THE RECORDS
Linfield enters the week just shy of a .500 Northwest Conference record at 7-5 overall and 3-4 in NWC play. Pacific (2-10, 0-8 NWC) is still looking for its first NWC win. Willamette sits in second place behind unbeaten George Fox at 10-3 overall with a 7-1 NWC mark.
LINFIELD AT A GLANCE
The Wildcats got their revenge on Puget Sound with a 13-12 double-overtime win over the Loggers to extend their win streak to six matches. That streak was ended in a 19-6 loss to George Fox later in the week.
Abby Ross scored the unassisted golden goal against the Loggers in the second overtime period. She has 27 goals, 10 assists, 65 draw controls and 19 caused turnovers on the season.
Amelia Wright leads the team with 33 goals on 66 shots.
Bethany Shade has 31 goals and a team-leading 17 assists, 36 ground balls, 87 draw controls and 38 caused turnovers.
Lizzy Harms is 7-2 in goal with a 12.02 goals against average.
Sunday's match against Willamette marks Senior Day for Linfield lacrosse as the Wildcats celebrate the academic and athletic careers of
Maia Rezoski,
Gemmajean Patterson,
Bethany Shade and
Josie Duey.
PACIFIC AT A GLANCE
The Boxers have dropped five straight matches since their 12-7 win over Cal Lutheran on March 21. Much of the attack has been on the shoulders of Hyland Cullen-Musengo and Vivian Mai. Cullen-Musengo has 25 goals and five assists on the year to go with 40 draw controls and 25 ground balls. Mai is the only other Boxer scoring in double figures with 11 goals. Caitlyn Felton has a team-high 37 caused turnovers in 10 starts. Amelia Haindl has made 102 saves in goal.
WILLAMETTE AT A GLANCE
The Bearcats are riding a four-match win streak with wins over Whitworth and Whitman last week. They avoided an upset with a 21-19 win over the sixth-place Blues. Maddie Garcia leads the team with 38 goals to go with six assists. Lily Bachiochi has nearly as many assists (33) as she does goals (35). Catie Kawamura has racked up 31 goals and 80 draw controls while Analise Wilson has caused 26 turnovers. Shelby Sawyer has played every minute in goal this season. She owns a 10-3 record with 119 saves and a 9.62 goals against average.
HISTORY
Linfield is 12-19 against Pacific in the all-time series. The Boxers enjoyed a 17-match win streak between 2010 and 2017, but it has been all Linfield after that as the Wildcats have taken seven straight meetings. The Wildcats completed a 17-4 rout of the Boxers in their first meeting of the season on March 12 in McMinnville.
Linfield and Willamette have met five times since the Bearcats' inaugural 2019 season. The Wildcats are 3-2 against their in-state rivals. The Wildcats won the first three matches before the Bearcats bounced back to win two straight. Willamette took the first meeting of the season, 18-8, on March 13 in Salem.