EAGLE ROCK, Calif. -
James Gomez had his first career hat trick to lead the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's soccer team to a dominant 5-0 win over Occidental on Saturday.
With the win, CMS improves to 9-4-3 overall and 5-2-2 in the SCIAC, picking up three big road points to move into a tie for second in league play. Occidental slips to 5-6-4 overall and 3-3-3 in league play with the loss.
Daniel Zhu opened the scoring in the 17th minute when he put a shot unto the upper-right corner. Gomez made it a 2-0 game when he scored off an assist from
Sean Lee at the 25:55 mark of the first half.
Early in the second half, Gomez added his second goal to push the lead to 3-0, this time off a pass from
Collin Ross, at the 48:54 mark. Gomez then salted the game away with his third goal in the 70th minute, before
Issey Lancelot finished off the scoring with 1:45 left to make the final 5-0.
Occidental actually held a 16-15 edge in shots, although the Stags were protecting a lead for most of the contest. CMS also had a 9-4 edge in shots on target.
The Stags will be back in action when they host Caltech on Saturday for a Senior Day contest.
