Box Score Multnomah University Women's Soccer team played a heated game today against Oregon Tech. The intense heat didn't seem to bother the Lions as they defeated the owls in a 3-2 win.

 The heat seemed to affect both teams at the beginning of the game, 13 minutes into the game Multnomah's Daniela Gomez was able to get a header off of a corner kick by Megan Castricum. The goal landed the Lions with a 1-0 lead for about half of the 1^st half. 

The Oregon Tech Owls fought back and was able to land a goal in the 26^th minute. Karly White had a great breakaway on the left side which left her 1-1 with the Lions goalkeeper and she put one in the back of the net to even the score.

Sarah Wong, a 5^th year senior had a lot to show this year in the Conference after having to sit last year due to injury. She scored the advancing goal in the 32^nd minute. She was able to find the sweet spot on the ball from a crossing pass from Sydney Holmes. Soon after this goal, the Owls found themselves a person down, after Kara Morris drew a foul which ended in a red card.

"I was very proud of the way the Lions played today. We have been working on the tactics for this season all throughout the preseason and it paid off today. Multnomah played hard even in the intense heat and their work showed in their win today" said Coach Dalon Parker when asked about how his team played today.

Oregon Tech came out strong after half, even with playing a man down. They had some great opportunities that were cut short until the 73^rd minute when Brianna Lewis was able to connect with Miranda Valle to even the score to 2-2.

The Multnomah Lions kept fighting back most of the 2^nd half. It wasn't until the 87^th minute that Daniela and Megan were able to connect once again from a corner kick to advance once again. Multnomah was able to fend off the Owls for the last 2 minutes to be claim the victory.

The Lions shot 6 total shots with 5 of them being on goal. Oregon Tech took 8 shots and 6 of them were on goal. Each time kept both goalkeepers on their toes for most of the game. Javanea Jones ended with 5 saves, where Sydni Nakamura had only 2 total saves.
 
Both teams will do a quick turnaround and play again tomorrow. The Lions will go up against Southern Oregon at 2:30pm at Williford Field.