Box Score LA GRANDE, Ore. – The NU Eagles won their 7th straight CCC game with a, 3-1 victory over Eastern Oregon on Senior Day for the Mountaineers to remain in first place in the CCC with a 7-0 record and 21 points. Concordia sits in second with a 6-1 mark and 18 points.
Acacia Johnson opened the Eagles scoring in the 11th minute of the game with her 15th goal of the season.
Kylie Garrison with the assist. Neither team would score the remainder of the half as NU would take a 1-0 lead into halftime.
Eastern Oregon tried to answer as Kaeliana De Vera fired a shot that Eagle keeper,
Patty Hughes saved. At 32:32 in the half, an EOU player picked up a red card which caused EOU to play shorthanded for the rest of the game.
Twenty-two minutes into the second half, the Eagles added to their lead as
Jessie Nicholl found
Kelsey Greene for a goal, making it 2-0. In the 75th minute, Greene paid back an assist with her own as she set up Johnson for her 16th goal of the year to end the scoring for NU
Maddi Cillay helped EOU avert a shutout as she scored in the 87th minute.
The Eagles dominated possession and shots taken with a 20-4 edge over the Mounties.
Kelsey Greene and
Tiffany Taylor each had 4 shots and
Acacia Johnson added 3.
Northwest U will return home and will host Warner Pacific on Thursday, Oct. 23 at 3 p.m.
