Kaneohe, HI (September 15, 2012) – The Hawai'i Pacific (1-3, 1-0) men's soccer kicked off PacWest play with a dominating victory against the University of Hawaii at Hilo (0-2, 0-1) by the score of 5-1. The Sea Warriors received goals from five different scorers, but it was Alejandro Porras who was the man of the match, tallying a goal and four assists.

Daniel Haehre started the scoring in the 35th minute with a deep shot from just outside the 18 yard box off a feed from Porras, giving HPU a 1-0 lead. Just 59 seconds later Porras would find a cutting Keenan Ho who beat the Vulcan keeper to make it 2-0. HPU would go to the break with a two goal lead and a 12-3 advantage in shots.

The Sea Warriors would keep the pressure on in the second period after Truls Henrik Lystad found Porras, who shrugged off a defender, for a goal of his own in the 59th minute. HPU would add insurance goals by Guillem Vinas Marin on a give-and-go in the 72nd minute and a header from Kainoa Kahui in the 74th minute. Porras would assist on both goals giving him six points for the match. UH Hilo ended Mael Lefebrve's shutout bid, scoring with 13 seconds left in the match after some confusion over who the throw in belonged to. Vulcan forward Ian Watanabe beat Lefebvre one-on-one making the final score 5-1.

After the match a pleased head coach Chris Fisher commented on his team, “We have a talented team that will get results. Today we put it all together and had a nice win. This group will have a good year. I am pleased with our progress so far.”

Hawai'i Pacific returns to the pitch on September 20th when they head up to Laie, HI to face off with PacWest rival BYU-Hawaii. Game time is scheduled for 12:30 PM.

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