SPOKANE, Wash. – The Whitworth lacrosse team will finish out the 2026 season with a pair of home games this weekend on an adjusted schedule. The Pirates will take on Puget Sound on Friday at noon. The Bucs host Pacific Lutheran on Sunday at 1:00 pm.
Check the Whitworth lacrosse schedule for live links to this week's games.
Moving the Schedule Around: Whitworth hosts the 2026 Northwest Conference Track and Field Championships in the Pine Bowl on Saturday and Sunday, April 25-26. Therefore, the lacrosse schedule was adjusted. The Whitworth vs. Puget Sound match was moved forward one day to Friday at noon, in the Pine Bowl. Sunday's game against Pacific Lutheran will be played at Gonzaga Preparatory at 1:00 pm.
The Pirates: Whitworth (6-9 overall, 2-2 NWC) lost a pair of tough road games last weekend. Those losses eliminated the Pirates from a chance at qualifying for the 2026 Northwest Conference tournament.
Whitworth led for most of the first half of Friday night's game at Lewis & Clark. But the Pioneers outscored the Pirates 6-1 in the third quarter and held on to win 14-12. Whitworth outshot L&C 26-23 and had a 27-21 edge in ground balls. The Pioneers won 16 of 28 draw controls. Campbell Vincent scored four goals and added one assist, while Jordyn Bennett had three goals. Megan Whitman had four ground balls, three caused turnovers and three draw controls.
Whitworth did not score in the second quarter of Sunday's game at Willamette and the Bearcats used an 8-0 scoring run that spanned the end of the first through the first minutes of the third to open an 11-3 lead on the way to a 16-9 victory. The Bearcats won 17 of 27 draw controls and used the possession advantage to outshoot the Pirates 37-25. Sierra Witte finished with five goals, one assist and two ground balls. Campbell Vincent totaled three goals and an assist. Megan Whitman had four draw controls, four ground balls and two caused turnovers.
The Opponents: Puget Sound comes into Friday's game 4-10 overall and 0-6 in Northwest Conference games. The Loggers lost twice at home last weekend, 18-13 to Pacific and 25-4 to George Fox. Puget Sound averages 7.64 goals per game (8th in the NWC) and gives up 15.05 goals per contest (9th in the NWC). Senior M Cat Schilli leads the team with 37 goals this season. Junior A Hailey Woodard has 13 goals and 12 assists. Whitworth defeated the Loggers 18-3 in Tacoma last season.
Pacific Lutheran is 3-11 overall and 1-5 in the NWC heading into a game at Whitman on Saturday. The Lutes are in their second full season as a varsity program and average 4.57 goals per game (9th in the NWC) while allowing 14.84 (8th in the NWC). Junior M Taylee Alldredge leads the team with 15 goals, while senior M Issabella Marchio has contributed 12 goals and three assists. The Pirates defeated PLU 18-1 in 2025 in the first-ever game between the schools.
Statistically-speaking: Whitworth is averaging 11.8 goals per game (fourth in the NWC). The Pirates have allowed 12.4 goals per game, which ranks seventh in the conference.
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 47 career games, she is the Pirates' career leader in goals (181), points (224), shots (306) and shots on-goal (254). She currently leads the Pirates, and ranks second in the NWC, in goals (60) and goals per game (4.00). She is fourth in the league in total points (79) and in points per game (5.27).
Watch on FloCollege: Like the rest of the Northwest Conference, Whitworth's home athletic events will be steamed through FloCollege in 2025-26. Fans can sign up to watch Pirate sports on the FloCollege portal. Registration is $116 for an annual subscription or $20 per month. Those who register with a .edu email address get a significant discount.
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: Whitworth will bring back up to six starters for the 2027 season when the Pirates return to action next February.
