LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Oct. 27, 2007) –
Occidental women's soccer clinched a Post Season Tournament
berth with a 10-0 victory over the visiting Whittier College Poets
today on the Lower Soccer Field.
The offensive explosion was led by
Corrine Winkler who recorded a hat trick, scoring
twice in the first half and once to start off the second half. On
her second score of the contest she headed the ball by the
Poets' goalie.
Chelsey Brack also scored a
pair, the second a wide open shot from 25 yards out that bent into
the upper left corner of the net for the eighth goal of the game.
Brack added an assist as well when she passed
the ball off to freshman Jesi Sasaki in the
79th minute.
Adding to the first half attack were the duo
of Adrienne Spivak and Moe
Kishisa who each scored on assists from one another.
Spivak's goal came in the 13th minute while
Kishisa scored 12 minutes later.
With just over 20 minutes remaining in the
game Elise Devereaux rebounded the ball, which hit
the post on an attempt that brought the goalie out of position.
Devereaux passed to an open Starlie Chinen who was
all alone in front of the net for the sixth goal.
Freshman Lauren Swachenko
scored her first collegiate goal on an assist from sophomore
teammate Mia Zagaja to round out the scoring for
the Tigers on the afternoon. Zagaja recovered the ball that hit off
the cross bar and Swachenko finished off the play.
Both Tigers goalies played in the game, but
neither recorded any blocks as Whittier took just one shot.
Occidental took 32. Oxy also had 10 corker kick opportunities.
Occidental improves to 9-6, 8-3 in SCIAC while
the Poets remain winless at 0-16, 0-11.
The Tigers finish their regular season SCIAC
schedule on Monday when they host the Cal Lutheran Regals in a game
rescheduled from last week when air quality caused all outdoor
contests to be postponed. Kickoff will be at 4:00 p.m. on the Lower
Soccer Field.
