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Nov 11, 2006

Football Loses in Season Finale, Poets Give up 20 points in 4th Quarter


Whittier College held a 30-14 lead after three quarters, but it slipped away in the final stanza as the Poets lost 34-30 to Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference leader, Occidental College on November 11.  The Poets finish their season 2-7 overall and 1-5 in SCIAC play.

Josh Scurlock '08 completed 21 of 42 passes for 239 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions.  Albert Williams '08 caught eight passes for 77 yards.  Shawn Briggs '08 finished with seven receptions for 99 yards and a touchdown.  Anthony Pomponio '09 and Jacob Limon '08 each had a rushing touchdown.

On the defensive side of the ball, Arlo Castelo '09 led the way with 7.5 tackles.  Dustin Jones '07 had five tackles and recovered a fumble.  Jared Izidoro '08 had two sacks and an interception.  Chasen Eddow '08 had a sack and an interception.  Sean Kuhn '09 added a sack and Donovan Maloney '09 had an interception.

The Poets forced an Occidental turnover on the first possession of the game and capitalized on their ensuing possession with a 31-yard field goal by Ben Walker '09.  It was the only score of the first quarter to give Whittier a 3-0 lead.  In the second quarter, the Tigers scored two touchdowns early, both on three-yard runs, to take a 14-3 lead with 11:43 left in the half.  Limon's touchdown run cut the Occidental lead to four at halftime.

The Poets dominated the third quarter, taking a 17-14 lead with 12:18 left on Pomponio's four-yard touchdown run.  Scurlock found Matt Reaber '09 in the end-zone for a 31-yard touchdown pass four minutes later to extend the lead to ten.  Whittier added another in the third, this time Scurlock found Briggs for a 41-yard strike.  30-14 Poets as they entered the final quarter.  Occidental fought back into the game with a 12-yard touchdown pass that capped a 15-play, 86-yard drive.  With 6:44 remaining, the Tigers struck again, this time from 15 yards out to cut the Poets' lead to two.  Occidental took the lead with 3:42 left in the game on a 13-yard touchdown pass.  The Poets' final possession ended with one minute remaining when a Scurlock pass was intercepted sealing the 34-30  victory for the Tigers.