Box Score REDLANDS, CA. – The Pomona-Pitzer Football team fell on the road to SCIAC opponent Redlands 34-18 on Friday night at Ted Runner Stadium.
With the loss, the Sagehens now drop to 3-3 overall and 1-2 In conference play.
The Sagehens' offense was kept to a quiet night with just 255 yards of total offense. Evan Flitz threw for 222 yards with two touchdowns and Skylar Noble led the receivers with 76 yards and a score.
The Sagehen defense held Redlands on their first drive of the game and forced a punt to get the offense out on the field with a chance to take an early lead. The offense moved the ball initially on Redlands but a strip sack and an interception on the first two offensive drives for the Sagehens put them in a hole early on. The Bulldogs took advantage of the Sagehen miscues and converted a 30-yard touchdown run followed by a field goal to get 10 points off of the Pomona-Pitzer turnovers and held a 10-0 lead early in the second quarter.
Pomona-Pitzer got on the board midway through the second quarter with a field goal, but the Bulldogs caped off the second quarter with a 12-play, 73-yard drive to take a 17-3 lead at halftime.
Redlands held the Sagehens to a three-and-out to start the second half and then added three more off a field goal to extend the lead to 20-3, and with the Sagehens needing some instant offense, another interception on the following drive gave the Bulldogs the ball back in good field position. The Bulldogs would take advantage of the turnover and punched in another score to push the lead to 27-3.
Pomona-Pitzer's offense started to click late in the third quarter as they took a 12-play drive down the field and punched in their first touchdown of the game as Flitz found Noble over the middle and a successful two=point conversion cut the lead down to 27-11 at the end of the third quarter.
Each team added a touchdown in the fourth quarter as Flitz threw his second touchdown of the night to Cole Barry for 14 yards, but the Sagehens couldn't come up with enough offense to stay with the Bulldogs as they fell on the road.
Up Next: The Sagehens will next have a bye before they return home to take on Chapman on Saturday, October 30th at 7:00 p.m.
