SPOKANE, Wash. – Whitworth will host a pair of unfamiliar non-conference foes this week when the Pirates take on Kalamazoo (Mich.) and Chapman (Calif.) in the Pine Bowl.  The Pirates host the Kalamazoo Hornets on Thursday at 4:00 pm.  They battle the Chapman Panthers on Sunday at 1:00 pm.

Check the Whitworth lacrosse schedule for live links to his week's games.

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The Pirates: Whitworth (2-3) split a pair of games away from home last weekend. 

The Pirates lost 12-7 to Carthage College (Wis.) on Friday evening in a contest played at Whitman College.  Carthage led 9-1 at halftime and 11-1 in the third quarter before the Pirates score six straight goals to pull within 11-7 with eight minutes left in the match.  It is the most consecutive goals Carthage has given up this season.  Peyton Green scored three of Whitworth's goals.  Sierra Witte had one goal, one assist, three ground balls and two caused turnovers.  Charlotte Norton played the second half in goal and made eight saves while only allowing three shots to get by.

The Pirates won 21-7 at Eastern Oregon on Saturday, outscoring the Mountaineers 16-2 after the first quarter.  Whitworth outshot EOU 38-20, including a 25-8 edge in shots on target.  The Bucs won 21 of the 29 draw controls, ten of those by Megan Whitman.  Campbell Vincent scored a season-high seven goals, only one off tying her school record of eight in one match.  Rose Frezza had four goals and one assist.

The Opponents: Kalamazoo College is a member of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletics Association.  The Hornets come into Thursday's game 2-4 this season, following a 23-5 loss to Kenyon (Ohio) last Friday.  Senior A Ella Spooner has 18 goals and six assists this season, while junior A Tessa Fuller adds 12 goals and seven assists.  Junior GK Kaitlyn Grice stops 35.5% of the shots she faces.  Whitworth has never played a member of the MIAA in lacrosse. 

Chapman University (Calif.) is 3-3 this season.  The Panthers fell 14-7 at Redlands last Saturday in their most recent contest.  They host Edgewood (Wis.) on Tuesday night before making the trip to Washington this weekend.  Senior A Ada Carr has 12 goals and eight assists, leading a roster deep with scoring threats.  Fourteen different players have scored at least two goals for Chapman.  The Pirates and Panthers have never played in lacrosse.

Scoring Machine:  Campbell Vincent, a junior attacker, is already the most prolific scorer in Whitworth lacrosse history.  Vincent holds single game records for goals (8), assists (5) and points (10).  She carries single-season records for goals (65 in 2025) and points (83 in 2025).  And through 37 career games, she is the Pirates' career leader in goals (138), points (167), shots (232) and shots on-goal (194). 

The Coach: Noelle Brouillard is in her eighth 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.  Last season the Pirates finished 7-7 overall and 4-4 in the NWC, tied for fourth place.

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.

Looking ahead: Next week the Pirates will travel to California for non-conference contests at Occidental and Cal Lutheran on Wednesday and Thursday.