LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Oct. 25, 2008) – An 82 minute battle turned ugly when Occidental College and the University of Redlands combined to score five goals in the final eight minutes of action as the Bulldogs defeated the Tigers 5-1 on Patterson Field in Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic conference action this morning.

After a scoreless first half the Bulldogs got on the board when Bryan Fakkema scored an unassisted goal in the 63rd minute of play.

The Bulldogs added a trio of scores in the 83rd and 84th minutes from Steve Chenes, Ross Schunk(on an assist from Gilbert Flores) and Alex Parker to give UR a 4-0 advantage.

Occidental quickly cut the deficit to 4-1 when Gilbert Ortega found the back of the net on a pass from Skylar Roush at the 89 minute mark.

UR struck again just 40 seconds before the end of regulation when Jamie Griffin rounded out the offense for the Bulldogs.

Evan Hobson and Alex Combs recorded three and seven saves, respectively, for the Bulldogs and Tigers.

Redlands outshot Oxy 16-10 and earned 10 corner kicks to the Tigers' one.

Occidental drops to 6-7-2, 6-5-1 SCIAC while Redlands improves to 13-4-1 with a SCIAC leading 11-0-1 record.

The Tigers will resume play on Wednesday when they host Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (6-6-4, 6-3-3 SCIAC) at 4:00 p.m. on the Lower Soccer Field.