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Jourdan Furukawa
5
Winner Whitman WCMSO (4-4-0 1-1-0 NWC)
0
Linfield LIN-M (3-4-0 1-1-0 NWC)
Winner
Whitman WCMSO
(4-4-0 1-1-0 NWC)
5
Final
0
Linfield LIN-M
(3-4-0 1-1-0 NWC)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Whitman WCMSO 4 1 5
Linfield LIN-M 0 0 0

Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

Men’s Soccer Dominates Linfield, Earns Weekend Road Split

McMINNVILLE, Ore. - In his first career start, first year forward Jourdan Furukawa scored two goals to lead the Whitman College men's soccer team to a dominant 5-0 win over Linfield in Northwest Conference action on Sunday.

The win was a needed response to Saturday's NWC opening loss at Willamette as the Blues evened both their league (1-1) and overall records (4-4). Linfield drops to 3-4 overall and 1-1 in conference play.

Whitman made certain of the result with four first-half goals, two coming from Furukawa. Furukawa opened the scoring in the 17th minute, ripping a shot from outside of the box to beat Wildcat keeper Cameron Perron. 

Peter Stephens scored off an Oscar Harding corner kick less than 10 minutes later, then assisted on Furukawa's second. Playing the wall on a give and go, he played Furukawa in behind the Wildcat defense who slotted the shot past Perron for the three-goal lead.

David Chavarin and Sam Johnson came off the bench to score Whitman's final two goals. Chavarin scored shortly before halftime when he headed home a cross from Austin Betschart. Johnson scored a stellar goal in the 72nd minute when he beat Julian Inches, who played the second half in goal for Linfield, just under the crossbar with a shot outside the penalty area.

Owen Davis-Bower posted three saves in 90 minutes of action with Perron handled the lionshare of the Whitman attack, dealing with 18 shots while making five saves and giving up the four first-half goals.

The Blues host their conference home opener this Saturday, Sept. 28 against Puget Sound. Kickoff is set for 2:30 p.m.
 
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