Water Polo Wins Three of Four at Lancer Invite, Perine '08 Leads Poets with 13 Goals

Karley Perine '08 scored 13 goals, including ten on day two, as Whittier College went 3-1 at the two-day Lancer Invitational hosted by California Baptist University at Pomona on March 9 and 10.  The Poets (6-8) beat the University of California-Santa Cruz 10-6 and Iona University 9-8 on day one of the invitational.  On day two, Whittier lost 11-6 to California State-Monterey Bay, but bounced back in their final game to beat St. Francis University 9-5.

Nicole Sandoval '08 led the way for the Poets in the win over UC-Santa Cruz.  She scored two goals, assisted on two others and had four steals.  Ashley Papenbrock '08 had two goals, two assists and two steals.  Catherine Gouge '08 also had two goals and two assists and added a steal.  Caroline Galvin '08 scored twice and had an assist and two drawn penalties.  Perine drew six penalties on top of a goal and two steals.  Sarah Peel '10 also scored a goal.  Sarah Wills '09 made eight saves in goal.

In the second game against Iona, Papenbrock and Galvin each finished with a hat trick.  Galvin also had two assists.  Perine scored twice, drew three penalties and had an assist.  Sandoval scored once and had three assists and two steals.  Cheryl Bucholtz '07 made the start in goal and made eight saves.

Day two began with the loss to Monterey Bay.  Perine scored four of Whittier's six goals and drew two penalties.  Galvin scored one goal and assisted on another, drew five penalties and made two steals.  Peel scored the other Poet goal.  Wills returned to the goal and made eight saves.

Perine led the Poets to a victory in their final game of the invitational with six goals.  Galvin scored twice, drew five penalties and had an assist.  Papenbrock scored one goal.  Sandoval finished with four steals and two assists.  Wills came off the bench and made five saves in three quarters.