In a battle of winless teams trying to fight their way out of the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference cellar, Whittier College used a five-play, 93-yard drive with 2:35 remaining for the winning score to hand the Leopards their seventh consecutive loss, 21-14, Saturday afternoon at Ortmayer Stadium.
Looking for their first victory of the year, the Leopards played with all their hearts but could not overcome 24 first-half points by Claremont-Mudd-Scripps as well as a crucial non-score late in the game en route to their fourth straight loss, 31-17, Saturday afternoon at Ortmayer Stadium.
In front of more than 500 fans at Ortmayer Stadium, the University of La Verne football team earned its first Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference win in two years Saturday as the Leopards defeated Occidental College, 24-22.
The University of La Verne football squad took on Whittier last Saturday in a Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference battle at Newman Stadium on Whittier's campus, in which the Poets marched their way to a victory by a score of 33-12.