FOREST GROVE, Ore. – Pacific Lutheran's bid for the 2015 Northwest Conference women's soccer championship came to an end Sunday, as Pacific scored a late goal to defeat the 23rd-ranked Lutes 2-1 at Hanson Stadium

Pacific Lutheran concludes the 2015 regular season with a 15-3-2 overall record and an 11-3-2 Northwest Conference mark. The Lutes' 15 wins are the most by the team since 1992. Pacific ended its season with a 4-14-2 overall record, 4-10-2 in conference play.

"Today we played just okay," PLU head coach Seth Spidahl said. "If you just play okay on another team's Senior Day, it can be hard."

Tia Kinilau's first goal of the season in the 81st minute proved to be the game-winner for Pacific, breaking a 1-1 tie that had been in place nearly 70 minutes. Sataj Johnson gave the Boxers an early lead with a deflected goal in the 12th minute of play, and Kelsey Hathaway tied it up only 15 seconds later as she sent it to the far post from the top of the 18-yard box following a pass from Machaela Graddy.

PLU finished the day with an 11-5 shot advantage, but Pacific goalkeeper Ari Ball made three saves while limiting the Lutes to the one goal. Takara Mitsui made two saves for the Lutes, while Graddy totaled a match-high five shots.

The Lutes improved their win total and conference standing for the fourth straight year, finishing the regular season in outright possession of second place in the NWC behind 15th-ranked Puget Sound. The Loggers clinched their 14th straight NWC title with a win over Willamette Sunday. Now PLU waits for Monday's announcement of the NCAA Tournament field to see if it will receive an at-large bid for its first postseason appearance in more than two decades.

"I feel like we have improved from last year, but we still need to find that maturity when it is needed in pressure situations," Spidahl said. "Hopefully the NCAA committee sees our strength of schedule and overall body of work as good enough to get into the 2015 NCAA Tournament."