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McMINNVILLE, Ore.- Caleb Barnhill's goal in the 84th minute was all the scoring 13th-ranked Whitworth would get at Linfield College on Saturday, but it was all the Pirates would need in a 1-0 Northwest Conference men's soccer win.

Barnhill scored his sixth of the season

Barnhill (Sr., F, Sultan, Wash.) scored his league-leading sixth goal of the season to lift the Pirates (5-0-1 overall, 1-0 NWC) to the conference-opening win over the Wildcats (4-2, 0-1).

Despite the fact that Whitworth controlled much of the action, getting seven shots on goal to Linfield's four, the match remained scoreless deep into the second half.

But Brent Zahn (Jr., MF, Eagle River, Alaska) set up Barnhill for the match winner, with came at 83:18 on the clock. It is Zahn's second assist this season.

Brian Sherpe (Fr., GK, Centennial, Colo.) made four saves for the Pirates, including three in the second half that kept the match scoreless, to post his second shutout of the season.

Whitworth will continue its conference-opening road trip to Oregon on Sunday afternoon, taking on Willamette University at 2:30 p.m.