PORTLAND, Ore. -- Marvin Sea (Jr., F) scored a goal for The Evergreen State College just over five minutes into the second half to tie the game, but Warner Pacific University scored twice in the final two minutes to defeat the Geoducks 3-1 in non-conference action on Sunday, Sept. 14 at the Eastside Timbers Sports Complex. The teams will meet again in a Cascade Collegiate Conference game at Evergreen on Sunday, Oct. 19.

The Knights improved their record to 4-1 on the season. Evergreen slipped to 0-3.

Warner Pacific took a quick 1-0 lead when Bodo Calderon scored for the Knights just 1:45 into the contest. Calderon registered the goal on a penalty kick after the Geoducks were called for a foul in the penalty area. Neither team scored from the run of play in the first half.

Sea earned his tying goal at the 50:24 mark. He was assisted on the play by Kolby Juarez (Jr., M). Sea scored from about 12 yards out following a short through-pass from Juarez.

The teams remained tied until Abe Fuchs scored a goal on an assist from Calderon to give the Knights a 2-1 lead. The go-ahead score was just 21 seconds after Alejandro Gallegos (Sr., D) of Evergreen missed wide right on a header for the Geoducks. Calderon scored his second goal of the game for WPU on an assist from Fuchs with 12 seconds on the clock.

Jonathan Flores earned the win while providing the Knights with four saves. Tom Cole (Jr, GK) played the 45 minutes in goal for Evergreen and contributed three saves. Gabriel Wilhelm (So., GK) made two saves for the Geoducks in the second half.

Warner Pacific claimed a 13-6 margin in total shots and a 9-5 edge in shots on goal. Calderon led all players with six total shots for the Knights. Gallegos took two shots for the Geoducks. The game featured just three corner kicks, with two by Evergreen and one by WPU. 

The Geoducks will open CCC play on Friday, Sept. 19 at Southern Oregon University. Game time in Ashland, Oregon, is set for 2:30 p.m. PDT.