LOS ANGELES — No. 10 Occidental (7-20, 1-10 SCIAC) lost to No. 4 Redlands (12-12, 8-3 SCIAC) 18-13 on Wednesday at De Mandel Aquatics Center. Occidental matched Redlands with 33 shots and scored five goals in the third quarter after Redlands outscored it 7-3 in the first quarter.
Redlands scored first at 6:53, but Occidental answered with
Zane Derrod's goal at 6:29 before the teams continued trading early chances.
Nicholas Karamian scored off
Joey Gutierrez's assist at 4:57 and
Danny Miller added a goal at 2:44, but Redlands put together four consecutive goals in the first quarter.
Occidental stayed involved in the second quarter, getting goals from Miller at 5:59, Karamian on a penalty shot at 4:31 and
Lucas Washburn at 2:59, before Redlands closed the half with two goals. Redlands then added the first four goals of the third quarter, but Occidental responded with three straight from Karamian at 4:33, Gutierrez at 3:56 and
Jake Eulenhoefer at 3:24.
After a Redlands goal at 1:50,
Kevin Castellanos scored twice late in the third quarter, and Occidental added fourth-quarter goals from Gutierrez at 5:09 and Derrod at :01. Both teams took 33 shots, with Occidental scoring 13 times and Redlands finishing with 18 goals, including five on power plays.
Karamian scored three goals and added an assist on six shots.
Joey Gutierrez finished with two goals, two assists, four steals and two field blocks.
Zane Derrod added two goals, two assists and a field block.
Danny Miller scored two goals on two shots and drew three exclusions.
Occidental wraps up their regular season on Friday, November 13th at 7:00pm when Pomona-Pitzer visits De Mandel Aquatics Center for a SCIAC match up.
