THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (Oct. 17, 2009) – This morning on
the road the Occidental College women's soccer team handed
the Cal Lutheran University Regals their first loss of the month
when they posted a 2-0 win, scoring both goals in just over two
minutes during the second half.
Entering the morning the Tigers were out to redeemed themselves
from a 2-1 defeat to the Regals earlier this season and did just
that.
After a scoreless first half sophomore Liz
Martin scored the first and ultimate winning goal of the
day for the Tigers at the 60:37 mark. Her shot sailed over the save
attempt by CLU goalie Kristin Borzi.
Just a few moments later at the 62:49 mark, Alex
McHenry added the second and final Oxy goal of the game.
The Tigers improved to 6-0 this season when scoring two of more
goals in a game.
The shutout came in large part to the Tigers' defense
coupled with the efforts put forth by the Oxy goalie, Robin
Feldman. The junior keeper made five saves while
CLU's Borzi made four. Occidental took 15 shots while CLU had
12.
Today marked just the second time that CLU (9-3-2, 4-3-1 SCIAC)
has been shutout this year in 14 matches.
Occidental improves to 7-5 overall with a 5-4 league record.
With the win Oxy takes over the third spot in the SCIAC standings,
swapping places with CLU, who now holds onto the fourth spot.
On Wednesday, Oct. 21 the Tigers will travel to Pomona-Pitzer
where they will face off with the Sagehens who are currently 3-9-1,
2-5-1 SCIAC. Teams will kick off at 4:00 p.m.