FALL SPORTS ROUNDUP : Occidental No Match for Claremont

Last month, the Occidental men’s soccer team played one of its best matches of the season against conference-rival Claremont, losing in double overtime to the Stags, ranked No. 2 in Division III.

Wednesday’s rematch at Claremont, however, was a different story as Claremont raced to a three-goal lead at halftime en route to a 5-0 win in a Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference match.

“We couldn’t generate any offense at all and we didn’t play defense well, either,” Occidental Coach Lowell Thomas said. “You can’t afford to play sloppy against a team that good and expect to do very well.”

Occidental fell to 6-8-2, 5-4-2 in conference play.

In another soccer match:

Cal Lutheran 3, Caltech 2--Casey Pirih and Ricky Meyers hooked up on both the giving and receiving end to lead Cal Lutheran in a nonconference match at Caltech.

Myers scored unassisted at the 14-minute mark to give CLU (11-5-1) a 1-0 lead. Pirih scored six minutes later on an assist from Jesse Gallegos for a 2-0 lead.

Myers scored Cal Lutheran’s final goal on an assist from Pirih at the 48-minute mark.

College Wrestling

Moorpark 22, Bakersfield 21--Bakersfield needed a pin in the final match to secure a tie, but Moorpark heavyweight David Mitchell managed to hold off George Anderson, 20-5, to keep the Raiders unbeaten in Western State Conference competition.

Moorpark (6-1-1, 2-0) won several lopsided matches in building a big lead. In the 188-pound class, Moorpark’s Delfino Ochoa defeated Steve Ward, 21-6. At 190 pounds, Moorpark’s Carson Wollert beat Steve Sherr, 16-4. Tony Flores of Moorpark defeated Jim Frolic, 14-5, at 177 pounds.

Robbie Cook (134 pounds), Doug Roberts (142) and Serge Mezheritsky (150) also secured wins.

High School Volleyball

Taft d. Kennedy, 15-3, 15-12, 15-8--Lynn Pinkus had 14 kills for Taft in a West Valley League match at Kennedy.

Chris Veeck had six kills and three stuff blocks for Taft (3-5 in league play). Ali Pickett had eight kills for Kennedy.

Cleveland d. Canoga Park, 15-2, 15-13, 10-15, 15-10--Freshman middle blocker Michele Diana had a season-high 17 kills to lead Cleveland in a North Valley League match at Canoga Park.

Cleveland is 9-3, 5-3.

High School Tennis

Agoura 10, La Reina 8--Tricia Silverman won three sets at No. 1 singles to propel Agoura to a nonleague win at home.