Women's Soccer Loses a Pair in SCIAC Play
Whittier College Women's Soccer lost two SCIAC games this past
week. Their first loss came at the hands of Occidental
College, who beat the Poets 4-0 on October 11. The poets then
traveled to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps where they suffered a 6-1 loss
on October 15. Whittier remains winless on the season at 0-12
overall and 0-8 in SCIAC play.
Against Occidental, the Poets gave up just one first half
goal. It came in the 27th minute when a shot from
long distance drifted over the head of Whittier goalkeeper Lea
Betsworth '12. It wasn't until the 53rd minute of
the second half that the Tigers would get their second goal of the
day. They added insurance in the 63rd and
85th minutes to take home the 4-0 victory.
The Poets out shot Occidental in the second half, taking six shots
in the half to the Tigers' four. Overall Occidental held a
12-7 edge in shots. Betsworth made three saves in goal for
the Poets.
Whittier played their next game on the road versus
Claremont. After 30 minutes of scoreless action, the Athenas
got on the board with a goal from Laura Hager. It opened the
floodgates, as they scored three more before the halftime whistle
to take a 4-0 lead at the break.
The Poet defense got stronger in the second half, but allowed
another goal in the 54th minute by Ashley Green.
The Poets ruined the Claremont clean sheet in the 82nd
minute when Hannah Cooley '12 found the back of the net with
Stephanie Bergstrom '12 getting credit for the assist.
Claremont added one more a minute later to finish the 6-1
victory.
The Poets travel to California Lutheran on October 18. Kick
off is scheduled for 11:00am.
