The Evergreen State College men’s soccer team secured its second consecutive win with a 1-0 home victory against Corban on Friday, Oct. 9, and the Geoducks surrendered a season-high four goals in a 4-1 loss to Bushnell on Saturday, Oct. 10.
Evergreen earned its fifth clean sheet of the season in Friday’s game against Corban. The first shot that either team took found the back of the net, as Noah Blake scored his second goal of the season on assists from Markus Winkler-Cook and Daniel Aguilar Fuentes.
Both teams recorded a dozen shots, and Geoducks goalkeeper Tom Cole piled up six saves in the net, including three in the final 17 minutes.
Against Bushnell on Saturday, the Geoducks struck first just two minutes and 17 seconds into the game on a penalty kick by Kolby Juarez, his third goal of the campaign. Bushnell immediately responded with a penalty kick of its own 90 seconds later, and the score was deadlocked at 1-1 until Severin Larsen nailed a 30-yard free kick in the 43rd minute for the Beacons.
The Beacons netted two more goals in the second half. Four of their eight shots on goal were true. Cole finished with four more saves in the loss.
Evergreen (4-4-3, 2-4-1 Cascade Collegiate Conference) now has its most wins in a season since 2023 when it finished 6-8-4. The Geoducks will travel to Portland to take on Warner Pacific on Friday, Oct. 16.
