Missionaries Blitz Bruins with 5 Goals in 10-Minute Span

Men's Soccer - WHITMAN 5, GEORGE FOX 2

WALLA WALLA, Wash. - Ahead 2-0 with their largest lead of the season and less than 30 minutes left, the George Fox University Bruins were hit with a five-goal blitz in a 10-minute span by the Whitman College Missionaries, who went on to a 5-2 win in Northwest Conference men’s soccer Sunday afternoon here at the Whitman Athletic Fields.

George Fox got on the scoreboard in the 29th minute when Nick Schoen made a run up the left side and crossed to the far post to an onrushing Andre van der Werff, who finished to the middle of the net from five yards out. The Bruins doubled their lead in the 58th minute when Christian Reed struck pay dirt from 20 yards out,unassisted. It was the first goal of the season for both van der Werff and Reed.

The goal spigot for Whitman gushed opened seven minutes later when a hustling Leland Matthaeus got to a ball just as George Fox keeper Elliott Davis was reaching to pick it up. The ball popped loose and rolled behind Davis for an easy finish by Matthaeus. Seventy-one seconds later, Matthaeus knocked home his second goal of the game and fifth of the season inside the far post from 20 yards out to square the game at 2-2 after a cross from the left by Junpei Tsuji.

Whitman took the lead when Jed Jacobson took a free kick following a Bruin foul and launched a missile into the left corner of the net from 30 yards away. It was his third goal of the season and capped a string of three goals in only 2:30.

Less than five minutes later, Jacobson sent a cross from the right side to Sam Freedman near the far post, who sent his sixth goal of the season rolling to the right corner of the net. The Missionaries then ended their 10-minute scoring spree at the 73:36 mark when Chris Perkins booted a cross from the left to Tsuji, who was open in the middle of the field, and he struck home his first college goal.

Whitman finished with a 26-9 shot advantage, including 13-6 in shots on goal, and a 9-1 edge in corner kicks. Freedman sparked the Missionary offense with seven shots, while Schoen had a team-high three shots for the Bruins. Michael Bathurst made four saves in goal for the Missionaries, and Davis had eight in 80 minutes for the Bruins before Kasey Haugan finished up.

NEXT: George Fox (0-12-2, NWC 0-10-1) hosts the University of Puget Sound Saturday at 2:30 p.m. ... Whitman (8-6-3, NWC 6-3-2) plays all three of its remaining regular season games at home, starting with Linfield College Saturday at 2:30 p.m.

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