Newport ties up Harvard-Westlake

Newport Harbor High’s field hockey team traded goals with host

Harvard-Westlake Tuesday at Moorpark College and both teams dueled to

a 2-2 Sunset League standoff.

“We did well to come out of here with a tie,” said Newport Coach

Sharon Wolfe, whose team began the day in second place in league

behind Edison.

Harbor tied the game at 1-1 with 15:51 left in the second half wen

Tiffany Vandersloot scored off an assist from Kirsten Chamberlain and

following a Harvard goal a few minutes later, Chloe Cox knotted the

score at 2 off an assist from Kaley Nix.

Sailor goalkeeper Amanda Wittman made five saves on the Astroturf

field.

“Amanda had a great game in goal,” Wolfe said. “Last year she had

a couple games on the turf that helped her play aggressively today.”

Tuesday’s game marked the return of Danielle Pfaff and Lauren

Curtis to the Sailors’ lineup, which keyed the team’s aggressiveness,

according to Wolfe.

“With our starters back in it allowed us to get Jillian Whitfield

up on the front line,” Wolfe said. “Jillian had four or five long

hits from the right side and. That and (Vandersloot) playing some

midfield ignited us.”

The Sailors (12-0-3, 6-0-3 in league) return to action at Harper

Community Center Thursday against Glendora at 3:15 p.m.