Box Score The University of Redlands men's soccer team posted a first-half goal and held on for the 1-0 victory against the Sagehens of Pomona-Pitzer Colleges during Thursday night's Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) Postseason Tournament semi-final match on Farquhar Field.
Junior forward Jamie Griffin (Seattle, WA), who currently leads the conference in points and goals, continued his breakout season by notching the lone goal of the contest in the 40th minute. Senior midfielder Ethan Low (Langley, WA) started off the play with a nice through-ball down to the left corner where senior defender Danny Connors (Lake Oswego, OR) redirected it back to the middle of the field. Griffin blasted the ball past the Sagehen goalkeeper, earning his 10th netter of the season and fifth in the last four games.
Both teams put up a number of shots during the match, registering 24 between them with Redlands edging Pomona-Pitzer by a 13-11 margin.
Freshman goalkeeper Andreas Silva (San Jose, CA) kept up his solid play between the pipes by collecting his 11th victory of the 2010 campaign. He recorded four saves in the process.
With the win, the top-seeded Bulldogs (13-2-2) host the SCIAC Postseason Tournament final at Farquhar Field on Saturday night at 7 p.m. against conference rival and second-seeded Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges. The Stags defeated Whittier College in overtime by a score of 1-0 earlier tonight.
