2016-17 Women's Lacrosse News
Individual and team academic honors for women's lacrosse
July 26, 2017
The academic recognition continued to roll in for Panther teams with the Chapman University women’s lacrosse taking its turn to grab the headline. The Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association recognized Chapman as an IWLCA Zag Sports Academic Honor Squad, as well as giving special recognition to five student-athletes.
SCIAC recognizes 178 Panthers on All-Academic team, every Chapman team above a 3.0
July 06, 2017
An impressive number of Chapman University student-athletes were again recognized for their work in the classroom. The Panthers placed 178 student-athletes on the SCIAC’s annual All-Academic team, the conference announced on Thursday.
Oliaro nominated for NCAA Woman of the Year
June 30, 2017
Recently graduated women’s lacrosse student-athlete Tessa Oliaro was recently nominated for the NCAA Women of the Year. The NCAA announced its list of nominees in a release this week.
Wachtel, Mackin, Watts selected to IWLCA All-Region team
May 12, 2017
Junior Becka Wachtel highlighted three selections from the Chapman University women’s lacrosse team to the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association All-West Region team. Wachtel earned First Team honors with seniors Kelsey Mackin and Dillan Watts joining her on the Second Team.
Women's lacrosse falls to CMS in SCIAC title match
May 06, 2017
Junior Danielle Zahn scored a hat trick but the Chapman University women’s lacrosse team fell 18-9 in the SCIAC Tournament title match. The Panthers made their second consecutive appearance in the tournament finale.
Chapman Athletics announces annual department award winners
May 04, 2017
Chapman University Athletics celebrated all the successes of the past year with its annual Jog-a-thon on Friday and announced its annual senior departmental awards. The Panthers awarded male and female Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards, as well as male and female Leadership awards.
Women's lacrosse runs past Oxy into SCIAC title match
April 29, 2017
Junior Becka Wachtel scored five goals to lead the Chapman University women’s lacrosse team to a 17-10 win over Occidental in the SCIAC semifinal. Wachtel scored three of a five-goal run that put Chapman firmly in command.
Six Panthers earn All-SCIAC honors
April 28, 2017
The Chapman University women’s lacrosse team landed six selections on the All-SCIAC teams, announced today by the conference. Four Panthers earned First Team selections with two more being selected to the Second Team.
Women's lacrosse hosts Oxy in SCIAC semifinal
April 28, 2017
Chapman finished the regular season in second place with a record of 10-6 and enter the SCIAC Tournament as the No. 2 seed, their highest seed since entering the conference five years ago.
Women's lacrosse falls in regular season home finale
April 19, 2017
The Chapman University women’s lacrosse team dropped its regular season home finale 20-1 to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps. With the loss, the Athenas clinched the top seed in the SCIAC Tournament and the Panthers clinched the No. 2 seed.
Wachtel becomes second Panther in a row to earn SCIAC weekly honors
April 17, 2017
Junior Becka Wachtel eight-goal week has landed her the SCIAC’s women’s lacrosse Athlete of the Week honors. With Wachtel leading the attack, the Panthers won their fifth straight and locked up the No. 2 seed in the SCIAC Tournament. This is the second week in a row in which a Panther has been honored as Athlete of the Week.
Panthers defeat Redlands on senior night
April 15, 2017
The Chapman University women’s lacrosse team got a senior-night victory tonight against the visiting Redlands, coming from behind to win 11-6. Seniors Becka Wachtel and Stacey Zuppa led the offense on their night, each recording a hat trick.
Zuppa earns SCIAC weekly honors
April 10, 2017
Junior Stacy Zuppa earned SCIAC Athlete of the Week honors after leading the Panthers to a big win over Pomona-Pitzer with one of her biggest matches of the year.
#D3week featured student-athlete: Tessa Oliaro, women's lacrosse
April 06, 2017
Last year, senior Tessa Oliaro spent her morning speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony for Chapman’s new Center for Science & Technology alongside then-President Jim Doti and then helped the women’s lacrosse team to a SCIAC Quarterfinal win just a few hours later.
Chapman dominates visiting Linfield 17-1
March 31, 2017
The Chapman University women’s lacrosse team routed the visiting Linfield College 17-1 tonight at Wilson Field. The Panthers were led by sophomore Danielle Zahn who had four goals on the night.
Women's lacrosse drops nailbiter to IWU
March 15, 2017
The Chapman University women’s lacrosse team suffered its first home loss of the season in a tightly contested 10-9 match with Illinois Wesleyan. The two teams went back and forth late in the second half before the Titans pulled ahead for the win.