SPOKANE, Wash. - Lindsey Oakes scored her fourth goal of the season to lift Whitworth University to a 2-1 win over visiting Pacific Lutheran University in a Northwest Conference women's soccer match on Saturday afternoon.

The Pirates improved to 11-3 overall and 8-2 in the NWC, while the Lutes fell to 3-10 overall, 2-7 in conference.

The halves were very different. The first half was an evenly-played back-and-forth affair, while the second half settled into a Pirate-controlled period. The shots were even at halftime 7-7, but the Bucs had a 7-1 edge after the break.

Sidonia Davin put the Pirates on the board first when she was in the right place to clean up a saved effort off of the head of Whitworth's Molly Moore. Davin's goal, her fifth of the season, came in the second minute after PLU keeper Lauren Chambard had made the initial save of Moore's shot.

PLU tied it in the 44th minute when Kristina Snaring hit a cutting Karli Hurlbut with a perfect pass, and Hurlbut lofted the ball over Whitworth keeper Callie Bergstrom in the 44th minute.

Elizabeth Mattila set up the winner for the Pirates when she beat a defender on the right side and passed to a wide-open Oakes in the middle of the box. Oakes' shot carried to the upper-left corner in the 56th minute.

Karin Hatch had one last chance to tie the match, but her headed effort - PLU's only shot in the second period - was saved by Bergstrom next to the post with 30 seconds to play.

Bergstrom made four saves for Whitworth, while Lauren Chambard made four stops for the Lutes.

PLU returns to conference action at noon on Saturday when they play the Whitman Missionaries in Walla Walla.

(Courtesy of Whitworth Sports Information Office.)