October 1, 2010: Evergreen vs. Northwest Christian

Kodey Eley’s coming out party was held today on the pitch at The Evergreen State College. Freshman defender Eley had a goal and an assist in the Geoduck’s 2-0 victory over the visiting Beacons. Evergreen put together a fantastic overall defensive performance allowing only three shots on the day. Evergreen’s Senior Goalkeeper Casey Collins continued his fine play recording three saves for his first shut out of the season. The Geoducks took control of the game when Eley found striker Corey Johnson in front of the Beacon goal with a driven diagonal ball at the 70 minute mark. Johnson showed his quality with a soft first touch and a cool finish for the eventual game winner. This followed some high anxiety as Beacon keeper Nick Kratzke’s earlier save of a Brice Boum penalty kick had temporarily buoyed the visitors. Eley led the charge to finish the game after racing the length of the field on the counter in the 83rd minute of play. Eley received from George Bundy, out paced the last defender and slotted the ball to the far post to salt the game away.