PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula College men’s soccer team added to its lead at the top of the Northwest Athletic Conference North Division with a 5-2 win over Everett at Wally Sigmar Field.
The men’s match was oversshadowed Wednesday by the ballyhooed women’s showdown, but the spotlight should shift this week as the Pirate men have some big matches, including Wednesday’s Sophomore Day match against Whatcom in which they can clinch the North title.
Second-place Whatcom lost to third-place Edmonds 3-0 on Wednesday.
The Pirates, ranked third in the NWAC, overwhelmed the Trojans on Wednesday, getting a pair of goals from Keo Ponce in the 20th and 25th minutes to go up 2-0.
The sophomore from Kapolei, Hawaii, now has 10 goals on the season, which ranks him third among NWAC scorers.
Everett responded with a spectacular long-range goal by Austin Panek, but the Pirates came right back with goals by Sam McEntire and David Joyce for a 4-1 lead at halftime.
Peninsula made it 5-1 early in the second half on a goal by Salvador Vargas, his first collegiate goal, to put the match even further out of reach.
Everett’s final tally came from Sergio Barrera with 14 minutes remaining.
Peninsula (9-1-2, 11-2-3) faces Skagit Valley (4-5-3, 4-7-3) on Saturday in Mount Vernon.
The Pirates lead Whatcom (7-2-3, 8-3-3) by five points in the division standings, 29-24.
