Box Score PORTLAND, Ore. – A pair of unusual goals in the second half enabled Northwest University (Wash.) to snap a scoreless deadlock and the Eagles added two more scores in the final 10 minutes to defeat the host Multnomah University Lions 4-0 in a Cascade Collegiate Conference men's soccer match Friday night here at Delta Park.
 
Though the visiting Eagles held a 26-3 advantage in shots for the game, the Lions' defense bent but did not break throughout the first 60 minutes.  Northwest finally got on the board in the 61^st minute when Alex Ballard hooked a corner kick to the mouth of the goal and just below the crossbar.  Multnomah keeper Manuel Guillermo-Olivares went high into the air to knock the ball down, but the deflection landed just inside the line to give the Eagles a 1-0 lead.
 
In the 75^th minute, the Eagles scored again as Ribeiro Alves got loose for a long run straight toward the goal.  A Lions' defender running alongside Alves tried to make a steal but instead deflected the ball past Guillermo-Olivares, who was coming out to challenge the run, and into the net for an 'own goal'.
 
Alves notched the final two scores of the game in the 81^st and 84^th minutes, the first on a bullet from 20 yards out from the right corner of the box after a short run, and the second on a penalty kick into the left corner of the net.
 
Guillermo-Olivares had seven saves for Multnomah while Daniel Christenson earned the shutout for Northwest, making a pair of saves on shots by Noe Favila and Nicolas Mboungou.  Alves led the Eagles with nine shots. 
 
Multnomah is now 2-9 overall and 0-7 in the CCC, while Northwest improved to 6-3-1 overall and 4-1 in the conference.
 
--- Quoting Coach Tom Stephens: "Northwest has been one of the top teams in the conference for a while and I thought we gave them all they could handle for the first 60 minutes.  They got a couple of freaky goals to finally take the lead and it's hard to come back in soccer like that.  We're a young team that's just riding a fine line right now and can't seem to catch a break, but I like the way this group is coming together, learning to work as a team, and gives a hard effort every time out."
 
--- Next: Multnomah hosts Evergreen State College Saturday at 5:00 p.m. at Delta Park in a conference match … Northwest is at Walla Walla University Sunday for a 1:00 p.m. CCC contest.