Azusa earns its third straight trip to the Semifinal round

	Azusa Pacific GK James Crawford and the defense limited Fresno Pacific to two shots on goal in the 3-1 win

Nov. 17, 2007

OLATHE, Kan. -- No. 1 Azusa Pacific (Calif.) earns its third straight trip to the Semifinal round of the NAIA Men's Soccer National Championship after a 3-1 come-from-behind win against No. 8 Fresno Pacific (Calif.).  APU dug an early 1-0 hole in this quarterfinal contest, before notching three second-half goals.

These two programs hail from the same conference (Golden State) and region (II). Earlier this season (Sept. 25), APU defeated Fresno Pacific 1-0 but Fresno Pacific laid claim to the Region II title.

Starting on a set piece, Fresno Pacific's Amaury Nunes fired a laser that hit the left post setting up the game's initial goal in the 31^st minute. Pablo Campos pushed home his third goal of the Championship and 17^th of the year, off a feed from Andres Blanco, to put Fresno Pacific up 1-0.

APU tied the count up at 1-1 courtesy of a botched clear-out by Fresno Pacific. The FPU defense could not send out an initial shot as the ball deflected off Andres' Blanco leg and into the net. Less than four minutes later, Steven Lenhart put the Cougars up 2-1 with an assist credited to Beau Hayden. That was his team-leading 15^th goal of the season.

Azusa Pacific's Mike Wilson put the clamps on any Fresno Pacific comeback with a score from the 10-yard middle mark in the 79^th minute. He took a pinpoint pass from Jared Karkas on the left wing.

APU goaltender James Crawford made one save in the win as the APU defense held Fresno Pacific to two shots on goal.

Azusa Pacific takes on No. 5 Simon Fraser (B.C.) in the Semifinal round on Monday, Nov. 19 at 5 p.m. CST. SFU was a 2-0 upset winner earlier today against No. 4 Ohio Dominican. For all tournament results visit www.naia.org.