PORTLAND | For the second match in a row, the Warner Pacific Knights took the Bushnell Beacons into extra time, forcing a draw. The two teams ended their seasons on a 0-0 draw. Knights keeper Alyssa Guthrie ends her career with a 110 minute shutout.
 
Warner Pacific honored its three seniors: Alyssa Guthrie, Mayra Ortiz and Sami Pine.

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The Rundown
Honoring their seniors in their final game donning the Columbia blue and black, Warner Pacific was eager to find the net and end the season on the high note of a victory.
 
Warner Pacific, aggressive from the jump, fired off 25 shots leaving 11 of them on goal.
 
Defensively, the Knight backline allowed the Beacons some daylight just four times. Knight senior keeper Alyssa Guthrie finished the day with three saves on the day while Warner Pacific forced Beacon goalkeeper Makenna Hadaller to make 11 saves.
 
With the clock ticking closer and closer to 90 minutes, the Knights pressured the Beacon defense. Courtney Cutter, the Knights' leading scorer blasted a 23-yard bomb that ricocheted off right off the crossbar for what would have been the go-ahead goal in the 72^nd minute.
 
In the 78^th minute, Mikki Dart found the ball just outside the left post sending it toward the net coming up just short with yet another crossbar ricochet.
 
The Knights came out with fire in the first overtime, maintaining possession for nearly all ten minutes. The team sent the ball into the box five times, forcing Bushnell's Hadaller to make three crucial saves. Once again, a Cutter bomb looked like it would fall, only to skim the top of the crossbar, leaving both benches breathless.
 
In the final ten minutes of play, each team sent fourth their best efforts but were unable to find the back of the net.
 
The two teams finish the unique time of a pandemic with a draw.
 
 
Deeper Look
Alyssa Guthrie finishes her Warner Pacific career with 311 saves
 
Flash Forward
Knights head coach Josh Westermann wraps up his second season at the helm and will dive head first into the recruiting season in preparation of a fall season.