SPOKANE, Wash. – The Whitworth women's lacrosse team will close out the 2025 schedule on the road in Tacoma this weekend. The Pirates take on the University of Puget Sound on Saturday and then play at Pacific Lutheran University on Sunday. Both contests will start at 1:00 pm.
Check the Whitworth lacrosse schedule for live links to this week's games.
The Pirates: Whitworth (5-7 overall, 2-4 NWC) lost twice at home last week.
The Pirates led Willamette 11-8 in the third quarter and looked like they might pull out their first-ever victory over the Bearcats on Friday. But Willamette outscored Whitworth 9-1 the rest of the way for a 17-12 victory. Campbell Vincent had six goals and an assist to lead the Bucs, while Sierra Witte totaled three goals and two assists. Megan Whitman finished with five draw controls, four ground balls, two caused turnovers, one goal and one assist. Kenzie Hemman had nine of the Pirates' 19 draw controls. Sage Fosnock started in goal and allowed seven goals with four saves in 24 minutes. Kayla Jones came off the bench for 36 minutes and gave up 10 goals with six assists.
Whitworth could not overcome a slow start in Saturday's 20-16 loss to Lewis & Clark. The Pioneers outscored the Pirates 7-2 in the first quarter. Whitworth trailed 16-8 late in the third period before pulling within 19-16 with three minutes to play. The Bucs could not complete the comeback. Vincent totaled seven goals and two assists to set Pirate team records for single-game goals and points (9). Megan Whitman tied her career-high with four goals to go along with seven draw controls, two caused turnovers and two ground balls. Sierra Witte scored twice, dished four assists and had six draw controls. Kenzie Hemman scored twice and grabbed 11 draw controls with three ground balls and two caused turnovers. Fosnock played 52 minutes in goal and allowed 18 goals with four saves. Jones had eight minutes in net and two goals.
The Bucs average 14.33 goals per game to rank fifth in the Northwest Conference. They are allowing 12.79 goals against per game (sixth in the NWC). Whitworth is second in the league in shots per match (31.17), 24.17 of which are on-target. The Pirates also lead the NWC in draw controls per match (18.08).
Standings update: Whitworth is in sixth in the Northwest Conference standings with a 2-4 record. George Fox (6-0) leads the way, one game ahead of Whitman (5-1), including a win over the Blues. Linfield and Willamette are tied for third at 4-2, with Lewis & Clark fifth (3-3). With two wins this weekend, the Pirates could possibly end up in a tie for fourth place. The top four teams make the 2025 NWC tournament, but tiebreakers would not favor Whitworth.
The Opponents: Puget Sound is 4-10 overall and 1-5 in the NWC heading into Saturday's match. Last weekend the Loggers lost 19-3 at George Fox and 10-9 in overtime at Pacific (Ore.). UPS averages 7.46 goals per game (7th in the NWC) and gives up 15.13 goals per contest (also seventh). Senior Cat Schilli has 31 goals and five assists this season, while sophomore Maggie Ott has 25 goals and five assists. Senior GK Phoebe Crowther has played every minute in goal for the Loggers and has a save percentage of 35.5%. Whitworth defeated UPS twice in 2024, winning 16-5 in Spokane and 20-4 in Tacoma.
Pacific Lutheran is 1-12 overall and 0-6 in the NWC heading into a game against Whitman on Saturday. The Lutes fell 9-6 at Pacific and 22-1 at George Fox last weekend. PLU scores 4.15 goals per game (9th in the NWC) and allows 16.85 goals against (also 9th). The Lutes are in their first season as a varsity program. First-year Taylee Alldredge has 25 goals and three assists. Senior Annie Latimer leads the team with six assists. Sophomore GK Kassie Diller has a 17.1 goals against average but has stopped 40.5% of the shots she has faced. Sunday will be the first-ever meeting between Whitworth and PLU.
Record Day: The 26 goals against Eastern Oregon on March 1st broke the previous school mark of 22 goals against Whitman set on March 6, 2022. The 14 assists vs. EOU topped the previous record of 11 assists vs. Pacific (Ore.) on April 20 of last season.
No Sophomore Slump: Campbell Vincent, who led the Pirates in goals scored in 2024 (56), is having another banner year in 2025. She set a new school record with seven goals vs. L&C and scored six goals four times this spring. She set a new team record with five assists vs. Eastern Oregon, surpassing the previous record of four shared by Abby Hahn and Rebecca Irwin. With 51 goals and 15 assists through 12 matches, Vincent averages 4.25 goals per game (third in the NWC) and 5.50 points per game (fourth in the NWC).
The Coach: Noelle Brouillard is in her seventh season as head coach at Whitworth, the only seasons the Pirates have been a varsity program. Since the restart following COVID, Whitworth has shown dramatic improvement each year. The Bucs went 0-10 in 2021. They won five times in 2022, went 6-12 in 2023 and broke through with a 12-6 record in 2024, including an 8-4 mark in the NWC.
Brouillard came to Whitworth from the University of Scranton, where she was the top women's lacrosse assistant coach for two seasons. Scranton had a 22-13 record over the two years Brouillard served as assistant coach. The Royals advanced to the Landmark Conference tournament championship game in 2017 and finished with an 11-6 record. She played for four seasons at Allegheny College (Pa.), where she was a two-time team captain in 2012 and 2013.
