REDLANDS, Calif. – The University of Redlands Men's Soccer team (3-6-4, 1-3-3 SCIAC) held leads of 2-0 and 3-1 but had to settle for a 3-3 draw at Farquhar Field Saturday evening against Whittier College.

Each side forced a save by the other in the seventh minute with Anders Beckton (Seattle, WA) earning an attempt and Benjamin Legrand (Las Vegas, NV) making a sliding defensive save at the goal line to keep the game scoreless.  

In the 13^th minute Zachary Darmanyan (San Diego, CA) had his shot blocked, which was picked up by Taylor Bell (Highland, CA) who then finished for a 1-0 U of R lead. It was his first of the season.

A few minutes later Darmanyan slipped a ball to Beckton inside the penalty area where he one-timed a shot past the diving Poet keeper for a quick 2-0 advantage in the first 18 minutes.

After allowing Whittier to pull a goal back in the 25^th minute, Beckton found Connor Claborn (Santa Clarita, CA) three minutes later to re-establish the Maroon and Grey's two-goal lead, 3-1.

Starting Bulldog keeper Jason Salmeron (Winnetka, CA) made one save the rest of the first half as the Bulldogs were in strong position leading 3-1.

In the first nine minutes of the second 45 the Poets got three shot attempts, but none were of concern for Salmeron.

Claborn and a Poet then forced each keeper into save opportunities through 65 minutes. Following a stretch of 10 minutes with no dangerous looks, Whittier again got to within one in the 79^th minute. They then tied the game in the 85^th.

The final three looks for the Bulldogs all came from Beckton who forced a save, had a shot inside the box blocked, and in the final seconds had an attempt from around 25 yards out on a fastbreak that hit off the side of his foot and went wide of the goal as the final horn sounded.

As one would expect in a game with six combined goals the two sides combined for 34 shots (18-17) and had 14 shots on goal (7-7). There were also 24 fouls and three yellow cards.

Redlands will get another opportunity at home this coming Wednesday, October 15 at 7:00 p.m. when they host Chapman University for the first time since the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) Tournament Semi-Final last November.