KIRKLAND – Oregon Tech used two second-half goals to hand Northwest its first Cascade Collegiate Conference loss on Saturday, 2-0.
Andrew Pasang headed a feed from Hunter Hoogerwerf just into the lower right corner in the 57
th minute to break the scoreless tie.
Brock Rideout scored with an assist from Kevin Rodriguez in the 66
th minute.
"Today was a tough one for us," said NU Head Coach Gary McIntosh. "We could not get anything going offensively, and it felt like everything was a struggle. We now turn our focus to the next game."
The Owls limited NU to five shots–all in the second half–and one shot on goal.
Brayden Corwin and
Elliot Misic had two shots each, with Corwin testing Joel Witts once.
Alexander Theihofe took the loss for the Eagles despite turning away seven shots on frame.
NU Head Coach Gary McIntosh was honored prior to the game by NU president Dr. Joseph Castleberry in recognition of McIntosh's 200
th career win.
Now 3-3-1 overall and 1-1 in the CCC, the Eagles head east to take on Rocky Mountain on Friday and Providence on Saturday in a pair of 2:30 p.m. contests in Montana.
