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3
Winner Hawaii Hilo HILO (4-1-0, 0-0-0 PacWest)
2
Cal St. Monterey Bay CSUMB (2-1-1, 0-0-0 CCAA)
Winner
Hawaii Hilo HILO
(4-1-0, 0-0-0 PacWest)
3
Final
2
Cal St. Monterey Bay CSUMB
(2-1-1, 0-0-0 CCAA)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Hawaii Hilo HILO 1 2 3
Cal St. Monterey Bay CSUMB 1 1 2
Team
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Game Recap: Men's Soccer | | Hawai‘i Hilo Sports Information

No. 21 Vulcans Stun CSU Monterey Bay with Epic Last-Minute Comeback

Hawai‘i Hilo scored back-to-back goals in the 84th minute to come away victorious.

SEASIDE, California – No. 21 Hawai'i Hilo Men's Soccer pulled the rabbit out of the hat with back-to-back scores late in the waning minutes to complete an epic comeback in a 3-2 victory over Cal State Monterey Bay Thursday evening at Cardinale Stadium.

After a tied 1-1 score through halftime, CSUMB managed to squeak ahead with a 74th-minute score on Alexis Sanchez's 22-yard clean up off a corner-kick second ball. The Otters kept the pressure on and managed a few near-score opportunities, including a leaping tip-out for one of Vulcans goalkeeper Paul Waschkau's seven saves.

Hawai'i Hilo settled in and after drawing a foul just inches outside the penalty area coming off a corner-kick play, Colby Lee lobbed the free kick up and over as Koki Hamada thundered his way through the crowd to head the equalizer in.

On the ensuing kick-off, Monterey Bay nearly answered but Hamada made a sliding stop to initiate the counter-attack. Lukas Stark, who had just entered into the game, found himself racing down toward the right corner and sent a cross in with Kanata Taira's soft touch setting up Brian Trujillo to blast through the game winner.

Waschkau made another diving stop in the final minutes to close up the victory in his Vulcans debut in goal.

Earlier in the match, Hawai'i Hilo got the first equalizer just before the end of the first half with Shudai Ito bending in a 30-yard free kick through the right side.

UP NEXT

Hawai'i Hilo moved to 4-1-0 (0-0-0 PacWest) while Cal State Monterey Bay moved to 2-1-1 (0-0-0 California Collegiate Athletic Association).

The Vulcans will finish up their three-game road trip with a matchup against Cal Poly Humboldt this Saturday, Sept. 21, at Chabot College Soccer Field in Hayward, California.

Next home game will be the PacWest Conference opener against Academy of Art on Oct. 1.

AMONG THE BEST

Hawai'i Hilo Men's Soccer landed its first-ever national ranking, coming in at No. 21 in the latest United Soccer Coaches Division II Top 25 Week 2 Poll released this past Tuesday.

The Vulcans also moved up to two spots to No. 3 in the latest West Region poll.

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Scoring Summary

Scoring Summary
Scoring Team Scoring Play
14:46
CSUMB Mason Ward (2)
Assisted By: Eric Vazquez-Acosta , Ronaldo Guardarrama
GOAL by CSUMB Ward, Mason Assist by Vazquez-Acosta, Eric and Guardarrama, Ronaldo.
44:09
HILO Shudai Ito (2)
GOAL by HILO Ito, Shudai.
73:58
CSUMB Alexis Sanchez (2)
GOAL by CSUMB Sanchez, Alexis.
83:15
HILO Koki Hamada (1)
Assisted By: Colby Lee
GOAL by HILO Hamada, Koki Assist by Lee, Colby.
83:46
HILO Brian Trujillo (1)
Assisted By: Lukas Stark
GOAL by HILO Trujillo, Brian Assist by Stark, Lukas.

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