HONOLULU, Hawai'i - Hawai'i Pacific Men's Soccer rallied from an equalizer to beat Jessup 3-1 on Monday night at Waipio Peninsula Soccer Stadium, improving to 7-5-3 overall and 5-2-1 in PacWest play.
Prior to kickoff, the Sharks honored their 10 seniors on Senior Night:
Eduardo Marin,
Felix Leins,
Jackson Palladino,
Yony Avelar,
Royal Kekuewa,
Sam Gantner,
Olle Ridelius,
Pedro Ashley,
Konrad Mueller and
Noah Clarkson.
Paul Norberg opened the scoring in the 12th minute, finishing off an assist from
Kelly Takara to give the Sharks an early lead. Jessup answered just before halftime when Alessandro Velazquez scored an unassisted goal in the 42nd minute to level the match at 1-1 heading into the break.
Takara took over in the second half, scoring twice in a five-minute span to put the match away. He opened his account in the 57th minute off a
Ryder Breeden assist, then added the eventual game-winner in the 62nd minute, finishing a feed from senior
Olle Ridelius.
Senior goalkeeper
Eduardo Marin made one save to secure the win in goal for the Sharks. Hawai'i Pacific out-shot Jessup 23-7 for the match, with 11 shots on goal to Jessup's three.
Hawai'i Pacific was whistled for 12 fouls to Jessup's 11.
Maxemilian Toernkvist Angestav picked up a yellow card for the Sharks, while Jessup had five of its own, on Hector Huerta, Brady Lau, Jayden Reynolds, Eli Vera and Brian Ramirez.
Hawai'i Pacific closes out their regular season on the road against island rival Chaminade on Saturday, Oct. 31, in Honolulu.
