WHITTIER, Calif. – Pomona-Pitzer's defense recorded a shutout, and
Carson Green threw two second-half touchdowns as the Sagehens beat Whittier 28-0 on Saturday afternoon at Memorial Stadium.
Season Impact: With the win, Pomona-Pitzer earns its second SCIAC win in a row and moves the Sagehens to 3-2 overall and 2-1 in SCIAC play.
Stat Leaders
Carson Green completed 19-of-25 passes for 195 yards and two touchdowns with one interception and ran for 23 yards.
Dominick Catalano was 10-of-17 for 54 yards and added 16 rushing yards.
Brennan Dragomer led the ground game with 41 yards and a touchdown on seven carries, including his 28-yard scoring run.
Mitchell Rodenbaugh scored on a 3-yard run, and
Brennen Yamane added 11 yards on two carries in the fourth quarter. The Sagehens finished with 113 rushing yards at 4.9 yards per carry.
Dragomer also led the receivers with seven catches for 71 yards and the 58-yard touchdown.
Jack Sobota had four receptions for 70 yards and a score.
Connor Conneely caught five passes for 23 yards,
Joaquin Valdez had three for 27, and
Nick Matthews had three for 17.
Leo Ryals led the defense with nine tackles, one tackle for loss and a fourth-down pass breakup.
Colby Cooley had an end-zone interception that he returned 37 yards and recovered a fumble that set up a touchdown.
Cole Krawiec had five tackles, a tackle for loss and a forced fumble.
Danner Lim made four tackles, including a 12-yard sack and a fourth-down stop, and
Max Eastman added four tackles and a tackle for loss.
Ethan Schweizer broke up two passes, including one on third down in the fourth quarter.
How It Happened
Neither team scored in the first quarter as the Sagehens' first scoring chance ended with an interception at the Whittier 15-yard line. The defense answered by stopping the Poets on fourth-and-6 at the Pomona-Pitzer 45 and then on the drive that followed, Dragomer ran 28 yards for a touchdown to give the Sagehens a 7-0 lead early in the second quarter.
Green entered at quarterback and led an eight-play drive that included a 12-yard scramble to the 3. Rodenbaugh scored from there to make it 14-0 with 1:46 left in the half. Whittier drove to the Pomona-Pitzer 25 in the final minute, but Cooley intercepted a pass in the end zone to end the half.
In the third quarter, Krawiec forced a fumble and Cooley recovered to set the Sagehens up for a score. Four plays later, Green found Dragomer for a 58-yard touchdown pass and a 21-0 lead with 2:02 left in the quarter.
The defense kept Whittier off the board in the fourth quarter. Ryals broke up a pass on fourth-and-5 at the Sagehen 39, and Lim added a 12-yard sack. Yamane opened the next drive with runs of 7 and 4 yards, and Green completed passes of 16 yards to Irons and 10 yards to Daley before hitting Sobota for an 18-yard touchdown with 1:58 remaining.
Up Next: Pomona-Pitzer will next head to Cal Lutheran on Saturday, October 17
th at 7:00 p.m.
