THE RECORDS
Linfield is 3-6-5 overall and 1-5-4 in Northwest Conference play as the Wildcats enter the final three weeks of the 2022 season. Willamette enters at 5-7-1 with a 3-6-1 NWC record while Lewis & Clark sits in fourth place with a 4-3-3 NWC mark (4-5-4 overall).
 
LINFIELD AT A GLANCE
The Wildcats came away with a 1-1 tie with Puget Sound and a 2-1 loss to Pacific Lutheran last week. The Loggers and Lutes are tied atop the NWC standings at 8-1-1. Janae Lewis scored 49 seconds into the match against the Loggers while Laney Green was the goal scorer against the Lutes.
 
Green is tied for fourth in the NWC with her team-leading seven goals. She also has an assist. Lewis has four goals and three assists in her freshman campaign. She ranks No. 6 in the NWC with 28 shots, 12 of which have landed on goal. Fellow freshman Ruby Lacktrup has three goals. Lewis and Riley Omonaka are tied for the team lead with three assists apiece.
 
Bella Hanna (1,032) and Sidra Griffin (1,022) lead the Wildcats with more than 1,000 minutes played. Alexa Fritz is 1-1-1 in goal with 21 saves and a .840 save percentage in her first three collegiate starts.
 
WILLAMETTE AT A GLANCE
The Bearcats are coming off a solid week at home against the eastern Washington schools. They tied Whitworth, 0-0, before completing a 3-0 rout of Whitman. Jackie Gilroy assisted on two goals against the Blues. She sits in a six-way tie for first in the NWC with four assists.
 
Nina Krassner-Cybulski leads the team with six goals to go with an assist. Ella Abraham and Braeden Glaser each have three goals on the year. Erin Denney has put 12 of her 16 shots on goal. Rachel Compton has seen the most action in goal. She's 4-3-0 with three shutouts, a .735 save percentage and a 1.27 goals against average.
 
LEWIS & CLARK AT A GLANCE
The Pioneers also tied Whitworth but by a score of 1-1. They opened last week with a 1-0 win over Whitman. Megan Yanagi notched the game-winner against the Blues with her third goal of the season, assisted by Madi Pastores.
 
Celeste Schreifels leads the attack with five goals and two assists. Brecklyn Beighle has one goal on the season but ranks fourth in the NWC with 35 shots and 20 shots on goal. Four Pioneers have played more than 1,000 minutes. The group is led by Abby Hayes' 1,087 minutes played. Sophia Young is 4-4-2 in goal with 41 saves and a 1.37 goals against average.
 
HISTORY
Linfield and Willamette have met 56 times. The Wildcats are 16-34-6 in those matches. The Wildcats have left Salem with six wins and five ties in the all-time series. The two teams are at an even 4-4-2 in the last 10 matchups, the Wildcats taking four of the last six. The Bearcats took the first meeting of 2022, winning 3-0 on Sept. 24 in McMinnville.
 
Linfield is 25-7-6 in the all-time series with Lewis & Clark. The record includes a 10-5-3 mark in Portland. The Wildcats are averaging 1.84 goals per match against the Pioneers. The Wildcats have won nine of the last 13 meetings, which includes a stretch of seven straight victories between the 2016 and 2019 seasons. The Wildcats and Pios tied 3-3 in the first meeting of the season on Sept. 25 in McMinnville.