LA VERNE, Calif. — Occidental (6-12, 0-4 SCIAC) lost to La Verne (6-7, 1-3 SCIAC) 14-13 on Wednesday at Las Flores Pool. Occidental scored five power-play goals and finished with 28 shots, while La Verne totaled 30 shots.
Danny Miller scored for Occidental at 6:57 of the first quarter, and after La Verne answered, Miller struck again at 6:26 before
Joey Gutierrez and
Zane Derrod added first-quarter goals.Â
Miller opened the second quarter at 7:04, but La Verne followed with three consecutive goals before Occidental responded through Gutierrez at 2:19 and Derrod at 1:12, then Derrod scored again with :01 left after a late La Verne goal.Â
La Verne scored the first three goals of the third quarter, while
Nicholas Karamian answered for Occidental with power-play goals at 1:30 and :50 before La Verne closed the third quarter with another score.Â
In the fourth quarter, Gutierrez scored back-to-back power-play goals at 4:00 and 3:25 after an early La Verne goal, but La Verne recorded the next two goals before Karamian scored for Occidental with :01 remaining.
Gutierrez scored four goals on four shots and added two assists and a field block.
Zane Derrod finished with three goals, two assists and a steal. Karamian tallied three goals and one assist on six shots.
Lars Schubert recorded two assists and drew four exclusions.
