IRVINE, California – Hawai'i Pacific fell to Concordia Irvine, 2-1, Thursday night at Golden Eagles Field. The loss drops Hawai'i Pacific to 3-4-3 overall and 1-1-1 in PacWest play.
Concordia Irvine opened the scoring in the 22nd minute when Andrew Jun scored unassisted to make it 1-0. The Golden Eagles carried that lead deep into the second half before Marcus Ozmai extended it to 2-0 in the 83rd minute, assisted by Jun.
Hawai'i Pacific answered in the 89th minute, as
Kelly Takara scored off an assist from
Elvis Villalva to cut the deficit to 2-1, but the Sharks were unable to find another equalizer before the final whistle.
Concordia Irvine out-shot Hawai'i Pacific 11-3 on the night, with Hawai'i Pacific managing one shot on goal. Sharks goalkeeper
Eduardo Marin made two saves across the full 90 minutes.
Hawai'i Pacific was whistled for 17 fouls to Concordia Irvine's 20 in a chippy affair. HPU's
Sam Gantner and
Danny Pascanu each picked up yellow cards, while Concordia Irvine's Daniel Parker was also carded. Concordia Irvine held a 6-1 edge in corner kicks.
Hawai'i Pacific continues PacWest play on the road against Vanguard on Saturday, Oct. 3, at 11:00 a.m. in Costa Mesa, California.
