BOX SCORE

PORTLAND, Ore. – Corban's women's soccer team could not overcome a first half goal, as the Warriors dropped a heart-breaker to the NAIA's No. 4-ranked Concordia, 1-0, Saturday on Strausser Field at Delta Park.

Over the opening 45 minutes, Corban could only muster a single shot off the foot of sophomore Tera McDonough (Boise, Idaho) without putting anything on the board.

In the 26th minute, Concordia tallied the game-winner when Alex Thomas teamed with Kaylynn Winwood for her team-leading sixth goal of the season. Once with the ball, Thomas turned on it immediately and launched a ball on goal that found the upper left corner of the net.

Concordia did its best to keep the pressure on Corban, putting up two more shots and five corners after the goal. Those helped push the Cavs' advantages to 5-to-1 in shots and 10-to-0 in corners at the half.

However, once the teams returned to the field, Corban stepped up their own effort and put up more shots than the Cavs in the second half (5-to-3).

The Warriors had their best chance at a goal in the 56th minute when sophomore Audrey Sullivan (Puyallup, Wash.) won a 50-50 ball against the CU defense. Sullivan then sprinted past the CU backline and had a one-on-one with the Cavs' goalkeeper. Fortunately for the Cavs, Sullivan sent her shot wide left and the score remained 1-0 in their favor.

Corban put up three more shots through the rest of the match, but could not find an equalizer and Concordia walked away with its seventh straight victory.

Overall, Concordia took home a big advantage in corners (10-to-0), but only a small one in shots (8-to-6) as the Warriors evened it with their second-half effort. Corban also had more shots on goal than the Cavs with two compared to CU's one.

Freshman goalkeeper Kaitlyn Mendenhall (Windsor, Calif.) did not record a save despite allowing the one goal on eight shots. On the other hand, Concordia's Tori Talbutt recorded her sixth shutout of the season with two saves.

With today's result, Corban falls to 7-6-0 overall and 2-3-0 in Cascade Collegiate Conference action. Meanwhile, Concordia improves to 10-3-1 overall and 5-0-0 in league games. The Warriors will return to action on Monday, October 17th, against the Knights of Warner Pacific beginning at 1:00 p.m. at David Douglas High School in Portland.