Karley Perine '08 scored twelve goals as Whittier College went 2-1 and finished in fifth place at the SCIAC Championships hosted by the University of Redlands on April 27-29.  The fifth-seeded seeded Poets (12-16, 5-5) lost their first round game 17-10 to #4 seed California Lutheran University on April 27.  The next day, Whittier beat #8 seed Caltech 16-5 and on the final day, finished the tournament with a 10-7 victory over #6 seed Occidental College.

Against Cal Lutheran, Sarah Peel '10 led the Poets offensively with a pair of goals and three assists.  Perine also scored twice, and was credited with an assist, three drawn penalties and a steal.  Catherine Gouge '09 finished with two goals, an assist and a steal.  Caroline Galvin '08, Nicole Sandoval '08 and Ashley Papenbrock '08 added one goal apiece.  Sarah Wills '09 made seven saves in three quarters of work in goal.

In game two, Perine scored six goals and added an assist.  She also contributed with two drawn penalties and a steal.  Galvin scored five times and handed out two assists.  Gouge ended up with four goals, two assists and three steals.  Sandoval, the Whittier all-time and single season steals leader, had eight thefts on the day.  Wills made six saves.

In the fifth place game against Occidental, Perine and Galvin scored four goals apiece.  The four goals from Perine gives her 80 on the season, one behind the single season record set by Kim Charlson in 2006.  Galvin is fourth on that list with 78.  The two are also third and fourth on the career goals list, with Galvin having 181 and Perine at 159.  Papenbrock scored a goal and had three assists and Peel added a goal and two assists.  Wills made 11 saves in the final game of the Poets' season.