STOCKTON, Calif. --- The Pacific Tigers scored in the second half before holding on for a 1-0 win over Portland, despite the Pilots sending repeated balls into the 18-yard box during the game's final 20 minutes at Knoles Field on Sunday afternoon. Pacific's win denies Portland a chance at clinching the West Coast Conference Championship, but the Pilots still control their own fate as the Saint Mary's Gaels visit in the season finale at Merlo Field on Saturday night.
The loss is Portland's (11-5-1, 5-1-0 WCC) first conference set-back of the season, and it gives the Tigers (12-3-1, 4-1-1 WCC) 13 points, which is just two points behind the first-place Pilots in the league standings.