Photo by Tony Leon / Action West PhotographyMen's Soccer Loses Defensive Battle with Linfield
Whittier College Men's Soccer lost its third game by a one-goal
margin on September 14, when visiting Linfield College used a late
goal to steal a 1-0 victory on Graham Soccer Field. The Poets
are 1-3 on the year.
The two teams played to a scoreless tie in the first half.
Whittier goalkeeper Michael Read '10 made five saves in the opening
stanza before leaving due to injury. He faced six shots and
four corners kicks from the Linfield offense. The Poets took
four shots and forced just one save from Linfield goalie Jon
Thompson.
In the second half, Linfield applied a tremendous amount of
offensive pressure, but the Poet defense and reserve goalie Paul
Stepler-Camp '10 stood strong. The Wildcats peppered the
Whittier goal with 15 second half shots, and Stepler-Camp made six
saves. It wasn't until the 85th minute that
Linfield's Travis Issacs scored the eventual game-winner.
The Poets begin SCIAC play in their next contest. They host rival Occidental College on September 17 at 4:00pm.
