THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (Sept. 27, 2008) – Coming off a 3-0 loss to Pomona-Pitzer in their home opener on Friday night the Tigers suffered the same result on Saturday evening at the hands of the # 19 Cal Lutheran Regals who won in straight sets in Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play.

Cal Lutheran jumped out with a commanding 25-7 victory in the first game before sitting the Tigers down 25-11 and hung on to a late run from Oxy to put the match away with a final game score of 25-21.

The Tigers looked to freshman Gwynn Davis for a team high five kills, followed by junior Nyki Dedic who tallied four.

Sophomore Kathryn Bockmon led the Tigers with both 11 assists and 10 digs while also adding the only Oxy service ace of the night. Ginger Grimes recorded nine digs on the night for the Tigers.

Regals sophomore Allison Kerr finished with a match high nine kills while senior setter Lindsey Benson led all players with 22 assists and senior Elicia Hildreth was tops with 11 digs.

CLU finished with 4.0 total team blocks while Oxy had 3.0 total team blocks.

The loss drops the Occidental overall record to 1-4, 0-3 in SCIAC play while Cal Lutheran improves to 10-4, 2-1.

The Tigers will be back on the court Tuesday, Sept. 30 when they travel to La Verne to take on the # 3 ranked Leopards at 7:30 p.m.