Tigers Fall on Friday Afternoon

CLAREMONT, Calif. (April 24, 2009) - Occidental softball dropped a pair of Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference games to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (26-10, 15-7 SCIAC) on the road, 8-0  and 7-3.

Oxy was shut-out in the first game, a five inning affair and clawed back from a 5-0 deficit in game two to plate three runs in the fourth and fifth innings, combined, but that was all they would get on the day.

Gabriela Chavez was 2-for-3 with a walk and run scored and Tasha Serna-Gallegos and Rebecca Nashleanas collected two hits apiece, as well. Alyssa Escalante doubled in the fifth as the only extra-base hit of the game for Oxy and scored one of the three runs in the game.

The Tigers are 13-22 overall with a 2-20 SCIAC mark entering the final day of the 2009 season. Oxy will host the University of La Verne (26-12, 15-7) who sit tied for second in the league standings.

Teams will take the field at 12:00 p.m. for game one of the double-header.