PASADENA, Calif. — No. 9 Occidental (7-15, 1-5 SCIAC) defeated Caltech (6-12, 0-7 SCIAC) 20-6 on Saturday. Occidental scored six times in both the first and fourth quarters and limited Caltech to one goal in each of the middle two quarters.
Occidental scored first on
Nicholas Karamian's power-play goal at 6:38, assisted by
Daron Alexanians, and after Caltech answered at 6:29, Occidental put together a three-goal stretch from 6:10 to 4:39.
Caltech scored again at 3:35, but Occidental followed with goals at 2:04 and :35 to close the first quarter's scoring. Occidental added the first two goals of the second quarter at 7:39 and 7:12, Caltech responded at 6:50, and
Joey Gutierrez scored at :43 for the final goal before halftime.
Occidental opened the third quarter with three straight goals at 7:35, 5:46 and 4:05, and after Carl Crum scored for Caltech at 3:28, Occidental answered with
Mark Chou at 1:21 and Alexanians on a power-play goal at :23.
The fourth quarter followed a similar pattern: Occidental scored at 7:28, 6:59 and 6:38 before Caltech's 6:07 goal, then added goals at 5:38, 1:07 and :38 before Caltech closed the scoring at :24. Occidental finished with 20 goals on 33 shots, including four power-play goals, while Caltech had six goals on 23 shots and two power-play goals.
Gutierrez led Occidental with three goals and added an assist on three shots. Alexanians finished with two goals, two assists, one steal and two exclusions drawn.
Noah Emmitt collected a team-high four steals and drew two exclusions.
Danny Miller added a goal, three steals and four exclusions drawn.
The Tigers next game will be a matchup with the Whittier College Poets on Wednesday, October 28th at 7pm in Los Angeles, CA.
