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Lacrosse loses final season game against Pacific Boxers

Posted by :jprokop On : April 18, 2013
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In the final game of the season, the lacrosse team lost to Pacific University 19-3 April 12, finishing a 9-0 season for the Wildcats.

All four shots made by the Wildcats were made in the second half, with seven saves throughout the game.

The away game in Forest Grove, Ore., ended a slow season for the ‘Cats, but members are happy with their overall play.

“The thing our team does best is building off of previous games and practices,” senior Lynette Cole said. “Every match we saw improvement all around the field. Even if the scoreboard didn’t reflect it, our team improved immensely since the beginning of the season.”

Due to injuries, the Wildcats only had 13 players, one more than the requirement for play.

“Pacific had around eight or nine substitutes so if someone needed a break, especially in the midfield, they can catch their breath, observe the match and chat with the coach about tips for improvement, Cole said.

“It absolutely affected the game’s outcome because they all had this opportunity.”

Low numbers were nothing new for the team, which dealt with many injured players unable to participate during the season.

“It was really frustrating,” freshman and regular goalie Erika Phillipo said. Phillipo was out for most of the season due to injury.

“I love the sport so it was really hard watching from the sidelines,” Phillipo said.

Sophomore Shelby Duarte scored the three Linfield goals for the relatively young team.

“We had a couple of members who had never even touched a stick before this season, Phillipo said.

“I think we will see a lot of returners next year, which will greatly help the next season picking up where we left off this past season.”

The lacrosse players overcame their challenges in order to achieve the goals they set for themselves.

“Our goals for the season were to lay down the framework for a strong team in the years to come,” Cole said. “We absolutely achieved this.”

 

Olivia Marovich/Staff writer

Olivia Marovich can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com.

 

 

Lacrosse takes on two more losses

Posted by :jprokop On : March 27, 2013
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Two losses during out-of-region games March 18 and 19 solidify a slow season for Linfield’s lacrosse team.

Linfield played Allegheny College from Meadville, Pa., and lost 21-3 to the team with a 5-1 record for the season March 18. Allegheny started strong with four goals within the first four minutes and continued strong throughout the game.

After Linfield’s initial goal, scored by sophomore Shelby Duarte, for 30 minutes the Allegheny Gators held off all attempted goals by the Wildcats. Toward the end of the game, Duarte made one more goal, along with a goal from senior Brittani Drost, giving Linfield its three goals of the game.

Temporary goalkeeper sophomore Kaleigh Phillips, who is still filling in for injured freshman Erika Phillipo, saved six attempted goals, making the total attempted goals by the Gators 27.

In the last home game of the season March 19, lacrosse hosted North Central College of Naperville, Ill., which resulted in the Wildcats’ loss by a 17-3 margin.

All three goals came from Drost, who was assisted twice by sophomore Halee Helgerson.

Central scored within the first minute of play, but it was more than 20 minutes later that the next goal was scored by Drost.

The game picked up for the Central Cardinals, with a score of 11-2 for the first half.

Next up, the Wildcats travel to Southern California where they will play Chapman University on March 25. Then, the ‘Cats will take on Whittier College on March 27.

Olivia Marovich/Staff writer

Olivia Marovich can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com.

New coaching staff leaves little time to recruit for women’s teams this spring

Posted by :jprokop On : February 28, 2013
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A whistle blows, and immediately, the yelling begins. Players run for the ball as other teammates shout commands and support. One player drops the ball and laughs, apologizing before picking it up with her lacrosse stick and continuing on with the scrimmage.

By just watching, one would never realize that Linfield’s women’s lacrosse team struggled for numbers this season. And its not the only team, either.

Linfield’s women’s golf team also struggled for players this season, and is barely scrapping by with a team of four, although it is technically a full team.

“We have enough to fill a team, but for the most part, we could use a couple more girls,” said Samantha Smith, the head coach of the women’s lacrosse team and Linfield alum.

Currently, women’s lacrosse has 14 players, but is hoping to get up to at least 16 or 17 to have more subs available.

Women’s golf is hoping to get up to about six or seven players next season.

The low numbers this year for both women’s golf and women’s lacrosse could be because of both the head coaches being new this year and not having enough time to recruit new members.

“It was tough for the women’s [golf] team because it had a coach step in partway through the season,” said Brynn Hurdus, the head coach of women’s golf and also Linfield alum.

Halfway through last season, the old women’s golf coach had to leave after saying he was too busy with work.

Another coach stepped in who had no previous experience coaching women’s golf, and Hurdus was hired in the summer. But it was too late, Hurdus said, and she couldn’t do any recruiting for this year’s team.

“I’ve talked to a lot of recruits, and it looks like we’ll have numbers back up for next year,” Hurdus said.

Smith has also been recruiting women through emailing previous players and other women on the team asking their friends to come out and play. So far, they were able to get three new players.

“It’s a huge relief,” Smith said. “Being a first-year coach, you don’t want to have to forfeit every game because you don’t have enough girls coming out.”

Samantha Sigler
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Samantha Sigler can be reached at linfieldreviewnews@gmail.com.

Linfield alumna undertakes head coach position for women’s lacrosse program

Posted by :jprokop On : February 28, 2013
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Linfield welcomed a new women’s lacrosse head coach and assistant coach this season.

Alum Samantha Smith, who graduated in 2009, will lead the way with her father, Joe Smith.

Because Samantha Smith used to play on Linfield’s women’s lacrosse, last year when coach Tim Hart stepped down from his position, he emailed her and recommended she apply for the opening. Hart was Samantha’s coach her senior year at Linfield.

“She fits in really well with our team,” sophomore Chas Tittle said. “Both of our new coaches are really great, and they make a good coaching pair.”

Samantha Smith was one of five applicants for the position, and as soon as she was hired, asked if she could choose her father as her own assistant coach.

“When I got this job, it was natural to say okay, he should be my defensive coach,” Samantha Smith said. “We’ve always had that lacrosse connection.”

At the time she was hired, Samantha Smith was coaching for the lacrosse team at Westview High School in Beaverton, Ore., and was upset when she had to quit to be able to coach at Linfield.

“It all worked out though,” Samantha Smith said.

Samantha Smith has been playing lacrosse since she was 12 years old. She started off playing on men’s lacrosse teams because there were no youth women’s lacrosse teams for her to join. Continuing on in high school, Samantha Smith played at Century High School on its JV team. When she transferred to Liberty High School, she started a lacrosse team there and convinced her father to become the head coach.

“He had never played a sport or coached a sport before lacrosse,” Samantha Smith said. “[But] he’s probably one of the best coaches I’ve ever had.”

During practices, Samantha Smith makes sure the players always have their sticks in hand, even during conditioning.

“The only thing I’ve ever really disliked about lacrosse is conditioning,” Samantha Smith said. “We don’t ever put the sticks down [or] run for the sake of running. Our conditioning is part of our scrimmaging.”

Outside of lacrosse, Samantha Smith is working at a special education preschool in Beaverton, Ore., as an assistant teacher. She also recently played on an indoor lacrosse co-ed team, and is planning on joining Portland’s OHANA lacrosse team once Linfield’s season is over.

“I thought I was going to miss playing, but I get out there as much as I can with the girls,” she said.
Samantha is also involved in other hobbies, such as bowling and relaxing with friends, but lacrosse is always a priority.

“Lacrosse kind of consumes my life in the best way possible,” she said. “Lacrosse is my job, hobby and passion.”

Samantha Sigler
News editor

Samantha Sigler can be reached at linfieldreviewnews@gmail.com

Samantha Smith, head lacrosse coach, makes the players keep their lacrosse sticks in their hands when working out.

Tyson Takeuchi/Senior photographer

Lacrosse begins season with loss

Posted by :jprokop On : March 6, 2012
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Wildcats storm the field in an attempt to retrieve the ball from the Loggers during a lacrosse match against the University of Puget Sound on March 4 at home. Kaylyn Peterson/Sports editor

The lacrosse season has officially begun for the Wildcats.

On March 3-4, the Linfield women played two home games against the University of Redlands Bulldogs and the University of Puget Sound Loggers.

The Linfield women played against the Bulldogs, a team from Redlands, Calif., losing 23-9 March 3.

Redlands player Megan Prickett scored the first goal in the first minute of the game.

After Redlands scored three more goals, Linfield player, junior Mariah Jones scored the Wildcats’ first goal.

After a couple more shots were made by Redlands, Linfield players sophomore Zoe Spring, junior Brittani Drost assisted by Spring, and junior Taylor Fisher assisted by Jones, scored three goals in under a minute.

“We work well as a unit,” Spring said.

Redlands scored the rest of the goals in the first half. At the end of the half, the score was 17-4.

The teams were more evenly matched in the second half. Linfield scored five goals and Redlands scored six, finishing the game with a score of 23-9.

Sunday’s game ended in a similar fashion, the Wildcats losing 23-9 to the University of Puget Sound Loggers.

The game began in the Wildcats’ favor. Fisher scored the first goal of the game, giving Linfield a good start.

Drost scored the second goal of the game, and Spring scored the third goal, assisted by junior Lynnette Cole.

“We had a lot of intensity [in the beginning of the game]” Spring said.

Linfield wasn’t too far behind at the end of the first half, with a score of 7-11.

The Loggers dominated the second half of the game, scoring 12 points compared to the Wildcats’ two points.

“We lost because we forgot our fundamentals,” Spring said.

Freshman Chas Tittle and Fisher were the only Linfield players to score a goal in the second half.

Tittle scored her first goals of the season in this game, scoring a goal in the first half and a goal in the second half.

“I was glad to help out the team,” Tittle said.

The Wildcats’ next game is against Pacific University at 6 p.m. March 14 at home.

“Our goal is to just keep improving,” Tittle said.

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Meghan O’Rourke/Opinion editor
Meghan O’Rourke can be reached at linfieldreviewopinion@gmail.com.

Lacrosse begins with scrimmage

Posted by :jprokop On : February 26, 2012
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As the first opening game approaches for the women’s lacrosse team, the Wildcats are preparing by playing scrimmage games.

The team traveled to Forest Grove on Feb. 26 to participate in a tournament.

Three club teams, Portland Purple, Rose City and Ohana, participated in the tournament, as did Pacific University.

The Wildcats played their first game against Portland Purple, losing 11-3.

“Our philosophy is that every game we get better,” junior Libby Sturges said.

In their second game against Rose City, the Wildcats came out on top, winning 8-3.

In the game versus Pacific University, the Wildcats lost 9-3.

The women hope to beat Pacific when they play the team again in a real game on March 14.

The final game against Ohana came out in the Wildcat’s favor, winning 7-3.

“Every half we’ve played this season has been better than the last half,” Sturges said.

While this tournament was good practice for the Wildcats, next weekend is an important game. The
women play against Redlands, a team from California. The lacrosse team hasn’t played a team from California in seven years.

“We always keep it classy,” Sturges said. “We have a great group of girls.”

Freshman Halee Helgerson, who played lacrosse all four years of high school, said she is excited for the season.

“My goal for the team is to have a better record than last year,” Helgerson said.

Next weekend’s game is at 1 p.m. March 3 at home on the soccer field.

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Meghan O’Rourke/Opinion editor
Meghan O’Rourke can be reached at linfieldreviewopinion@gmail.com.

Sports Briefs

Posted by :jprokop On : April 15, 2011
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Women’s lacrosse
The women’s lacrosse team ended its season with a loss to the Pacific University Boxers at home on April 12.
The Wildcats lost to Pacific, 8-19. They also lost at home, 8-19, to the University of Puget Sound on April 9.
The game ended the season with a record of 1-12 for the Wildcats. The team’s only win was to Fontbonne University, 14-10, on March 20.
The last season game was the final collegiate match for three seniors: Monique Schreiber, Kailey Knapp and Chaia Schupack.

~Compiled by Corrina Crocker/Sports editor

Women’s lacrosse

Posted by :jprokop On : April 8, 2011
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The Wildcats are off to a rough start this season with only one winning game, and the season’s end is quickly approaching.

The most recent loss was to Pacific University on April 4. The final score at Forest Grove was 12-24. Although the Wildcats lost, freshman Shelby Duarte and junior Anna Gorciak tied as leading scorers for the Wildcats with five goals each.

The women also lost the game prior, 17-23, to the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Wash., on April 1.

The Wildcats will host their next game against Puget Sound at 1 p.m. on April 9. They will also host Pacific for the season’s last game at 6 p.m. on April 12 on the soccer field.

~Compiled by Corrina Crocker/Sports editor

Sports Brief – Lacrosse

Posted by :jprokop On : February 18, 2011
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The lacrosse team has started practice and is ready to begin its season. The women have been holding late-night practices on the football field to prepare for their quickly approaching games.

The ’Cats first game will take place on Feb. 26 in Forest Grove.

The team braces itself for its two-player loss from the last spring, although both leading scorers from last year, junior Anna Gorciak and sophomore Mariah Jones will return.

~Compiled by Corrina Crocker

Freshmen provide hope for lacrosse

Posted by :jprokop On : February 18, 2011
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Senior defender Chaia Schupack runs during a game last spring. Duc Hoang/For the Review

A new season will begin for the women’s lacrosse team with third-year coach Tim Hart.
Last season, the team finished with two wins and eight losses.
In 2010, recorded successes included a three-day trip to the Midwest, where the team won two out of three games.
Since former players Christina Crane, class of ’09 and Ashley Johnson, class of ’09, graduated, a number of new players have joined the team.
Now, the Wildcats are anticipating an exciting season.
“I can’t wait for this season,” junior Taylor Fisher said. “We have a lot of talented players on our team, and this is the year to see all our hard work payoff. We got a bunch of freshmen who have been playing lacrosse for years, and we only lost two seniors.”
Many of the players are expecting a better season and are hoping to win more games compared to last year.
“I hope our record will improve from last year’s. The last few seasons have been building years,” Fisher said. “Now, it’s time to show our improvement in our record. I want our team to have a winning season this year.”
Sophomore Katie Keith, who plays defense, said she is also expecting a better season. She believes that the high number of incoming freshmen playing will greatly help the team.
“I hope to win more than two games,” Keith said.
Sophomore Mariah Jones said she thought enthusiasm would drive success in the season.
“Dedication in players and passion for the sport [will be a factor to win] and how badly they want it as individuals,” she said.
Last season the Wildcats ended with a record of two wins and eight losses. And with only two former players graduate, the new team is similar to the previous season.
The new season starts on March 12 against Pacific University at Sunset High School in Beaverton, Ore. Later in the season, they will also have a four-day tournament in California.

Tim Marl/Staff reporter
Tim Marl can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com.