LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Sept. 26, 2007) – Both teams were undefeated entering the day and one would walk away with the top spot among the seven Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference teams. Today, the victory went to the Athenas of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps who outscored the Tigers 3-2 at the Lower Soccer Field on the campus of Occidental College.

In just the sixth minute of action CMS senior forward Megan Kum scored giving the Athenas an early advantage. Twenty minutes into the first half freshman Laura Hagen added to that lead with the second CMS goal of the contest.

Oxy freshman Jesi Sasaki cut the deficit to one after scoring eight minutes later.

Going into the half way point the Tigers trailed by one. The Athenas added their third and ultimate winning goal in the 47^th minute as Rebecca Pedroza found the back of the net. Senior Adrienne Spivak added the second Tigers' score of the game in the 50^th minute, but both teams remained scoreless for the final 40 minutes of play.

Guarding the cages for their respective teams Camila Friedman-Gerlicz (CMS) and Melissa Wagner (OXY) each recorded eight saves.

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps took 16 shots, one more than the Tigers, but Oxy finished with six corner kicks to the Athenas' five.

Occidental's four game win-streak was snapped with the loss and puts them at 4-2 overall, 3-1 in SCIAC play while CMS improves to 7-3, 5-0 SCIAC.

The Tigers will be back in action on Saturday when they travel to Cal Lutheran to take on the Regals who are 2-5-1, 1-1-1 SCIAC entering a Wednesday evening match-up with Redlands.