FRESNO, Calif. – Hokulei Ishikawa netted her first career goal for the Fresno Pacific University women's soccer team against CSU East Bay on Thursday night, but it wasn't enough as a second-half goal from the Pioneers lifted them over the Sunbirds 2-1.  
 
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"I felt that we were prepared well. Our fitness was good throughout the week. Our team made an effort to play and compete. They got one on us, we got one back and they got the second one. They're a good team and credit goes to them. Their style of play showed that it was a little bit better than ours today. We need to continue to work. We're not doing bad. I'm proud of the women, they gave great effort." - interim head coach Jaime Ramirez 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• (29:57) The Pioneers opened the scoring when Kelsey Pena scored a goal assisted by Jill Nelson.
• (33:14) The Sunbirds deflected a clearance attempt from CSUEB that led to shot. Ishikawa beat the keeper to tie the score at one.
• (60:31) The game-winner came from Donya Gonzalez of East Bay.

STATS FROM THE GAME

• Alexis Macias was aggressive offensively for the Sunbirds, firing four shots.
• Tori De Leon ripped two shots in 85 minutes on the field.
• As a team, the Sunbirds fired 16 shots with 10 coming on frame.
• Birgitta Eggertsdottir swatted away seven shots from the visitors.
• Chiara Soergel played 21:53 in goal, making one save.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

• Ishiakawa's goal was the first goal of her career.

UP NEXT

• FPU travels to Chico, Calif. to take on Chico State on Saturday at 1 p.m.

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