KANEOHE, Hawaii-  All-American Andrew Bailey scored the game-winner with just 25 seconds left in double overtime as the sixth-ranked Sonoma State men's soccer team avoided the upset with a 3-2 win over a resilient Hawaii Pacific squad.  The win gives the Seawolves a perfect 3-0-0 record after their season opening trip to Hawaii.

Despite dominating play in the first half, as evidenced by an 8-2 shot advantage, the Seawolves had to settle for a 0-0 score at the break.  They were finally able to break through in the 50th minute when Alan Grady scored his first collegiate goal to make it 1-0.  Said head coach Marcus Ziemer, "Alan came in and brought a lot of energy before scoring a very nice goal."

The lead would quickly double to 2-0 in the 70th minute as Eric Lafon scored on a penalty kick. 

Trailing 2-0 with just twenty minutes to one of the top teams in the nation would seem to break the optimism of most teams, but the Sea Warriors were resilient, battling their way to a goal just seven minutes later by Max Anton.  With just under eight minutes left in regulation, HPU scored again.  This time Anton assisted Chance Bukoski, to tie things up at two.

The teams would battle through one overtime period and most of another to no avail before Bailey got the game-winner on an assist from freshman Cam Vickers.  "In the OT, Andrew was tired, but we left him in because all he needs is a half-chance and he can score," said Ziemer. 

Looking back, Ziemer said, "When we went up 2-0, they were tired and started to drop their heads, but we didn't put them away and let them back in the game.  HPU had a great game plan and did a good job lf keeping compact and making it difficult for us to score."

For the match, the Seawolves out shot the Sea Warriors 23-7 and held a 14-3 advantage on corners.  HPU was whistled for just four fouls in nearly 110 minutes of action, compared to seven for SSU. 

The Seawolves will now turn their sights to a couple of big home games this week.  Seattle Pacific visits on Friday and Western Washington comes to town on Sunday.

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