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Hennes
0
Puget Sound UPS (5-1-2, 2-1-0)
1
Winner Whitman WHI (5-4-0, 2-1-0)
Puget Sound UPS
(5-1-2, 2-1-0)
0
Final
1
Whitman WHI
(5-4-0, 2-1-0)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Puget Sound UPS 0 0 0
Whitman WHI 1 0 1

Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

Men's Soccer Takes Down No. 10 UPS 1-0

WALLA WALLA, Wash. - Peter Stephens followed up his own penalty kick miss for the game's lone goal and the Whitman College men's soccer team earned a hard-fought 1-0 win over No. 10 Puget Sound, Saturday afternoon at the Whitman Athletic Complex.

The matchup pitted a pair of conference heavyweights with the Blues (5-4, 2-1 NWC) handing the Loggers (5-1-2, 2-1 NWC) their first conference and overall loss this season. Owen Davis-Bower for the Blues and Ethan Stern-Ellis for the Loggers each made one save but saw their fair share of action in allowing just one goal between them.

The Blues struck first with a goal inside of 20 minutes to play until halftime. In a very chippy game to that point, Jourdan Furukawa ran on to a loose ball just inside the top of the box. Taking a touch to the outside, he was taken down to earn the Blues a penalty kick. Peter Stephens' spot kick attempt was kick-saved in the air but Stephens jumped on the ball and headed it into the back of the net.

The game slowed a bit for the rest of the half as the teams adapted to the slick conditions. Neither had any major goal-scoring opportunities the rest of the half as the Blues carried the one-goal lead into the break.

Both teams had their fair share of chances in the second half but it were the Blues who kept the ball out of their net for Davis-Bower's shutout. Erik Nielsen drove a free kick into the box in the opening few moments, finding the head of a wide open Sam Johnson who headed it across the goal but wide of the far post. Just moments later, Davis-Bower came up with a huge breakaway save.

Whitman was strategic down the stretch, slowing down the game and holding the ball when it could.

The Blues return to action Sunday against Pacific Lutheran in another matchup of NWC heavyweights. Kickoff at the Whitman Athletic Complex is set for 2:30 p.m.
 
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