WALLA WALLA, Wash. –
Jadon Bachtold scored a goal and assisted on another to help the Whitman College men's soccer team to a 2-0 win in Northwest Conference action Sunday at the Whitman Athletic Fields.
Whitman peppered the Boxer net in the early going, forcing Pacific keeper Brock Jones to make a handful of point blank stops. Jones would finish the match with an impressive 15 saves.
The game evened out with both teams stringing together passes but it was Whitman who came through with goals in the final six minutes of the period.
Jadon Bachtold found
Adam Joss for the first goal then shortly before halftime found the back of the net himself off a touch from
Jacob Barsher.
Jones came up big on a handful of occasions in the second half to keep the game close, but quality possession by the Blues and solid play in net from
Owen Davis-Bower paced the Blues to the win.
Davis Bower made two saves on the afternoon before being spelled by
Jack Filipponi in the 81
st minute.
The Blues close the regular season with their home finale next week, facing Whitworth on Saturday, Nov. 3. at 6:00 p.m.
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