Pacific Lutheran took nine of their 12 shots in the second half to put pressure on visiting Whitworth, but it was the Pirates who came away with a pair of goals to break a scoreless halftime deadlock in taking a 2-0 Northwest Conference women's soccer win at the PLU field on Saturday afternoon.

The Lutes (3-8-0 overall, 2-7-0 conference) did not get a shot in falling to the Pirates (6-4-2, 6-2-2) by the same score back on Sept. 25 in Spokane. This match was much different, particularly in the second half when junior midfielder Mimi Granlund came in off the bench and helped the offense get untracked. Granlund has missed the majority of this season because of injury. PLU ended up putting three of their 12 shots on goal, but Whitworth goalie Callie Bergstrom was up to the task and saved all three efforts.

Cory Druffel figured in both goals for the visitors, who broke the deadlock 4:51 into the second half when Druffel scored her first goal of the season on Jami Hegg's assist. Whitworth made it 2-0 at 61:23 when Druffel passed to Mackenzie Grow, who scored her second goal of the campaign into the upper right corner.

Whitworth finished the match with 14 total shots, including six on goal, and it also enjoyed a 4-2 advantage in corner kicks.

Laurie Reddy had four saves for the Lutes.

Both teams return to conference action at noon on Sunday, the Lutes hosting Whitman and Whitworth traveling across Tacoma to meet NWC-leading Puget Sound.

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