MONTECITO, Calif.-Set pieces proved costly in the Fresno Pacific Sunbirds' (1-3 overall) 4-0 loss to the Westmont Warriors (4-0-1 overall) on a soggy day at Thorrington Field Saturday afternoon.

An early foul put FPU in a precautious position and the Sunbirds never recovered on the score line as they played from a behind a majority of the match.

The Warriors struck first just a few minutes into the match, cashing in a free-kick to hold an early 1-0 advantage.

Westmont doubled their advantage just three minutes before half when a corner towards the near post was pushed by to the edge of the 18', the Warriors recovered possession and hit a shot across the face of the goal to the far post.

Westmont led 2-0 at the half.

"The second goal at the end of the first half affected the morele of the team," Fresno Pacific head coach Jaime Ramirez said of the loss. "We lost our team focus and played to their tactical scheme."

Fresno Pacific conceded another goal at the start of the 2^nd half as Westmont converted an early attack into a corner, and again, cashed in on a set piece to take a 3-0 lead.

Westmont added its final goal in the 77^th minute, the first coming in the flow of play, converting a counter-attack into a 1-on-1 situation and putting FPU into a 4-0 deficit.

At halftime, Westmont honored their head coach, Dave Wolf who is retiring at the end of this season after 32 years leading the program.
Sunbirds' head coach Jaime Ramirez spoke at halftime as he and Wolf began leading their programs at the same time in 1991.

For FPU, it's the third program they have tested themselves against in non-conference play with a head coach that began the same year as Ramirez did at Fresno Pacific.

The Sunbirds will look to convert that experience against other long-established programs for when they open up against PacWest competition this week.

FPU continues on the road for a non-conference match against Dominican in San Rafael on Wednesday, September 21^st at 3 p.m. The Sunbirds will be back at home on Saturday, September 24^th in a PacWest matchup against the Academy of Art at 7:30 p.m. at Ramirez Field.