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PHOTO BY SEAN DEAN

END OF THE LINE. Janece Levien of the University of Puget Sound dribbles the ball against an opponent from Carelton during the NCAA Division III Women’s Soccer Championship second-round game on Nov. 16.

Loggers end season with 1-0 second-round loss

In the end, it came down to one well-placed shot as the Carleton Knights defeated the sixth-ranked Puget Sound Loggers, 1-0, in the second round of the 2008 NCAA Division III Women’s Soccer Championship Tournament on Nov. 16.

The teams played tight in the first half as most of the action was played in the middle third of the field. The Loggers were able to get off five shots and hold the Knights without an attempt but the teams entered halftime with a scoreless tie.

In the second half, Carleton broke the scoreless draw in the 60th minute when Cassie Burke blasted a shot from the upper-left corner of the penalty box and the ball rounded the upper-right corner of the net, just past the diving hands of Kallie Wolfer.

The Loggers continued to apply the offensive pressure but the Knights’ Kate Trenerry made three saves to hold on to the shutout.

The Loggers end their season as the seven-time defending Northwest Conference champions with a record of 18-2-0.

For the second time in three years, Pacific Lutheran lost in five sets in its opening-round match of the NCAA Division III West Region tournament at the University of La Verne on Nov. 13.

The Lutes won the first two sets against Nebraska Wesleyan before seeing the momentum, and the match, slip away by a 26-28, 24-26, 25-19, 25-14, 15-12 score. PLU, which finishes with a 20-7 record, took an 8-4 lead in the deciding fifth set before the Prairie Wolves went on a 9-1 run to take control.

The Lutes, who came into the tournament ranked No. 16 in Division III, came out with a solid first-set effort, hitting .233 with 17 kills and only three errors. In the second set, both teams hit under .100, but the Lutes were able to pull out the win and take a 2-0 lead.

The Prairie Wolves pounded out a .361 attack percentage on 16 kills in the third game, with only three errors, while the Lutes managed to hit just .100.

Nebraska Wesleyan continued to take the match to the Lutes in the fourth set with 15 total kills while PLU managed just eight kills and a paltry .049 attack percentage.

That brought the match down to the deciding fifth set, and the Lutes started out strong, building an 8-4 lead with Katy Tauscher providing back-to-back kills during the run. After a timeout, the Prairie Wolves scored three straight points on two PLU attack errors and a kill, and they eventually went ahead 10-9 on another PLU attack error. That led to a string of three consecutive kills by Nebraska Wesleyan, which finished the match on Abby Bade’s kill.

Beth Hanna led PLU with 17 kills but she also struggled with 12 errors and a .068 attack percentage. Moore ended the match with 16 kills and hit .156 while Erin Bremond had 11 kills and a team-best .267 percentage. Sarah Beaver had 53 assists and Brenna Archibald led all players with 36 digs. The Lutes hit only .120 as a team.

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