The Pioneer soccer team fell 4-2 (boxscore) to the Pacific Lutheran Lutes Saturday afternoon in Tacoma. Sarah Kieffer scored both goals for the Pioneers.

Pacific Lutheran scored nearly one-third of its season goal total – and all in the first half - as the Lutes defeated visiting Lewis & Clark, 4-2, in a Northwest Conference women’s soccer match played Saturday afternoon at the PLU field.

Coming into the match, the Lutes (3-8-1 overall, 2-6-1 NWC) had managed just nine goals in 12 matches, but they had no trouble scoring in this contest. Amanda Crawford got the Lutes off to a great start with a header one minute into the match, and Lauren Meyer made it 2-0 in the third minute with a looping left-footed shot. Both goals were season firsts for the PLU players.

Christina McDuffie scored her second goal of the season for the Lutes when she headed home Crawford’s cross in the 19th minute. After Lewis & Clark (1-9-1 overall, 1-8-0 NWC) got one back on Sarah Kieffer’s (senior, Jacksonville, Ore.) first goal of the season about a minute later, the Lutes responded about one minute after that when Brittney Bronson scored her second of the campaign following a goal mouth scramble.

Kieffer got the game’s final goal in the 70th minute, again on a goal mouth scramble.

The Lutes took 13 shots in the match to seven for the visiting Pioneers. Amanda Tschauner and Kamryn Morgan had identical stats – one goal allowed, two saves - while each playing 45 minutes in goal for the Lutes. Nora Germano finished with five saves for the Pioneers.

The Pioneers play again in Tacoma Sunday afternoon, taking on the #4 Puget Sound Loggers. 

(story contributed by Pacific Lutheran Sports Information)