Box Score Colorado College erased a five-goal halftime deficit, but the clock ran out before it could overcome Occidental College's second-half surge as the visitors held on for a 13-11 victory on Friday afternoon at Washburn Field.

Sophomore midfielder Mary Taussig and freshman attacker Steph Kelly struck for two goals apiece as CC used a 5-0 run to open the second half to wipe out a five-point deficit. However, after sophomore midfielder Sadie Cole tied the game at 9-9 with 17:32 to play, Occidental built a four-goal lead which proved to be too big to overcome.

Adrienne Ruth made five of her nine saves during the second half, the biggest of which occurred with 21:18 remaining in the game when she denied Annie DeFrino's shot from the edge of the crease 30 seconds after CC tied the game at 8-8 on Mary Taussig's free-position tally.

Then, with 4:37 to play, she stopped DeFrino a second time from close range on a shot that would have pulled Colorado College to within two goals. Instead, Rebecca Reese struck while playing a man up to extend its lead to four with 2:51 on the clock.

Last-minute markers by sophomore midfielder Natalie Shishido and DeFrino closed the gap, but Occidental grabbed the last draw control and ran out the final seconds.

DeFrino led the CC attack with three goals. Kelly finished with two tallies and an assist, and matched her season high of eight draw controls for the second game in a row.

Taussig scored twice, caused four turnovers and grabbed three ground balls.

Junior goaltender Martha Smith made four saves for Colorado College, which slipped to 4-3 on the season. Aside from the setback against Haverford College, CC's other three losses were by a combined four goals.

Senior attacker Beebe Finch Sanders led Occidental with four goals and six points. Junior midfielder Brita Loeb added three markers.  

After playing three games in five days, Colorado College gets a chance to rest before returning to action on Tuesday against Wesleyan University.