Women's Lacrosse Wins One on Spring Break, Poets Have Most Wins since 2003

Kourtney Sexauer '08 scored five goals to lead Whittier College to its second win of the season, a 14-7 victory over University of the Pacific at the University of Puget Sound on April 8.  The Poets (2-10) played three games at Puget Sound, losing 18-12 to Puget Sound on April 6 and 12-10 to Linfield University on April 7.

The Poets' two wins this season are the most for the program since 2003, when they picked up three victories.

Against Puget Sound, Emily Mukai '10, Jessie Koffman '10 and Shari Brokowsky '08 tallied three goals apiece.  Cassiby Lake '08 scored twice and Sarah Lamb '10 added one goal.  Jessica Farrell '10 made 15 saves in goal.  The Poets were down 8-7 at halftime and tied the score at 12 in the second, before the Loggers scored the last six goals.

In the loss to Linfield, Koffman led the Poets with four goals.  Mukai scored twice and Lake, Sexauer,  Ashley Ardrey '09 and Armelle Gueye '09 each scored once.  Farrell made 17 saves in goal.  The Poets scored just two goals in the first half, before making a furious comeback attempt with eight in the second, but fell two goals short in the end.

In the Poets' lone win over the weekend, Mukai and Lake each scored three goals to go along with Sexauer's five.  Brokowsky finished with a goal and an assist.  Koffman and Ardrey each scored once and Danell Booher '08 was credited with an assist.  Farrell made ten saves in goal.  The Poets jumped out to an early lead with Sexauer scoring the first two goals of the game.  They went into halftime with a 10-6 lead.  They held Linfield to just one goal in the second half to secure the 14-7 victory.