Men's Soccer on Losing End of Tough Battle with CMS
Whittier College squared off against SCIAC rival
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps at Donald E. Graham Soccer Field on October
25. The teams combined for three goals in the first 20
minutes of the second half as the Stags edged out the 2-1
victory.
It was a physical battle throughout the contest. The Poets
struck first in the 50th minute when midfielder
Simon Ghebru '08 sent a perfect through-ball to
the foot of Nnadozie Nwkaeboie '09, who beat a
defender and bounced a shot off the opposite post and into the
net. Their lead did not last long; Claremont answered just
over four minutes later with a goal from Devin Graber. The
game-winner came in the 63rd minute from the Stags' Toby
Stopper, who put in the rebound of a shot that was initially saved
by Whittier goalkeeper, Paul Stepler-Camp
'10. Whittier fought hard to come back with a number
of scoring opportunities, but couldn't find the equalizer.
Stepler-Camp kept the Poets in the game with four of his six saves
coming in the second half.
The Poets have just two more games in the regular season.
October 27 brings the Occidental College Tigers to town for a
Homecoming showdown at 11am. Whittier will make up a
postponed game with La Verne on October 29 at 7pm.
