The Westmont women’s soccer team will have a chance to avenge an earlier loss when the first round of the NAIA Region II Tournament begins on Tuesday. The Warriors (9-2-3, 5-2-3), seeded third in the tournament, will host the number six Lions of Vanguard (10-5-2, 5-3-2) in a 1:00 p.m. game at Russ Carr Field.

The Golden State Athletic Conference claimed seven of the eight playoff berths with Menlo (12-4-1) the only representative from the California Pacific Conference. Menlo was awarded the fourth seed and will host number five Point Loma Nazarene

The Golden State Athletic Conference and NAIA Region II men’s soccer meetings were held on the Westmont campus today, but there was no home field advantage for the Warriors. Westmont just missed qualifying for the Region II Tournament which begins on Wednesday. Had the Warriors earned just one more point in the standings, they would have made the field of eight teams.

Azusa Pacific drew the number one seed and will face Menlo at home. Point Loma Nazarene, whom the Warriors beat on Saturday 2-1, was seeded second and will play in San Diego against Biola. Third seeded Concordia will host Fresno Pacific after having defeated the Sunbirds on Saturday to gain a share of the GSAC championship. The fourth game will feature two more teams from the California Pacific Conference with fourth seeded Dominican hosting Holy Names. All games begin at 1:00 p.m.

Needing a win to keep their playoff hopes alive, Westmont Men’s Soccer defeated #19 Point Loma Nazarene 2-1 this afternoon at Russ Carr Field. The win gives the Warriors a chance of participating in the NAIA Region II Championships which begin on Wednesday, depending on what happens in other conference and regional games later this evening.

After a scoreless first half, the Sea Lions (12-5-0, 6-4-0) took a 1-0 advantage just one minute and 30 seconds into the second half. Brian Thames took a ball in the center of the field, 25 yards from the goal and passed it to Brad Lewis who was ten yards out on the right side of the net. Lewis’ shot found the back of the net to put Point Loma Nazarene on top.

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#13 Westmont Women’s Soccer took a 2-0 lead in the first half of play, but #11 Point Loma (10-3-4, 6-1-3) scored twice in the second half as the two teams played to a tie today at Russ Carr Field. The stalemate insured the Sea Lions a second place finish in the Golden State Athletic Conference. The Warriors will finish in third place. Biola plays at Hope International this evening and if the Eagles win, they will pull into a tie for third with Westmont.

Before the start of play, five seniors were honored for their contributions to Westmont Women’s Soccer. Teammates and the crowd of approximately 300, cheered their approval as Emalia Cornwell, Katie Estrada, Kylea Kangles, Misty Plumb and Katie Schick - all of whom played on at least one national championship team - were commended for the accomplishments and presented with flowers

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Westmont Men’s Soccer claimed a 3-0 win over Hope International (7-10-0, 2-7-0) on Wednesday afternoon at Hydraflow Field in Fullerton. Johnny Alcaraz recorded two goals and one assists to lead the Warriors (7-6-3, 4-4-1) to the Golden State Athletic Conference victory.

Head coach Dave Wolf started all nine of his seniors in the game in which junior goalkeeper Logan Frank recorded his fifth shutout of the season. Frank had six saves in the contest, all in the second half.

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Westmont Women’s Soccer (9-2-2, 5-2-2) recorded a 2-1 overtime victory in Fullerton on Tuesday evening by defeating Hope International (5-9-3, 0-6-3) in a game played at Hydraflow Field.

The Royals’ Nicole Collins recorded the only goal of the first half in the 26th minute as the result of a penalty kick. “It was a hard fought game,” reported Warrior head coach Rebecca Mouw. “Hope did a great job pressuring us, especially in the first half.”

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Westmont Volleyball’s hopes of avenging a five game loss to #21 Biola (15-9, 7-8) earlier in the season were dashed in tonight’s three game lost in La Mirada (30-27, 30-22, 30-21). The Warriors committed 16 service errors and 23 attack errors in the defeat which gives them an overall record of 15-10 and a GSAC total of 7-8.

Allegra Willis, Kristen De Groot and Kelsey Voetmann each had 11 kills for the Warriors and Katie Pace added nine more. Kristen Orem led the Eagles with 13 kills.

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Westmont women’s cross country faced stiff competition today in the Golden State Athletic Conference Championship which was held at Biola University. The conference boasts five nationally ranked teams.

The eighteenth ranked Warriors finished four points ahead of #13 Vanguard, and just two points behind #6 Azusa Pacific to claim fourth place in the event. #3 Concordia won the GSAC Championship by one point over #5 Point Loma Nazarene.

Westmont’s All-American sophomore Anna Stumbo completed the 5K course in 18:30.9 to claim third place in the race and All-Conference honors. Senior Jessie Goulder (19.16.6) also earned All-GSAC recognition with a seventh place finish. Freshmen Shiloh Dietz (20:13.9) and Kellie Parkinson (20:33.0), along with sophomore Leanne Riggin (20:46.9), completed the scoring for the Warriors.

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