PORTLAND, Ore. – Held without a shot, the Evergreen Geoducks found themselves on defense most of the night, falling to the Concordia Cavaliers, 4-0, in a Cascade Conference women’s soccer match on Thursday night in Portland, Ore.

In the first half, the top-ranked Cavaliers (12-1-1, 6-0-0 CCC) kept the pressure on the Evergreen (3-8-0, 2-4-0 CCC) defense, outshooting the Geoducks 15-0, but just three of those shots found their way on net as Kaitlin MacKenzie (Lake Stevens, Wash./Lake Stevens HS/Shoreline CC) made a trio of saves to preserve the scoreless tie headed into the halftime break.

Concordia finally got on the board in the 57th minute as Ashley Ames put in a shot from close to MacKenzie, who couldn’t get the right angle to make the save.  CU doubled the lead in the 73rd minute when McKayla Madison took advantage of a corner and shot point blank for the 2-0 lead.

The Cavs scored for a third time in the 79th minute as Alex Blalock took a cross form Hannah Smith and put it in for her fifth goal of the season.  Concordia got their final score in the final minute as Erin Husingh sent in a corner to the waiting head of Shannon McMahon, who put it in to secure the 4-0 win.

Evergreen was outshot 28-0 on the night but MacKenzie was strong in goal, making six saves despite allowing the four goals.  Nicole Franklin had it easy, not having to make a save to collect the shutout for CU.

The Geoducks return to the Rose City on Saturday night as they visit Warner Pacific.  First kick with the Knights is set for 6 p.m. at David Douglas High School in Portland.

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OLYMPIA, Wash. – A late push by the visiting College of Idaho Coyotes wasn’t enough to stop the Evergreen Geoduck from earning a 2-1 win in a Cascade Conference women’s soccer match on Saturday afternoon on Evergreen Pitch in Olympia, Wash.

The Geoducks (3-7-0, 2-3-0 CCC) opened up the scoring in the 31st minute as Sophie Krauza (Las Vegas, Nev./Centennial HS)  took a pass from Delaney Smith (Dupont, Wash./Steilacoom HS/Tacoma CC) and Krauza scored her second goal of the season from about five yards out for the 1-0 lead over the Yotes (3-10-0, 1-5-0 CCC).

Evergreen made it 2-0 in the 81st minute as Rayna Murphy (Longview, Wash./Mark Morris HS) fed in a pass through the last line of Yote defenders to the feet of Jasmine Berlin (Portland, Ore./Reynolds HS), who went one-on-one with C of I keeper Melissa Holmes-Joseph before scoring her first goal of the season.

College of Idaho answered back just over 30 seconds later as Summer Jackson scored her second goal of the year, assisted by Camas Curran, on an opportunity from about eight yards out but the Geoduck defense stayed tight the rest of the way en route to the 2-1 win.

Kyla Kitts (Renton, Wash./Kentridge HS/Highline CC) was strong in net for the Geoducks, making four saves to collect the win.  Holmes-Joseph also made four saves, allowing the two goals to take the loss.

Evergreen hits the road next week, traveling to second-ranked Concordia on Thursday.  First kick with the Cavaliers is set for 7 p.m. in Portland, Ore.

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OLYMPIA, Wash. – Sydney Nelson scored once and assisted on two others as the Eastern Oregon Mountaineers shutout the Evergreen Geoducks, 4-0, in a Cascade Conference women’s soccer match on Thursday afternoon on Evergreen Pitch in Olympia, Wash.

The Mountaineers (7-2-1, 3-2-0 CCC) got on the board in the 13th minute as Nelson put in a long ball from left of the box that snuck just inside the far post to give EOU the lead over the Geoducks (2-7-0, 1-3-0 CCC).  Eastern made it 2-0 in the 22nd minute after Tori Fedora powered in a cross and Mauriana Gonzalez one-touched a shot past Kaitlin MacKenzie (Lake Stevens, Wash./Lake Stevens HS/Shoreline CC) for her second goal of the season.

Eastern Oregon struck again in the 58th minute as Nelson sent a free kick into the box and Gonzalez gathered the ball from out of a scrum and fired it past Kyla Kitts (Renton, Wash./Kentridge HS/Highline CC) for the 3-0 lead.  The Mounties scored their final goal in the 62nd minute as Nelson took a corner kick that found the head of Carolyn Danek for her first goal of the season.

EOU held a 13-5 advantage on shots and a 4-3 advantage on corner kicks.  MacKenzie and Kitts each finished with two saves for the Geoducks while Kailey Moss made three saves for Eastern before being replaced by Jessica Parker in the 78th minute.

Evergreen plays host to College of Idaho on Saturday, beginning at 1 p.m. on Evergreen Pitch. Eastern Oregon continues their road trip on Saturday as well, traveling to Kirkland, Wash. to take on Northwest.

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