KIRKLAND, Wash. – Northwest University’s Doug Whitney scored the game winner in the 65th minute as the Eagles upset No. 11 Concordia, 2-1, this afternoon and to hand the Cavaliers their first loss of the season.
With the win, Northwest remains unbeaten in league play and moves into first place in the Cascade Conference, just three points ahead of Warner Pacific College.
UPDATE: See some match photos here!
In another surprise result the Evergreen Geoducks fought to a 3:2 win over Warner Pacific in Olympia on Wednesday. See the Cascade Conference standings here.
Northwest (5-1-3, 4-0-1 CCC) took the early lead as Carlos Portillo (Poulsbo, Wash.) took a pass from teammate James Kerr (Bothell, Wash.) and scored his goal from the right side, 15 yards out at the 24:45 mark of the first half. Concordia picked up the pace and came back to score their goal in the 32nd minute as Tanner Williams drilled a shot from 7 yards out on the right side as the ball was deflected by NU goalkeeper, Joe Galbraith (Whitefish, Mont.), from Williams’ teammate Jared Brace’s shot from the left side.
The teams would battle to a scoreless tie for 19 minutes into the second half until Northwest’s Doug Whitney (Seattle, Wash.) scored the game winner from 18 yards out on the left side and into the right corner of the goal. Luke Fischer (Kalispell, Mont.) was credited with the assist. Concordia kept pressing and Facundo Dipascuale had three shots in the final 3:25 of the game that couldn’t get by NU’s Galbraith and the NU defense.
Concordia (8-1, 4-1 CCC) outshot Northwest 19-10 and held the edge in corner kicks, 13-5, but NU goalkeeper, Joe Galbraith and the Eagle defense would hold the Cavs scoreless for 58 minutes. Galbraith finished with 6 saves while Concordia goalkeepers, Humberto Soriano and Carlos Mendoza each grabbed one save.
- #4 Doug Whitney scored the winner as the Eagles upset the #11 Cavs. (NU Athletics)
“The guys played extremely well today,” commented NU coach, Gary McIntosh. “We faced a good Concordia team with a record of 8-0 ranked 11th in the country and we knew it would be a tough game. The team came out today to win and play as a team and they did just that. I was proud of how we kept possession of the ball and were able to move it around the field to the places we wanted it.” McIntosh continued, “After the first goal we got unorganized on defense and Concordia took of advantage and scored. After that we had more control of the game. The entire game the guys worked hard and put in the effort needed to get the win. We have a team motto, “Play with Resolve”, and we did that today! We can enjoy this win today, but then we get back to work tomorrow as we prepare for College of Idaho.”
Northwest U. will now head to Caldwell, Idaho for a Saturday match-up with the College of Idaho. Concordia will travel to Eugene, Ore., to play Northwest Christian on Saturday night.
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