Oxy Holds Off Pomona-Pitzer
# 26 Rob Riccardi and # 12 Fran Taylor celebrate after taking a 2-1 lead against Pomona-Pitzer (Photo: Tracy Maple).
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Sept. 27, 2008) – On a hot, sunny Southern California Saturday afternoon the Occidental College Tigers held off the Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens to gain a 3-2 victory in an exciting SCIAC game on the Lower Soccer Field.
Just before the mid-way point of the game
sophomore Rob Riccardi broke away from the rest of the players on
the field and found the back of the net to give the Tigers a 1-0
halftime lead.
Pomona-Pitzer stormed back with a goal by Andrew Stamm on an assist from Zach Burke in the 49th minute to knot the game at 1-1.
The teams battled before senior forward Fran Taylor scored on an assist from freshman James Kornfield, in the 66th minute giving the Tigers a 2-1 advantage. Oxy quickly added to its lead in the 70th minute when Taylor and Deryck Lim combined to feed a pass to Riccardi who added his second score of the game and the ultimate winning goal, putting Oxy up by a 3-1 margin.
The Hens cut the deficit to one with a 78th minute goal from Dylan Farrell with an assist from Stamm, but that was all the scoring that this game would see.
PP outshot Oxy 24 to 15 in the contest with Charlie Balter and freshman Andrew Larkin recording five and 10 saves in front of his respective goal.
Occidental improves to 3-3 overall, 3-1 in SCIAC play while Pomona-Pitzer falls to 3-2-1, 1-1-1.
Oxy will be back on the field next Wednesday when they travel to the University of Redlands to face off with the Bulldogs at 4:00 p.m.
