Louvier leads Warriors to win over Eagles of Northwest

October 26, 2007

BOX SCORE -- CORBAN 2, NORTHWEST 1

Senior Caleb Louvier notched his team-leading 8th goal of the season, as Corban snapped its four-game losing skid. (Photo courtesy of Corban Sports Information Office)

KIRKLAND, Wash. - Senior Caleb Louvier (SeaTac, Wash.) returned to his home state of Washington and scored the game-winning goal, as Corban's men's soccer team snapped a four-game losing streak with a 2-1 victory over the Eagles of Northwest on Friday at Lake Washington High School.

Despite allowing Northwest to score the game's opening goal in the third minute, Corban got the game's equalizer in the 54th minute when sophomore Mark Mendenhall (Windsor, Calif.) notched his third goal of the season.

Less than eight minutes later, Louvier scored what would turn out to be the game-winning goal. The 5-foot-10 senior midfielder notched his team-leading eighth goal and 19th point of the season.

Even though Corban had the lead, Northwest would have one final crack at tying the game in the 77th minute when the host Eagles were awarded a penalty kick. Fortunately for the Warriors, sophomore goalkeeper Aaron Franklin (Red Bluff, Calif.) was up to the challenge and stopped Brandon Screen's shot therefore allowing Corban to hold its slim one-goal lead.

Over the final 15 minutes, Northwest out-shot Corban by one (4-3) with the Eagles' final chance coming in the 89th minute when Northwest's goalkeeper Kyle Wall got his lone shot of the game off only to have Franklin record his game-high seventh save of the night en route to preserving the victory.

Franklin stood between the pipes the entire game for Corban and recorded five more saves (7-2) than Northwest's Wall.

With the win, Corban improves to 6-9-2 overall, 4-7-2 in Cascade Collegiate Conference action. Meanwhile, Northwest falls to 5-12-0 overall, 4-9-0 in CCC action. The Warriors will conclude their season on Saturday, October 27th, when they go head-to-head with the Geoducks of The Evergreen State College beginning at 1:00 p.m. in Olympia, Washington.