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Whittier College

Women's Water Polo

Poets Beat Oxy 9-2 to End Regular Season

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Photo by: Tony Leon/ActionWestPhotography.com

WHITTIER, Calif. – The Whittier College Women's Water Polo team ended the regular season Wednesday night against Occidental College winning 9-2 to keep a firm hold on 4th Place within the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) Standings.

Whittier now sits and waits to see if they enter the SCIAC Post Season Tournament as the No. 4 seed.  Chapman plays Pomona-Pitzer tomorrow, Saturday, April 21 and their playoff berth all rests on that result.

The Poets end the regular season 9-16, 7-7 SCIAC, while winning two of their last three.

It was a slow start for Whittier earning just one goal in the first half, which came from Lindsay Shoaff (Costa Mesa, Calif.) to start the game as WC saw themselves trailing 2-1 at the break.

But in the second half the momentum swung and the Poets took it to the Tigers blanking them 8-0 over the final 16:00 minutes.  Whittier tacked on four goals in each period, while posting the shutout.  Anastacia Gonzalez (Montebello, Calif.), Hannah Rodriguez (Riverside, Calif.), and Shoaff would start the run and Anaissa Paul (Chula Vista, Calif.), Bianca Vera (Los Angeles, Calif.), and Kayanna Heffner (Bend, OR) would end the game.

Noa Cravens (Laie, HI) played all 32:00 minutes collecting three saves and four steals.

Whittier outshot Occidental 27-9 and was 1-4 on power plays.  The Poets also won three of four sprints coming from three different players.     

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Players Mentioned

Noa Cravens

#1 Noa Cravens

Goalie
5' 6"
Freshman
Anastacia Gonzalez

#18 Anastacia Gonzalez

Attacker
5' 3"
Junior
Kayanna Heffner

#14 Kayanna Heffner

Attacker
5' 8"
Senior
Anaissa Paul

#8 Anaissa Paul

Attacker
5' 3"
Junior
Hannah Rodriguez

#10 Hannah Rodriguez

Attacker
5' 4"
Sophomore
Lindsay Shoaff

#19 Lindsay Shoaff

Attacker
5' 9"
Junior
Bianca Vera

#12 Bianca Vera

Attacker
5' 3"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Noa Cravens

#1 Noa Cravens

5' 6"
Freshman
Goalie
Anastacia Gonzalez

#18 Anastacia Gonzalez

5' 3"
Junior
Attacker
Kayanna Heffner

#14 Kayanna Heffner

5' 8"
Senior
Attacker
Anaissa Paul

#8 Anaissa Paul

5' 3"
Junior
Attacker
Hannah Rodriguez

#10 Hannah Rodriguez

5' 4"
Sophomore
Attacker
Lindsay Shoaff

#19 Lindsay Shoaff

5' 9"
Junior
Attacker
Bianca Vera

#12 Bianca Vera

5' 3"
Sophomore
Attacker