LOS ANGELES, Calif. (March 22, 2009) – Chapman's two-time All-American Wayde Kitchens got the most of the Occidental College Tigers today on Anderson field as the home team fell 24-8 to the No. 11 ranked Panthers.

A shaky first inning put the Tigers back 7-0 from the start, a hole they could not claw their way out of. The black and orange trailed 10-0 in the fourth before the Tigers managed to score their first run of the game. Jason Jebbia drew a walk to lead things off and was driven in by Steve Schaffer after stealing second and advancing to third on an infield out.

After Chapman scored 10 more runs in the seventh and eighth innings, combined, Occidental sent 10 men to the plate in the eighth, scoring five additional runs. Again Jebbia scored, after doubling in a pair down the leftfield line. Dale Garrett drew a bases-loaded walk and scored on a sac fly by pinch hitter Gonzalo Villasmil, who also lifted a sac fly in the ninth. Nick Smallman and Ryan Falck also scored after pinch-hit walks.

In the ninth Richie Veihl doubled and scored, after singling and scoring in the eighth. Veihl, Garrett and Jebbia connected for three consecutive two-baggers as Oxy tacked on another pair of runs. 

Occidental (10-12) used seven different pitchers in the contest, Brooks Belter taking the loss, after surrendering seven first inning runs, although they were all unearned.

Jebbia finished the day 3-for-5 and Garrett was 1-for-1 as each player drove in two and scored twice.

The Tigers will get back into Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference action this Friday when they host the No. 19 California Lutheran University Kingsmen (17-5) at 3:00 p.m. on Anderson Field.