LOS ANGELES — Occidental lost to Ventura 18-10 and Cypress College 14-11 on Saturday.
In the first game against Ventura, Occidental generated 32 shots, three more than Ventura, but finished with 10 goals while Ventura converted 18 of 29 attempts.
Occidental opened with consecutive goals, with
Zane Derrod scoring at 6:18 and
Atticus Wahab-Holles finishing a
Lars Schubert assist at 4:55. Ventura answered with four straight goals to close the first quarter, then Occidental began the second with three in a row from
Danny Miller at 7:42 and
Miles McDaniel at 4:58 and 3:36.
Ventura responded with two Yohan Arizaga goals before halftime and scored four of the first five goals in the third quarter, while Occidental's answers came from Miller at 5:58 and McDaniel at 1:17.
Jake Eulenhoefer scored off a
Jack Davis assist at 7:34 in the fourth, but Ventura followed with six consecutive goals before
Nicholas Karamian scored twice for Occidental at 3:01 and 1:38. Ventura added the final goal at :00.
McDaniel led Occidental with three goals on four shots.
Zane Derrod finished with one goal and a team-high two assists.
Danny Miller scored twice on five shots and added a steal. Wahab-Holles recorded one goal, three steals and an exclusion drawn.
In game two on the day, Occidental generated 37 shots to Cypress' 27 but was held to one goal in both the first and fourth quarters.
After Cypress opened the scoring at 3:52 of the first quarter, Occidental answered when
Lars Schubert scored off a
Jack Davis assist at 2:56, but Cypress added the next two goals before the first quarter ended.
The teams traded early second-quarter goals before Occidental put together three straight scores, with
Nicholas Karamian converting a penalty shot at 4:21, Karamian scoring again on a power play from
Joey Gutierrez at 3:24 and
Zane Derrod finishing a
Jake Eulenhoefer feed at 2:11.
Cypress responded with two goals late in the second, while Derrod scored again at :40 and then opened Occidental's third-quarter scoring at 7:20 on another Eulenhoefer assist. Occidental continued to answer in the third through Davis at 5:45,
Lucas Washburn at 4:20 and Gutierrez on a power play at 1:19, but Cypress scored at :02 and added the first three goals of the fourth quarter.
Gutierrez gave Occidental its final goal at 1:18 before Cypress closed the scoring with a penalty shot at :34, leaving Cypress with a 14-11 advantage.
Zane Derrod scored three goals on 10 shots and added a steal. Eulenhoefer recorded three assists and two steals. Gutierrez finished with two goals, an assist, two steals and an exclusion drawn.
Will Garcia posted eight saves and two steals in goal.
The Tigers will be back in action on Wednesday, October 21st in Claremont, CA taking on the CMS Stags at 7:00pm in a SCIAC matchup.
