Women's Soccer Drops SCIAC Opener
The Poets women's soccer team began play in the Southern
California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference with a 9-0 loss to
visiting Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges on September 12.
With the loss, the Poets fall to 0-4 overall and 0-1 in SCIAC
play.
It took Claremont nearly a half hour to break through on the
scoreboard despite a barrage of shots early on. Whittier
goalkeeper Lowhren Aceves '10 made a number of
great saves and got some help from her defense in the opening
minutes. In the 27th minute, however, the Athenas
broke through with a goal by Ashley Green and opened the proverbial
floodgates. Nicole Sady-Kennedy netted Claremont's second
goal in the 38th minute, and Meredith Doyle and Gizelle
Pera followed suit in the 39th and 40th
minutes, respectively. The Athenas held a 22-0 advantage in
first half shots en route to a 4-0 lead at the break.
In the second half, Claremont continued to pressure the Poets
defense and added to their lead with a pair of goals in a twenty
second span from Sara McKinney in the 54th minute.
Katherine Jarvis scored back-to-back goals of her own in the
56th and 60th minutes. Laura Hagen put
on the finishing touch in the 74th minute to give
Claremont the 9-0 win. The Athenas finished the game with 33
shots, 19 of which were on goal. Aceves made ten saves for
the Poets.
Whittier continues SCIAC play this weekend, when they travel to
California Lutheran University for their first road game of the
season on September 15. The 2pm game starts a four game road
trip for the Poets.
