LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Sept. 25, 2010) – Playing at Occidental College for the first time in nearly three weeks, the Tigers drew a large crowd to Patterson Field where the Black and Orange looked offensively to sophomore Alex Nicholson and defensively to senior goalkeeper Robin Feldman as Oxy posted a 2-0 victory in Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference action pushing their win streak to four games.

At the 29:40 mark Nicholson took a shot from 30 yards out that curled its way into the back of the net, clearing the cross bar by just over a foot. A minute and 12 seconds later she punched in another goal giving the Tigers a quick 2-0 lead.

The defense stepped up as well, with Feldman leading the pack making a diving stop at the corner of the goal with 10 minutes to play in the opening stanza. Again she kept the shutout intact with an air bound grab in the 40^th minute of action. Her fifth save of the half came with 2:03 remaining before the break and she came out of the cage to keep the Sagehens scoreless.

After the intermission, Occidental (5-1, 3-0 SCIAC) and Pomona-Pitzer remained scoreless although the Sagehens threatened with under a minute to play. A foul allowed PP to set up their shot and while it was a valiant effort by the Hens, Feldman once again came up huge, making her seventh and final block of the evening.

Pomona-Pitzer out shot Occidental 9-8 in the contest.

On Wednesday, Sept. 29 the Black and Orange hit the road again when they travel to Whittier College to face off with the Poets who are currently 3-3-1, 1-2 in SCIAC play. Teams will kick off at 7:00 p.m. at Memorial Stadium. If you can't make it out, watch the game via Live Stats and listen in to the Live Audio feed.  

Article by Tracy Maple, Sports Information Director