LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Feb. 28, 2009) – For the second straight weekend the Tigers were swept in Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference action on the diamond against Pomona-Pitzer this weekend.

After an 18-4 routing on Anderson Field Friday afternoon, the Tigers traveled to Claremont, Calif. where they challenged the Sagehens in game one of a twin bill on Saturday, losing 9-4, before PP completed the sweep handing Oxy an 8-1 loss in the series finale.

On Friday Occidental managed to collect just four hits while Pomona-Pitzer connected for 19 hits, scoring 18 runs. First baseman Drew Hedman produced more offense than the entire Oxy team as he hit for the cycle, driving in five, scoring three runs as he was 4-for-5 at the plate. Overall this weekend he was 7-for-11 with three homeruns and eight RBIs.

PP opened up a 6-0 lead before Oxy got on the board in the fourth when Kieran Doherty singled and scored. The Sagehens responded with six runs in both the fifth and sixth innings. The Tigers tacked on three more in the Nick Saraceni singled to lead off the eighth inning and scored when Doherty walked with the bases loaded. Casey Harms was hit by a pitch, scoring another run and then Richie Veihl lifted a sac fly to left, scoring the final run of the game for the Tigers.

Saturday in game one PP again got out to an early lead again thanks to Hedman who homered in his first at-bat. Trailing 4-0 in the third Oxy plated a pair of runs, cutting the deficit to two with a two-out rally. Anthony Salsedo, Jason Jebbia (double) and Kevin Ozaki connected for three consective hits. In the fourth inning Oxy closed the gap even more, when Dale Garrett doubled and scored on Veihl's single to center, pulling the score to 4-3.

That was as close as the Tigers would get though. In the bottom of the frame the Sagehens promptly added three more runs on back-to-back doubles, a walk and another double. A solo homerun gave PP another run in the fifth and they scored again in the eighth. Doherty singled and Garrett lifted a sac fly to right for the final Oxy run of the game.

In the final game of the series Occidental struck first when Salsedo led off the game with a single and Doherty scored him on a single to center. But that was all the offense the Tigers would muster in the game as Pomona-Pitzer scored at least one run in five different innings and cruised to an 8-1 victory.

Ross Pomerantz, Matthew Jones and Noel Banuelos were all tagged with the losses.

Salsedo collected four hits and stole a base and Doherty finished the weekend with three hits and two RBIs. Vehil drove in three. Garrett and Jebbia were responsible for the only two extra-base hits of the series.

Occidental falls to 8-7, 0-6 SCIAC entering a non-conference stretch of games beginning next Tuesday. The Tigers will be on the road against Vanguard University, but will then return home for a seven-game home stand beginning on Monday, March 9 at 11:00 a.m. against Bridgewater College (VA).