SPRINGFIELD, Ore. – Karly White connected with Sylvia Sloss for a pair of goals, helping Oregon Tech end a four-match winless streak, topping Bushnell University, 3-0, at Les Schwab Soccer Park.
 
The Lady Owls (5-4-4, 4-3-3 CCC) can clinch a bid in the Cascade Conference Championships with a win in one of their final two matches or a loss or draw by either Providence or Warner Pacific.
 
Facing a Beacons (0-16, 0-10) that has yet to win a game this season, Tech had a dominating 28-5 edge in total shots – including a season-high 17 shots on frame.
 
"The team performed well despite battling through more injuries," said head coach Thom Eichelkraut. "I am extremely proud of their effort."
 
OIT struck just four minutes into the contest, as White played a pretty through-ball from midfield to a charging Sloss, who touched a shot past BU keeper Madison Bender, off the right post and in.
 
Bender kept the Beacons in the match, making 14 saves on the rainy afternoon – but the Owls finally broke through in the 65th minute. Ashley Hart looped a corner kick to the top of the 6-yard-box, with Maddie Miller heading it home for her sixth goal of 2022.
 
Sloss capped the scoring in the 77th minute, as against the run of play, White played a long cross from the right to left, with the senior lining a low 30-yard drive past Bender into the right corner of the net.
 
Keeper Halle Adair made two saves to earn her second shutout win of the year.
 
The Lady Owls return home to host Multnomah on Friday and Warner Pacific on Saturday to close out the regular-season.