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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ORANGE, Calif. – Six different players scored goals for the Chapman University women’s soccer team as the Panthers defeated visiting Whittier College 6-2 at Wilson Field on Saturday. The six goals were a season-high for Chapman, which improved to 4-2 at home this season. Chapman (6-7), which won for just the second time in six games, got on the board early with a goal in the fifth minute by senior M Allison O’Neill. Junior D Kim Grant scored the Panthers’ second goal – a long shot from outside the 18-meter box – and freshman F Kate Lilly scored her team-leading seventh goal of the season to give the Panthers a 3-0 lead at halftime. The Panthers again got out to a fast start with sophomore F Alicia Fraticelli scoring just 1:24 into the second half. Chapman led 5-1 after junior F Stephanie Lambrakis scored her fourth goal of the year, chipping it up and over a charging Whittier GK Lea Marie Betsworth. Lambrakis also had two assists in the game. Whittier (0-9) snapped a five-game shutout streak, scoring in the 50th minute when Allie Nicholson found the upper-left corner of the goal. The Poets would add a second goal 17 minutes later on a penalty kick from Amanda Martinez to close the Chapman lead to 5-2. Freshman F Gabby David sealed the victory for Chapman with her first career goal in the 83rd minute. Senior GK Emily Clark made four saves in goal for the Panthers.
Game stats available online: NEXT CU WOMEN’S SOCCER GAME: Saturday, Oct. 7 @ Cal State San Marcos; 3 p.m. |
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