SAN RAFAEL - The Sea Lions earned their first PacWest victory as they defeated Dominican University 4-1 on Saturday, Oct. 5. 

It did not take long for the Sea Lions to open up the game with an offensive aggressiveness in thier win over Dominican. In the 3rd minute of the game Jorge Navarro had a great look at the goal, he shot to the bottom right, but the shot was saved. The Sea Lion offense used Navarro's opening shot as momentum for most o fhe first half. In the 17th minute after Parker Scalzo's shot was saved, Jorge Navarro got the rebound, fired it towards the goal and scored putting the Sea Lions up 1-0. On the ensuing kickoff the Sea Lions stole the ball and Teague Anderson booted the ball towards the net, beating the keeper putting the Sea Lions up 2-0. Three minutes later in the 20th minute, David Achaerandio scored for the Sea Lions as they extended their lead over the Penguins 3-0. The Sea Lions would take their 3-0 lead into halftime. 

To open up the second half Dominican had all the momentum as they had three scoring opportunities in six minutes. The Sea Lions could not control the ball for most of the second half. The Penguins had three more scoring chances in the 60th minute of play, but the Sea Lion defense held strong and denied the chances. After the scoring chances by DU the Sea Lions raced down the field and created a chance for themselves. David Achaerandio shot the ball to the top right of the goal but was saved by the Penguin keeper. 

The remaining 15 minutes of the game were very intense. In the 74th minute of play Dominican bet Connor McEwen on a shot to cut the Sea Lion lead to 3-1. After the goal two yellow cards were assessed to both teams. Multiple fouls ensued until the 88th minute when David Achaerandio netted the fourth PLNU goal for the Sea Lions to put them back up three goals, 4-1. The Sea Lions would hold on to win 4-1

Wolf's Words
On what worked for the offense: "We were really bright in the first half. We scored three times in a matter of four minutes, and in the second half we were just trying to hold on, but we were really bright and it was really good to see"

On gathering points in first two matches: "It was a little disappointing only coming out with a point on Thursday, but it was great coming back to get three points today, especially because they (Dominican) did not play Thursday."

On preparing for Azusa Pacific: "It is going to be a tough game, they are one of the top programs in the country. We will prepare, go out Saturday and give it our all, I'm sure they will do the same, and we will see what the result says at the end of the match."


Team records
Point Loma (5-3-1, 1-0-1 PacWest), Dominican University (1-5-1, 0-1-0 PacWest)
 
News and notes
> With his two goal game, David Acherandio now leads the Sea Lions with five goals
> Teague Anderson scored his first goal of the season
> PLNU holds a 8-3-1 record against Dominican.
> PLNU is 5-1-1 in their last seven games against Dominican
 
Next match
The Point Loma men's soccer will return home on Saturday, Oct. 12 as they host Azusa Pacific at 2 p.m.