Photo by: Nicole Gervais

LA VERNE, Calif. – The Whittier women's water polo team was outscored 5-1 in the fourth quarter as it dropped a 13-7 decision to Cal Lutheran in the fifth place game of the 2011 SCIAC Tournament Sunday afternoon at La Verne.

The Poets went into the intermission tied at 6-6 but were outscored 7-1 in the final 16 minutes. Whittier was held without a goal in the third quarter and faced a 12-6 fought quarter deficit before getting on the board.

Veronica Becerra ended the drought with a at the 1:36 mark of the final stanza.

The Regals scored the game's first two goals but Katrina Thoreson finished back-to-back goals at 4:07 and 3:32 of the first to tie the game at 2-2.

Alex Reddin gave the Poets its first lead of the game as she followed the two Thoreson goals at the 1:34 mark.

CLU scored two goals in the final 1:11 to hold a 4-3 advantage after one quarter.

Laurel Pinkley opened the second frame with a goal at 5:48 and Thoreson put away her third of the game to reclaim the lead for the Poets.

Reddin scored her second of the game to stop a two goal run by CLU a mere 13 seconds before the end of the half.