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Tigers finish fifth at SCIAC Tournament The Occidental College men’s water polo team concluded their 2010 campaign with a 2-1 weekend at the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament hosted at Pomona-Pitzer. On day one the Tigers fell 15-8 to eventual tournament champion Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, but rebounded with 21-8 and 9-8 victories over Caltech and the University of La Verne on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.

On opening day, a trio of Tigers scored multiple goals against the Stags, but turnovers hurt the squad as they lost possession 17 times.

Greg Benz and Tai McDermott each recorded a hat trick with Brendan Whitmore scoring the final two Oxy goals in the game. Joe Reynolds was responsible for four of the six assists. The Black and Orange were able to convert four man-up situations in the game. <

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Record Setting Tigers Add One More Honor The Black and Orange added another honor to their recording breaking season, as the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference awards were announced today, and for the first time in program history the Freshman of the Year honor was taken home by a Tiger.  Receiving SCIAC Freshman of the Year was outside hitter Stephanie Gann, joining her on the all conference team was fellow freshman Madyson Cassidy, and taking home her second consecutive all conference honors was sophomore Logan Boyer-Hayse.

The Tigers finished the season 25-8, with a 10-4 mark in the SCIAC, clinching second place in the conference by two games over the University of La Verne, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and Pomona Pitzer, who all finished in a three way tie for third place. 

The second place finish was the best conference finish for the Tigers since 1992 and the 25 wins is a new program record.  During the season Oxy strung together winning streaks of 10 and 12, the latter the new longest mark in program history.

Oxy advanced to the SCIAC postseason tournament, the first playoff berth of any kind since 1983, but were denied an NCAA berth because of a couple of tough road losses late in the season and the puzzling fact that their was no West regional site selected in 2010.  The Tigers were 5^th in the West Region at the end of the regular season, slipping from the 3^rd position that they had held the previous two weeks, but the NCAA selected only the top four teams from the West to advance to the 63 team field.

The end of the 2010 campaign also marks the end of a career, as senior captain and four year starter Kathryn Bockmon finishes her run in the Black and Orange, having won just 14 matches her first two seasons, she leaves averaging 20 wins in her final two.

Returning in 2011 will be sophomore outside hitter Logan Boyer-Hayse, who is ranked in the top ten nationally in kills per game, plus five freshmen who started all season for the Tigers.  Freshman setter Jessie Altman, named all tournament at the Marriott “Spike It Up” Classic, dished out 949 assists this season (a new freshman record) while Cassidy finished with 583 digs, good enough to be only one of two freshman named to the SCIAC all conference team.  Fellow starting freshmen Alyssa Mort, who smashed a career high 13 kills in her final match, along with talented middle blocker Aly Fritz will also be back for their sophomore campaigns.

With the core of the team returning in 2011, the Tigers could be planning on breaking a few more records.

Stags defeat the Tigers in the last home game of the season

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Nov. 6, 2010) – With 4:15 left to play, Occidental quarterback Luke Collis fired a pass that bounced off his receiver’s shoulder pads and into the arms of a Claremont-Mudd-Scripps defender.

It was that kind of day for the Tigers, who just couldn’t seem to take control of the ball and gain momentum when they needed it most.

In front of a packed house of 2000 at Patterson Field, Oxy saw the visiting Stags sack quarterback Luke Collis five times and rush for 310 yards on 53 carries en route to a 33-17 victory over the Tigers on homecoming weekend.

For Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, it was their first win against Occidental in eight years.

The scoring began early for the Stags, who found the end zone just 8:29 into the game on a one-yard run by quarterback Peter Kimmey. It was the first of two rushing touchdowns for the sophomore, who finished the game with 105 yards on the ground and 114 through the air.

Occidental responded in the second quarter, though, posting an eight-play, 71-yard drive that ended in a 27-yard field goal by kicker Joshua Mun. Les

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Explosive ending to home opener for polo players For the first time in 2010 the Occidental College men’s water polo team played at home. In the friendly confines of Taylor Pool, with the bleachers packed and the crowd thoroughly involved, the Tigers left the deck with a 18-17 victory over the visiting Vanguard University Lions in non-conference play.

A close battle, in which the teams were never separated by more than three goals, came down to the final possessions of the game.

When Richard Dybas scored a behind-the-back no-look goal, followed by a fist pump and a roar from the crowd, Oxy tied the game up 16-16 with 1:50 left on the clock.

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Late life pushes Tigers past Poets as Oxy keeps the Shoes It had been three weeks since the Tigers took the field following back-to-back bye weeks. They returned, not only to play their 2010 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference opener against Whittier College, but with a little bit of extra incentive. That motivation comes in the form of a pair of a trophy with a pair of bronzed shoes, which, with a 25-22 victory tonight at Patterson Field, the Black and Orange hoisted following a late surge to come-from-behind in a see-saw battle.

Whittier and Occidental each scored on their first possession of the game, by way of a 37 yard field goal and a 14-yard completion from Luke Collis to Bobby Phillips with a point after knocked through the upright by Joshua Mun, respectively.

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