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Women's Water Polo

Poets edge out La Verne 8-7 to conclude SCIAC Championships

Photo by: Tony Leon/ActionWestPhotography.com

PASADENA, Calif. – The Whittier College women's water polo saw their two game losing skid snapped Sunday morning as they held on for the 8-7 victory over La Verne in the SCIAC Championships.

At the conclusion of the Championships, Whittier finishes in 3rd Place  with an overall record of 7-4 SCIAC. 

Whittier saw themselves trailing 3-1 at the end of the first quarter despite scoring the first goal of the contest from Jae Crabtree.  They mounted a comeback however outscoring the Leos 4-1 in the second quarter to take a 5-4 lead into the half.  Goals came from Melanie Peel, Laurel Pinkley, and Monique Dorado with one coming off of a 5 meter and the other three coming off of man up situations.

Out of the half, La Verne tallied the first goal to even the game at five before the Poets would add two unanswered from Pinkley and Crabtree that helped WC lead 7-6 after three quarters of play.

In the fourth the defense came into effect with each team adding a goal.  ULV tied the game up at seven 1:12 into the frame but with 1:43 to play in the game the Purple & Gold' Natalie Halvorsen-Herrera connected on her first goal of the game, which proved to the eventual game winner 

Between the posts, Mattie Winkler finished with six saves with three coming in the second quarter. 

Whittier closes out 2013 with a 17-19 overall record and a 7-3 SCIAC record one of their best finishes in recent years.  They lose Alyssa Rangel who was their lone senior but Head Coach Justin Pudwill looks to continue making major strides in the SCIAC rankings next season as he welcomes back a ton of young talent.       

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Players Mentioned

Jae Crabtree

#14 Jae Crabtree

Utility
5' 10"
Junior
Monique Dorado

#9 Monique Dorado

Utility
5' 4"
Freshman
Natalie Halvorsen-Herrera

#12 Natalie Halvorsen-Herrera

Attacker
5' 6"
Sophomore
Melanie Peel

#2 Melanie Peel

Utility
5' 7"
Junior
Laurel Pinkley

#4 Laurel Pinkley

Utility
5' 8"
Junior
Alyssa Rangel

#8 Alyssa Rangel

Attacker
5' 4"
Junior
Mattie Winkler

#1 Mattie Winkler

Goalie
5' 8"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Jae Crabtree

#14 Jae Crabtree

5' 10"
Junior
Utility
Monique Dorado

#9 Monique Dorado

5' 4"
Freshman
Utility
Natalie Halvorsen-Herrera

#12 Natalie Halvorsen-Herrera

5' 6"
Sophomore
Attacker
Melanie Peel

#2 Melanie Peel

5' 7"
Junior
Utility
Laurel Pinkley

#4 Laurel Pinkley

5' 8"
Junior
Utility
Alyssa Rangel

#8 Alyssa Rangel

5' 4"
Junior
Attacker
Mattie Winkler

#1 Mattie Winkler

5' 8"
Junior
Goalie