Senior Alex Ruegner battles for the ball while being held by a Sonoma State player as Brian Noguera moves up to help during today's game

Seasiders Fall To Number Six Sonoma

            Laie, HI—The Brigham Young University Hawaii men’s soccer team opened the season
today with a 5-0 loss to the nation’s sixth-ranked team, Sonoma State.  The young Seasiders battled hard throughout
the contest but fell behind early to last year’s NCAA II quarterfinalists.

            Sonoma State
scored at the 14:51 mark on a short, tap-in goal by Nathan Medina and got a
second goal a scant minute and seven seconds later by Ross Middlemiss.  Doug Carr added a score at the 33:29 point
and Middlemiss tallied again just seconds before the end of the half to stake
the Seawolves to a 4-0 halftime lead.

            The Seasiders played
tough in the second half but couldn’t come away with a score despite taking
seven shots in the period.  Middlemiss
completed a hat trick with the only goal of the half at the 52:24 mark.  For the game, Sonoma State out shot the Seasiders 25 to
ten.

            BYU–Hawaii will face Texas-Permian
Basin on Saturday at 10:00 am HST in Laie.

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