12-1, 1-9-1 NWC)
(Whitman 9-2-2, 7-1-1 NWC)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Senior goalkeeper
Micaiah Garan played all 90 minutes and made three saves for Lewis & Clark.
First-year
Avi Rajbhandari led the River Otters with two shots, both on goal. Sophomore
Raff Ladd and junior
Sam London each added a shot on goal.
Garan stopped Kevin Serrano's attempt in the 14th minute on Whitman's only shot of the first half.
Lewis & Clark attempted the next five shots. Ladd tested Whitman goalkeeper Tait Whittemore at 20:21, and sophomore
Ren Fukuoka sent an attempt over the goal in the 29th minute.
Whittemore saved London's shot at 31:50. Less than two minutes later, junior
Alex Woods shot wide left. Whittemore then stopped Rajbhandari's shot in the 44th minute to keep the game scoreless at halftime.
Whitman replaced Whittemore with Niclas Isensee to begin the second half. The Blues took 10 of the period's 11 shots.
Fernando Lopez-Vega scored the opening goal at 55:04. He received a throw-in from Nathan Alvarado and scored from a tight angle to give Whitman a 1-0 lead.
Garan kept the deficit at one goal with two saves late in the half. He stopped Serrano's shot at 75:56 and Luis Mendez Caballero's attempt at 77:52.
Alvarado made it 2-0 at 88:20, scoring from nearly 40 yards with Garan off his line.
Rajbhandari put Lewis & Clark's final attempt on goal at 89:33, but Isensee made the save.
BY THE NUMBERS
- Whitman outshot Lewis & Clark 11-6 and held a 5-4 advantage in shots on goal.
- Lewis & Clark took three corner kicks to Whitman's two.
- Junior Talen Haywood, seniors Dylan Weinstein and Emmett Olson, and Fukuoka joined Garan in playing all 90 minutes for Lewis & Clark.
WHO'S NEXT
Lewis & Clark continues its homestand against Whitworth University on Sunday at noon at Griswold Stadium.
