The Whittier College men's soccer team got a game-tying goal from DJ Covarrubias '11 midway through the first half, but SCIAC rival Occidental College came back with three unanswered goals to take the 4-1 victory in Los Angeles, Calif., on October 3.  The Poets fall to 1-8-1 overall and 1-5-1 in conference play.

Occidental got the scoring started in the 18^th minute, when Ben Waters scored the first of his three goals on the day.  Covarrubias scored the equalizer in the 24^th minute for the Poets.  It looked as if the first half would come to a close with a 1-1 score line, but twenty seconds before the halftime whistle, Aaron Mun scored what would prove to be the game-winning goal for the Tigers.  Occidental took 15 shots in the first half.  The Poets took just three shots, but all three were on goal. 

In the second half, the score remained 2-1 until the 79^th minute when Waters collected a rebound off the post and buried it in the back of the net for his second of the day.  He completed the hat trick in the 88^th minute, this time using his head to redirect a corner kick from David Rosenberg, making the final score 4-1.  Whittier goalkeeper, Paul Stepler-Camp '10 made four saves in the game.  He faced 24 shots from the Tiger offense.

The Poets are at home for their next contest against Claremont-Mudd-Scripps on October 5.  The SCIAC game is scheduled to kick-off at 11am.