Five Warriors posted attack percentages of .333 or more as Westmont Volleyball (8-9, 1-7) swept the Royals of Hope International (3-8, 1-7) in three games on Saturday (30-23, 30-25, 30-26) in a Golden State Athletic Conference match. Senior Laura Trudelle led the Warriors with 13 kills and a .407 attack percentage.

“It was so fun,” said Trudelle of the game. “We came together today and we were ready for our first win (in conference). We were focused and knew what we had to do. We had valleys, but we bounced back and maintained a good game.”

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Freshman goalkeeper Roxanne Love posted six saves as Westmont Women’s Soccer recorded a 3-0 shutout of Hope International (7-3-1, 1-2) on Saturday in Fullerton. With the win, Westmont improves to 2-1 in the Golden State Athletic Conference and 5-3 overall.

“Hope came out at us hard and fast,” acknowledged Westmont head coach Rebecca Mouw. “They had a couple of chances and Roxanne made a good save on one of them. Our backs did a good job of recovering, but Hope definitely got in on us a couple of times. I wasn’t pleased with how we started the game but once we got settled in and started finding our rhythm we were better.”

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With the clock ticking down through the final second of regulation in a tie game, #9 Westmont men’s soccer (5-3, 1-2 GSAC) suddenly found itself down 1-0 on Saturday at Hope International (8-3, 2-1 GSAC). Jose Andrade deflected a free kick from Carlos Mesa-Gomez into the net to give the Royals the win in Fullerton.

The Warriors, who were out shot 14-9 in the game, were held to just two shots on goal while Hope International recorded seven shots on goal. Senior goalkeeper Joe Benscoter, who was starting in his first collegiate game, notched six saves for the Warriors.

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Senior midfielder Heather Brown took the field for the first time in a week and scored twice within the first 12 minutes of the game to give Westmont Women’s Soccer (4-4, 1-1) a 2-1 victory over The Master’s (2-5-4, 1-1 GSAC) on Wednesday afternoon at Russ Carr Field.

“I think I was just excited because I haven’t been able to play for a week,” said Brown who has been resting a sore knee.

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Westmont men’s soccer suffered a set back on Tuesday afternoon at Russ Carr Field, losing by a score of 3-1 to The Master’s (6-0-3, 2-0 GSAC). As a result, the #16 Warriors fall to 5-2 overall and 1-1 in Golden State Athletic Conference play. Syian Wignal, a 6′ 4″ senior forward from Kingston, Jamaica, proved to be a formidable opponent for the Warriors.

“There are three things that stick out in my mind,” said Westmont head coach Dave Wolf. “First, we did not cope with their big man. He draws the penalty, he scores the second (goal) and he creates the third. He was a mismatch for us. Second, to go down a goal against that team is hard. They are big and strong, they’re hard to break down. Third, in order to be able to break them down, you have to pass the ball better than we did today.”

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Senior Johnny Alcaraz and freshman Anthony Strunz provided the Warriors with the firepower needed to claim a 2-1 win in #16 Westmont Men’s Soccer’s Golden State Athletic Conference opener at #20 Vanguard (5-2, 0-1 GSAC) on Saturday.

”We started five freshmen and brought two off the bench,” said head coach Dave Wolf “We went with a younger group today and they came through with three points (one goal, one assist) on the road against a pretty feisty Vanguard team.”

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It wasn’t the start that Westmont Women’s Soccer (3-4, 0-1) envisioned for the start of Golden State Athletic Conference play. After battling #16 Vanguard (6-1-1, 1-0) to a 0-0 tie in regulation, the Warriors suffered a 1-0 loss three minutes into overtime on Saturday in Costa Mesa.

“I thought we played well,” said head coach Rebecca Mouw. “We did a good job of possessing the ball, winning balls and getting in toward the goal. We played with a lot of intensity. I thought our central midfield did a good job controlling possession.”

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Freshman outside hitter Alison Sharp tallied 17 kills and a .213 attack percentage, but Westmont Volleyball couldn’t over come the ninth ranked team in the NAIA, falling to Azusa Pacific (10-4, 3-3 GSAC) in four games (30-20, 27-30, 30-24, 30-21). Sharp started the game due to an injury to Stephanie Dunn who was out of commission for today’s game but hopes to return for the Warrior’s next match. Laura Trudelle moved from the left side to take Dunn’s place on the right and Sharp moved into Trudelle’s spot on the left.

“I thought we played very well overall,” said head coach Jim Smoot, “but once again we were facing a top-ten team in the GSAC. I think we are improving and getting better. I’m proud of how the team is staying positive and not getting down on themselves even though we have had a rough streak. If we can maintain that attitude and work on our consistency, we can show great improvement. Maybe in the second half we can do some damage.”

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