2008 Woodie Awards
Women win weekend double
Colin Zalewski, Staff Writer
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The Whitworth women remained undefeated on their home turf with convincing wins over Lewis & Clark College on Oct. 5 and Whitman College on Oct. 6.
The Pirates won their first game with Lewis & Clark 5-1 and won their second 2-1 over Whitman. Improving to 7-1 in the Northwest Conference, the Pirates find themselves in second place behind the University of Puget Sound after eight conference games.
Friday's game with Lewis & Clark started strong for Whitworth as it took them less than nine minutes to score. It was sophomore Lindsey Oakes' ninth-minute goal after stealing a clearance attempt by Lewis & Clark that kick-started their offensive assault on the Pioneers. Whitworth launched 16 first half shots, but it would not be until the second half that the Pirates would put in their second goal.
Early in the second half freshman forward Jenny Krzymowski played the ball to Oakes when she fired in her second of the game in the 56th minute. Minutes later the Pirates were granted a free kick just outside the box. Senior forward Greta Thibodeau placed it neatly in the back of the net in the 58th minute to make it a three on the scoreboard for the Pirates.
Lewis & Clark's only goal of the game came off of a 62nd minute own goal, but the Pirates quickly redeemed themselves as junior midfielder Kara Tisthammer scored just four minutes later. Junior forward Tori Crain put away her first goal of the season and finished the scoring at 5-1.
Oakes was satisfied with the team's effort on Friday.
"(We are) just the better team, (but) we still played really well to beat them by that much," Oakes said. "We've been playing well, going into each game thinking that we're going to win."
The following day the Pirates faced a tougher opponent in Whitman. Although they walked off the field with a win, Oakes was not fully pleased with their play.
"We could have done better against Whitman," Oakes said. "It wasn't our best game against them."
Saturday's match saw Whitworth come out of the gates quickly again. Junior forward Penelope Crowe's 12th-minute goal off the Whitman goalkeeper put the Pirates on top. It was not until right before halftime that Whitworth would score again.
Thibodeau scored her second goal in as many days to the left side of the net as the Pirates took a commanding 2-0 lead at half.
11 minutes into the second half Whitman sophomore midfielder Kendall Shibuya scored an unassisted goal to put them on the scoreboard, but it proved to not be enough as the game finished 2-1.
"We controlled the ball well, got a lot of opportunities around the goal," Crowe said.
Looking to next weekend, the Pirates play two away matches with Linfield College and Pacific University in Oregon.
The Pirates will also be helped by the possible return of freshman leading scorer Emily Rohde from an ankle injury during the team's home victory over Pacific in September. Rhode leads the team with six goals this year.
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