FOREST GROVE, Ore. – Goals by
Kristen Burke,
Sydney Kuehn and
Baylie Cameron helped the Linfield Wildcats hang on to a 3-2 win over the Pacific Boxers on Wednesday night.
The Wildcats swept the season series over the Boxers and have a conference record of 5-3-1, which is fourth and the Boxers fall to 1-7-1, which is eighth.
Coming off a tie against George Fox on Sunday, Linfield was aggressive on Wednesday night, having five shots in the first nine minutes.
It took just 13 minutes for Linfield to score as
Kristen Burke got loose on a breakaway and scored her sixth of the season. The six goals are the most in a season for the junior forward from Wilsonville, Oregon, who had five as a freshman.
The first goal did not stop the aggressiveness for the Wildcats, who had 18 shots on the night and in the 37
th minute, a cross pass by
Michayla Sponsel was kicked in by
Sydney Kuehn, for her eighth of the season.
The eight goals are the most by an NWC player this season and ties the career high in a season for the Duvall, Washington, native who had eight in 2018. Kuehn is in the top-10 all-time in points and goals in Linfield history with 45 career points and 19 goals.
The Wildcats backline allowed just one shot in the first half that went wide and off the goal.
Kuehn and
Laney Green picked up their first assists of the game, when
Baylie Cameron scored her first of the season to give Linfield a 3-0 lead.
Linfield is yet to lose a game in 2018 in which it scores atleast three goals, but it came close as Pacific scored two goals in a span of two minutes at the end of the game, but Pacific ran out of time to tie the game.
Facing zero shots on goal in the first half,
Madi Reimer saved two of the four shots she faced in the second half.
Despite 18 shots for the Wildcats, only six were in goal and half of those ended up in the back of the net. The Boxers had just five shots, but four of them were on goal.
This win snaps a two-game winless streak for Linfield, who began the second go-around of the conference schedule on Wednesday night.
Linfield has now tied the all-time head to head against Pacific at 26-26-4, the Wildcats have won the last four meetings.
UP NEXT
The Linfield Wildcats welcome the Willamette Bearcats on Saturday at 12 p.m., that game is part of a doubleheader with the Linfield men's soccer team taking on Puget Sound at the conclusion of the women's game.
