Men's Soccer: George Fox 4, Northwest Christian 0

It’s All Relative as Bruins Blank First-Year Beacons.

George Fox's Dan Potter

NEWBERG - Twin brothers Kyle and Brian Story combined for two goals and an assist and cousins Matt Gurlides and Garrett Blizzard did the same, leading the George Fox University Bruins to a 4-0 win over the Northwest Christian College Beacons in a non-conference men’s soccer match Saturday afternoon here at Morse Field.

After taking 17 shots in the first 32 minutes with none of them going in, the Bruins finally broke through at the 35:13 mark when Dan Potter crossed from the right corner to Kyle Story near the left post, and Story headed it over Beacon keeper Shaun DeBow for his first goal of the season.

The Bruins added another goal before the half at 39:00 when Dylan Durrell passed ahead to Gurlides on a fast break down the middle and he drilled it home.

In the second half, the Storys teamed up for a goal at 56:33. Kyle crossed from the left side of the box to Tony Zamora, who tapped it to the top of the box, where brother Brian trapped the ball and then kicked it into the middle of the net just under the crossbar for his first goal.

The Bruins’ final goal came at 83:03 as the cousins combined for the score, Blizzard passing from the center front of the box to Gurlides coming in from the right, and he sent the ball into the left corner of the net for his fourth score of the season.

The Bruins were in total control against the Beacons, who are in their first year of intercollegiate competition and have only two upperclassman and 15 freshmen on the roster. Offensively, George Fox held a 10-to-1 ratio in shots, taking 41 shots with 16 on goal.

Defensively, the Bruins held the Beacons, who had scored at least once in each of their first three games, to only four shots, two on goal, and shut them out for the first time this season.

GFU keepers Jake Maguire and Kyle Putnam had one save each, with Maguire getting the win by working the first half. DeBow took the loss while making 12 saves for the Beacons.

The Bruins’ 3-0-1 start equals the second-best record for a George Fox team after four games in the 27-year history of the program - the 1998 team also began the year 3-0-1, topped only by a 7-0 start in 1993.

George Fox hosts California State University-East Bay Monday at 4:30 p.m. Northwest Christian (0-4) goes to Pacific Union College Friday at 3:30 PM.

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