For fifty-seven minutes, Whittier College women's soccer was in
a scoreless battle with Occidental College at Donald E. Graham
Soccer Field on October 3. The West Region's #4 team
eventually broke the scoreless tie and went on to beat the Poets
5-0 in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
match-up.
Whittier goalkeeper, Lowhren Aceves '10 kept the
Tiger offense in check with five saves in the first half and
fifteen saves in the game. After the scoreless first half,
Occidental broke through with a goal in the 58th minute
from Corinne Winkler. She scored again in the 62nd
minute, and the Tigers never looked back. They added goals in
the 73rd, 76th and 82nd minutes to
take the 5-0 lead.
Occidental took 30 shots while the Poets finished with two, both of
which were on goal. Two of the Tigers' goals came from their
six corner kicks.
