TACOMA, Wash. - A trip to Washington state featured two games against Northwest Conference teams for the Cal Lutheran women's soccer squad. On Friday afternoon, CLU was blanked by Puget Sound, 1-0, before falling to sister school Pacific Lutheran, 4-0, on Saturday to conclude the weekend.
UPS 1, CLU 0:
For the first time in 2015, the Regals were unable to generate any offense to start the weekend. CLU fired off 11 shots, but UPS had an edge with 16. Cal Lutheran, however, earned one more corner kick than Puget Sound with five. Raquel Weckhurst shared a game-high with four shots and she had one on goal while both Bri Pinal and Kali Youngdahl fired off a pair apiece. Guarding the Cal Lutheran goal, Coral Hasley made eight saves. The deciding moment came at the 39:09 mark when Liz Blonden connected with Amalia Acord-Fey for the only goal of the day.
PLU 4, CLU 0:
Saturday afternoon was more of the same for the Regals who were unable to find the back of the net against the Lutes. CLU matched PLU in the first half as each team took seven shots, the first of the game just 27 seconds into play by Weckhurst, but an unassisted goal from Emily Hanna put the home team on top for good in the 30th minute. Pacific Lutheran added three more scoring plays with a pair from Machaela Graddy and one from Taylor Lunde before finishing with a shooting edge of 19-14. Pacing the Regals was Weckhurst with six shots, five on goal, while Bianca Deardorff was the only other CLU player with multiple attempts.
Notables: Today concluded the preseason portion of the Regals' 2015 schedule.
Next Up: Cal Lutheran (1-3) will be back inside of William Rolland Stadium on Wednesday, Sept. 16 for the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) opener against Chapman. Teams will take the field at 7:00 p.m.
Schedule: Women's Soccer
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