LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Women's soccer dropped its Wednesday night contest, 3-1 to Claremont-M-S at Patterson Field, October 16.
 
The Tigers played an impressive first half of ball, holding CMS scoreless, keeping attacks even at seven shots to four shots in favor of the Athenas. It was a five-minute stretch in the second half that made the difference.
 
The Athenas tallied all three goals between the 57^th and 62^nd minutes. The first came after a punt from the Oxy keeper found the head of a CMS midfielder then then an Athena right foot and the back of the net. Less than two minutes later an Athena corner resulted in a header goal, and déjà vu, the third CMS goal was another header from the same Athena on a corner.
 
Oxy came back on the attack later in the game as Anna Fukushima tallied her first goal of the season to salvage the shutout. Malia DeCastro placed a perfect pass into the box for Fukushima to do the rest.
 
The Tigers fell to 0-8-2 with the loss and 0-7-1 in SCIAC play. The Athenas picked up three points in conference with the victory and sit a point behind Pomona-Pitzer in third place in the SCIAC.