HILLSBORO, Ore. – In its first of two away matches this weekend, the Eastern Washington University women's soccer team secured a 1-0 shutout over hosts Portland State today (Oct. 8) at the Hillsboro Stadium in Hillsboro, Ore. Freshman forward Gillian Martin scored the lone game-winning goal after a brilliant strike into the upper right-hand corner early in the match.

"It was really great to see our group find success today against a gritty Portland State side. The team did a great job staying composed and keeping the ball in the first half, and defensively managing their attacking interchangeability as the game progressed on," said head coach Missy Strasburg. "Brooke Flores had a great game off the bench and extremely impactful for us on both sides of the ball. We now turn our attention to winning on Sunday against another tough conference opponent in Sac State."

The Eagles pressed the Vikings out of the gate, firing off two shots and creating just as many chances in the first five minutes with efforts by Mareonna Henderson and Gillian Martin, respectively.

Henderson would take a second crack on goal before EWU goalkeeper Kelsee Winston made an amazing save as she ran out to the top of her box to dive on the ball, denying any threat and keeping the goose egg on the board.

It was Martin who fired Eastern in front after receiving the ball short from an EWU free kick in the 23^rd minute as she cut inside from the left and squeezed her right-footed effort in at the far post upper seven from the edge of the box. Martin, who scored her first collegiate goal against St. Thomas back in September, collects her second career goal and second game-winning goal in an Eagle uniform.

Just minutes later, Winston would make a second crucial save in the 26th minute as the ball was headed towards the upper corner before the senior captain lifted it up as it bounced off the crossbar and away from danger. 

Chances continued to fall for both sides as the first half minutes ticked down, with Taylor Matheny shooting towards the bottom left post (42nd minute), Brooke Flores seeing a brilliant cross into the box which was cleared away (43rd minute) as well as a late opportunity for PSU with a set piece just outside the EWU 18-yard box (45^th minute).

In the second half, Anessa Campos provided the Eagles with several chances, bouncing one shot off the cross-bar in the 48^th minute and another shot from outside the goalie box in the 55^th minute, which was scooped up by the Vikings goalkeeper Sidney O'billovich.

Attempting to get back on level terms, the Vikings drew many opportunities in their attacking third, firing off several uncontested shots which were all from 25 plus yards out, but with the help of the Eagle backline and a veteran goalkeeper, EWU managed to keep PSU out of their net to return home with a 1-0 shutout victory.

WIN-LOSS RECORDS: EWU picks up its third Big Sky Conference victory of the season and improves to 5-8 overall with a winning 3-2 league record while Portland State falls to 3-7-1 overall and 1-2-1 in league play.

The Eagles improve its all-time series record to 14-12-2 against PSU, extending their unbeaten streak to 10-straight matches holding a 9-0-1 record since 2014. In addition, the Eagles have scored a total of 22 goals and conceded only six in their last 10 competitions.

TOP PERFORMANCES: Freshman Gillian Martin scored the lone goal which gave the Eagles an early advantage after taking two shots, both on frame.

Mya Elder-Hammond took two shots, both landed on goal. Mareonna Henderson and Anessa Campos each took two shots in which one landed on target for both.

EWU goalkeeper Kelsee Winston collected seven saves during 90 minutes of play to collect a total of 97 saves on the year. Winston continues to add to her all-time leading record of 22 shutouts in her career, the most in EWU history.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE: Eastern Washington took 11 shots with six landing on target, while Portland State took 20 shots with seven hitting its mark.

The Eagles forced the Vikings to make five saves versus EWU's seven, and both Eastern and Portland State took one corner kick.

UP NEXT: Eastern Washington is scheduled to take on Sacramento State this Sunday, Oct. 10 at 1 p.m. PT in Sacramento, Calif.

Live Stats will be available HERE.

The match will be streamed live on ESPN+ HERE.