Edward Baker '10 scored a late second half goal to tie the game as Whittier College finished in a 2-2 tie with Pomona-Pitzer Colleges at Donald E. Graham Soccer Field on September 22.  Last season, Pomona outscored Whittier 10-2 in two games.  The Poets are now 0-6-1 overall and 0-3-1 in SCIAC play.

After a night of heavy rain and even more showers during the contest, the Poets had to come from behind twice on a slick field to earn the tie.  Pomona started the scoring in the 22^nd minute, when a cross slipped through the hands of Whittier goalkeeper Paul Stepler-Camp '10 and landed at the feet of Andrew Stamm for an easy tap in.  As the half came to a close and the rain began to fall again, the Poets tied things up in the 38^th minute.  Simon Ghebru '08 scored on a cross from Chris Garror '11 to make the score 1-1 at halftime.

The Sagehens took the lead for a second time in the 72^nd minute, when Kyle Hill got past the Whittier defense and found the back of the net on a break away.  It wasn't until the 88^th minute that Baker scored the game's final goal, after Nnadozie Nwokeabia '09 used a great individual effort to send a cross into the box that was headed down by Justin DeLong '10 and onto Baker's foot. 

The sudden death overtime periods saw no goals, and the game ended in the 2-2 tie.  Stepler-Camp made eight saves for the Poets, four in the overtime periods.  The two teams combined for 51 fouls and six yellow cards in a physical game.  The Poets took seven shots in the game, three of those were on goal.  The Sagehens took 19 shots. 

The Poets are in action again on September 26, when they continue conference play against the California Institute of Technology.  The game is scheduled to begin at 4pm in Pasadena, Calif.