Monday, October 31, 2011

Alex Couweleers scored twice in the last 11 minutes lifting Trinity Lutheran to a 3-1 victory over Western Washington in a non-conference contest Monday at Orca Field.

Tyler Bjork scored the lone goal for the Vikings (5-11-0), who suffered their fifth straight loss and seventh in the last eight games.

Trinity Lutheran (11-4-1) affiliated with the National Christian Colleges Athletic Association, outshot Western 14-5.

Couweleers broke a 1-1 tie in the 80th minute, taking a long pass from Jesus Torres on one high hop and finishing with a looping volley from 12 yards out.

The pair connected again with four minutes left, as a Torres pass created a breakaway that Couweleers finished from 14 yards.

Torres had opened the scoring in the 21st minute as his 25-yard shot deflected off a defender and into the lower right corner of the net.

But Western equalized in the 36th minute as Jin Dangvan put Bjork through on a breakaway and Bjork finished from seven yards out.