OLYMPIA, Wash. -- The Evergreen State College and the University of Puget Sound played to a 0-0 tie in a women's soccer exhibition game at Geoduck Pitch on Saturday, Aug. 16. Anna Varela (Sr., GK) and Katie Gresham (Jr., GK) combined for Evergreen's half of the shutout. Gianna Maldonado and Rylie Teraoka shared the shutout for the Loggers.

Puget Sound controlled the early portion of the game, as the Loggers registered six shots in the first 11 minutes. Varela, who played in goal in the first half for Evergreen, saved the fifth and sixth shots by Puget Sound after the first four shots went wide. 

The Geoducks stabilized the game, and the remainder of the half was a battle by both teams. Puget Sound held an edge at halftime with an 11-0 lead in total shots and a 4-0 margin in shots on target. Even so, Evergreen put together several strong attacking plays that didn't lead to a shot.

In the second half, Marty Burton (Jr., D) of Evergreen hit the right crossbar with a shot at 55:53. The rebound went to Kaitlyn Hansen (Jr., D), who took a close-range shot that was saved by Teraoka. 

Puget Sound created eight shots in the final 11 minutes of the game, but the Geoducks kept the ball out of the net. A key chance for the Loggers occurred at 85:39 when a shot by Sydney Boyd was blocked by Evergreen's Alexandra Foley (Sr., D) several yards in front of the goal to keep the ball out of the net.

Gresham registered her seventh save of the half for Evergreen at 86:09 on a shot by Mia Fitzsimmons. Leila Hausia-Haugen of Puget Sound took the game's final shot 14 seconds later and missed high. Varela claimed four saves for the Geoducks in the first half. Teraoka earned one save in the second half, while Maldonado did not make a save in the first half.

The Loggers gained a 25-3 margin in total shots and a 12-1 edge in shots on goal. Evergreen's shots were by Burton, Hansen, and Izzy Widener (So., F). Hausia-Haugen topped the Loggers with six total shots, including four shots on goal. Puget Sound claimed a 7-0 lead in corner kicks.

Evergreen will open the regular season on Thursday, Aug. 21 at Pacific University. Game time at Hanson Stadium in Forest Grove, Oregon, is scheduled for 11 a.m. PDT.