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WHITTIER, Calif. – Homecoming weekend was a good one for the Whittier College women's soccer team as the Poets earned the season sweep of the University of La Verne behind a 1-0 win on Saturday morning at the Graham Soccer Field.

Despite only finding the back of the net one time, the Poets (4-7-2, 2-6-1 SCIAC) got off 20 shots for the game; eight of which were on target.

The game winner came from Shelly Johiro who netted her second goal of the season off a corner kick in the second half. Johiro took the corner and bent the ball to the middle of the goal. ULV keeper Caitlin Kams couldn't make the play on the ball and it bounced off the cross bar and over the goal line.

The official time on the goal was 53:36.

Johiro matched a game-high four shots while Emma Krieger and Chelsea Irha each got off three.

Whittier was outshot 10-5 in the first half but turned the tables to the tune of a 15-4 second frame. The Leopards (1-9-1, 0-7-1 SCIAC) put six shots on target, all of which were turned away by Megan Wessel.

The win today snaps the Poets' four game losing skid and is the first goal for the purple and gold since it scored twice in a 2-2 tie with Occidental.

The Poets have a quick turnaround as they host Marymount (Calif.) at 7 pm on Monday.