SAN DIEGO - Tim Siegfried scored his first career hat-trick to lead the Point Loma men's soccer team to a 4-1 comeback win over Dominican on Saturday, Oct. 13.
 
The Penguins netted the first goal of the match in the 14th minute to take a 1-0 lead, but the lead lasted only 10 minutes.
 
The equalizer came in the 24th minute, when Indiana Fuller drew a foul in the box giving Siegfried his first goal with a penalty kick. With the conversion of the penalty kick, Siegfried is now 5-for-5 on penalty kicks on the season.
 
With the match evened at 1-1, the Sea Lions went on the attack and were able to find the back of the net two more times over the next 15 minutes. Lucas Purgato found Siegfried in the 33rd minute and Parker Scalzo netted his third goal over the past two matches in the 39th minute to put PLNU up 3-1.
 
Coming out of halftime, Point Loma kept the pressure on the Penguins' defense. Fabian Lueders played a perfect ball out of the back third as Siegfried made a break behind the DUC defense. Siegfried managed to stay onside to go one-on-one with the keeper. He chipped the ball over the keeper and into the back of the net for his third goal of the day and his 13th of the season.
 
The defense allowed only three shots on goal and Wiktor Lasota totaled two saves for the match. William Finnie had two saves as well for Dominican.
 
Team records
Point Loma (8-5-0, 4-2-0 PacWest), Dominican (5-6-2, 2-3-1 PacWest)
 
Words from coach Wolf
On Siegfried's hat-trick: "Tim is doing really well, and what a year he is having. Thirteen goals are amazing."
 
On Scalzo: "He is going really well, especially for a freshman. He stretches the team really well. He a dangerous player and I like the rotation we have up there right now."
 
On responding to the first goal: "You never want to go down a goal but the guys gave a pretty decent performance. They are a little beat up and coming off a tough match but it was good performance and I am excited for the guys."
 
On the upcoming trip to Hawaii: "The trip comes at a good time. We will enjoy getting away a little bit but we will have three tough matches out there."

Words from the student-athletes
 

Scoring Summary
13:50 – DUC GOAL: Colin Gunby (Luke Raley) [DUC 1, PLNU 0]
24:00 - PLNU GOAL: Tim Siegfried (penalty kick) [PLNU 1, DUC 1]
33:25 - PLNU GOAL: Tim Siegfried (Lucas Purgato) [PLNU 2, DUC 1]
39:02 - PLNU GOAL: Parker Scalzo (Jack Murphy, Teague Anderson) [PLNU 3, DUC 1]
54:03 – PLNU GOAL: Tim Siegfried (Fabian Lueders) [PLNU 4, DUC 1]
 
News and notes
> The 13 goals for Siegfried are the most for a Sea Lion in a season since Brian Thames (14) in 2005
> This was the first hat-trick at home for PLNU since Nico Tagaloa scored four goals on in the final game of the 2016 season
> Point Loma now leads the all-time series with Dominican 6-3-1
> The four goals matched a season-high for the team
 
Next match
The Point Loma men's soccer team will head on the road to Hawaii to play three matches in six days. The first match will be Thursday, Oct. 18 against Hawaii Pacific.