PORTLAND, Ore.—Lewis & Clark College women's soccer erupted for their most goals scored in a game in over two years, to earn a 3-0 home win over George Fox University on Wednesday night.
THE BASICS
Lewis & Clark 3, George Fox 0
(Lewis & Clark 3-5-3, Northwest 3-4-1)
(George Fox 1-8-1, NWC 0-7-1)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Junior
Kaedance Stubbs, sophomore
Riley Yip and senior
Mischa Vanek all scored to help Lewis & Clark earn their first home win of the season.
The River Otters scored two goals in a 7:05 span of the first half to grab a 2-0 lead and then added a late tally to earn the season-sweep of George Fox.
Stubbs opened the scoring in the 10
th minute when the River Otters executed a short-corner routine. Senior
Grace Smith played the ball short to Stubbs who looked to cross the ball into the box. With the Bruins defense slow to react, Stubbs sent a low line drive towards the six-yard box – two Lewis & Clark players tried to redirect the cross but it went past both players and over the diving Bruins' keeper for a 1-0 lead at 9:41.
Yip made it 2-0 in the 17
th minute. The sophomore turned her defender on a throw-in near midfield and raced towards goal with a slew of Bruins trailing her. Her initial shot was knocked down by the diving goalie but the ball squeezed past and Yip followed up her rebound and easily put the ball into the empty net at 16:46.
Lewis & Clark would take their foot off the gas a bit for the rest of the half as George Fox began to grow into the game.
The Bruins kept the momentum going into the second stanza and Sarah Burkes and Lindsey Kong each hit the crossbar for the visitors.
First year
Mallory Symons, who earned her first collegiate win in the contest, made five of her career-high seven saves in the second stanza. The first year's best save came early in the second half when she parried an Erin Lam shot up and over the bar on a shot that was destined to go just under the crossbar.
Lewis & Clark added a key insurance goal that put the game to bed in the 87
th minute. Senior
Iris Stutzman dribbled past a defender along the near sideline and burst into the box. She sent a cutback pass to the near post and Vanek met the pass with an immediate right-footed shot that flew past the keeper before she could react.
BY THE NUMBERS
- Lewis & Clark scored three goals in a contest for the first time since September 18, 2024. Women's soccer senior Celeste Schreifels ('24) scored a hat trick in a win over Willamette University that day to cap off a stretch where Lewis & Clark scored 12 goals in three games. The River Otters scored multiple goals in a game for the first time all season on Wednesday.
- With the win, Lewis & Clark earned the season-sweep over George Fox and improved to 3-0-1 against the Bruins over the past two season. The River Otters have posted shutouts in all four games and outscored George Fox 5-0.
- George Fox earned a 16-15 edge in total shots and both teams finished with seven shots on goal. The Bruins also held a slight 7-4 edge in corner kicks.
- Yip and Vanek each scored their second goals of the season on Wednesday. They are tied with senior Rowan Levandoski for the team-lead this season.
- Smith moved into a tie for eighth-place in program history with her seventh career assists. She is four assists away from tying for the program record.
- Wednesday's win was head coach Jim Tursi's 97th career win as head coach of the River Otters.
- With the win, Lewis & Clark moved into fourth-place in the conference standings with 10 points. They sit one point ahead of fifth-place Willamette University (nine) and Pacific University (nine) at the midway point of the conference season.
WHO'S NEXT
Lewis & Clark will open up the second half of the conference season on Saturday, when they travel to take on Willamette University at 2:45 p.m.
