WAIPAHU, HI- Chaminade Men's Soccer battled an HPU squad picked to finish near the top of the conference and fell to the Sea Warriors by a score of 4-0 in the Swords opening match of the Hawaii Challenge Cup at the Waipio Soccer Complex.
Former Silversword, Keenan Ho, now competing for HPU, tallied the game-winner early on, scoring in the 15th minute for HPU.
The first half saw some back and forth play after that, as HPU continued to attack, but Chaminade created some chances of its own throughout the first 45 minutes. HPU went into the half with a 1-0 lead.
After HPU took a 2-0 lead in the 61
st minute of the second half, it appeared that CUH freshman
Uriel Soto (Dallas, TX/Duncanville) would cut the lead in half as his shot missed just wide in the 71st minute of action.
HPU added two goals in the final ten minutes to turn a 2-0 match into a 4-0 final.
Freshman goalkeeper,
Jose Miguel Pena (Santiago, Chile/St. George's) made some timely stops in goal, with a total of 6 saves for the evening.
Sebastian Luhr led the way for HPU with 5 shots on the match. Chance Bukoski added four shots and a goal in the win.
With the loss, Chaminade moves to 0-2-1 and HPU moves to 2-1. The Swords are back in action on Saturday, September 10th at 12:30 PM HT at Atherton Field in Kaneohe, HI against BYU-Hawaii. The Seasiders defeated UH-Hilo 3-1 in the Challenge Cup opener at 5 PM this evening.
