LA VERNE, Calif. - For the second time this
season the Whittier College women's soccer team lost to the
University of La Verne in a Southern California Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference match. The Poets allowed three second half
goals which allowed the Leopards to pull away for the 4-0 win.
The Poets (2-10-2, 0-8-1 SCIAC) played ULV scoreless for the
first 41 minutes of the game but in the 42nd minute La Verne
tallied the game winner from Stasy Muratalla.
The three second half goals all came within a 15 minutes of each
other. La Verne tacked on a goal at the 54:55 mark, 63:58 mark an
d67:24 mark.
Whittier was outshot 17-9 for the game and earned one corner
kick to La Verne's six.
Goalie Lea Betsworth made five saves in the
loss.
The Poets return to action on Wednesday, October 21, as they
travel to Thousand Oaks, Calif., to face Cal Lutheran at 4 pm.
