PARKLAND – Pacific Lutheran wrapped the first half of the 2014 Northwest Conference women's soccer season with its seventh consecutive victory as the Lutes defeated visiting Willamette 3-0 Sunday afternoon.

With its fifth consecutive shutout, PLU (9-2-1 overall, 7-1 NWC) now has the longest shutout streak since the 1991 Lutes also shut out five in a row en route to the NAIA National Championship. PLU's seven-match win streak is now the longest since the 1992 team won 12 in a row.

After assisting on PLU's game-winner in Saturday's 1-0 win over Linfield, Kelsey Hathaway scored the Lutes' first goal of the day – the eventual game-winner – on Sunday. Hathaway took a pass from Hannah Bush about 18 yards out and dropped it across into the lower corner of the net to put PLU up 1-0 in the 23rd minute of play.

The Lutes made it 2-0 in the 39th minute when Kelly White scored on a penalty kick. PLU's final goal came in the 80th minute as Hathaway passed to Machaela Graddy about 10 yards in front of the goal and the freshman forward put it in for her third score of the season.

Takara Mitsui earned her seventh shutout of the year, making a pair of saves for the Lutes. Emily Sewall made three saves while allowing the three goals for Willamette. The Lutes held a 14-12 shot advantage as the Bearcats fell to 2-9-1 overall and 1-6-1 in the NWC.

PLU holds a three-point lead in the NWC standings ahead of cross-town rival UPS. The Lutes begin the second half of the conference season at home next weekend, as they will host Whitman on Saturday and Whitworth on Senior Day Sunday. Both matches are set to begin at 12 p.m.