Stags Outscore Tigers on the Road

CLAREMONT, Calif. (Oct. 20, 2007) – Occidental water polo dropped its second straight SCIAC game with a 12-5 loss to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps yesterday on the road.

The Tigers fell behind early, as the Stags took a 5-2 first quarter lead and added four uncontested goals in the second for a 9-2 halftime advantage. Oxy came back with two in the third and limited CMS to only one, but the damage was already done. In the final period of play the Tigers added another while the Stags came up with a pair, for the 12-5 final.

More than half of Oxy’s offense came from junior Cameron Brahmst who scored three while Austen Oliver and Abiel Garcia added the other two scores. Brahmst stole the ball from CMS twice and Garcia drew three exclusions and had the only Oxy assist of the game. Blair Bergsteinsson blocked 10 shots in front of the cage.

Tomorrow the Tigers will host Division I Stanford at Taylor Pool with a 4:00 p.m. start.