Eagles Come From Behind to Defeat Warner Pacific
KIRKLAND, Wash. – Northwest University came back from a 1-0 deficit to score two goals and hand a 2-1 defeat to Warner Pacific College this afternoon in Kirkland.
Warner Pacific (5-6-1, 5-3 CCC) took the early 1-0 lead with Alija Sacirovic’s goal at the 21:49 mark. Northwest (7-5, 4-4 CCC) camed back 13 minutes later to tie the game as Luke Fischer (Jr., Kalispell, Mont.) put one in off teammate Josh Peter’s (Fresh., Tacoma, Wash.) assist. NU's Shayn Fite (JR., Kennewick, Wash.) scored the game winner (37:05) off Peters' second assist of the game. Northwest Played 31 minutes shorthanded, losing a player to red card at 38:53.
Warner Pacific out shot the Eagles 19-10, 12-1 in the second half as the NU was forced to tighten their defense playing shorthanded. NU goalkeeper Joe Galbraith (Soph., Whitefish, Mont) was solid in goal for the Eagles grabbing 8 saves on the day while WPC goalie, Sean Ervin, had 1 save for the Knights.
"It was a huge game for us today and the guys played well," said Coach Gary McIntosh following the game. "To come from behind, be a man down and get the win says a lot about this team's character. Tim and Shayn both came into the game today and made huge contributions to the win. Tim (Filion) plugged some defensive holes that had opened up for Warner. Shayn (Fite) came in and got the game winner and did a great job of defending. The defense did a good job and Joe Galbraith) was great in the goal. Once again, Joe came up with some big saves that kept us in the game."
Northwest plays at home again tomorrow as they host the College of Idaho in a 3 p.m. CCC game on the NU Athletic Field. Warner Pacific heads soouth to Olympia to take on the Evergreen State College.