After a slow start, Azusa Pacific made big strides with their first wins of 2025 with one-goal victories over Fresno Pacific and Dominican. The triumph over FPU was non-conference, so the Sunbirds remain unbeaten in PacWest play at 3-0 which included a 2-0 conquest of Hawaii Hilo. Concordia won two, giving up one goal in two matches.  

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PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Fresno Pacific's Zion Vaughn, F, So., 5-11, 170, Chandler, Ariz.                                    
Fresno Pacific's Zion Vaughn scored both goals for his Sunbirds during a big 2-0 win over visiting Hawaii Hilo last Thursday. The first-year Sunbird came off the bench to score in the 27th and 63rd minutes to hand the Vulcans their first conference loss and boost FPU to 3-0 in PacWest play. Fresno Pacific had just four shots on goal in the match, three of them by Vaughn in the win. The Arizona native, who had not started a match all season, heard his name called out with the starting 11 in FPU's next match against Azusa Pacific. 

DEFENDER OF THE WEEK: Concordia's Domenyk Jara, D, Grad., 5-11, Lake Forest, Calif.                                
Concordia's Domenyk Jara led his team from the backline to a pair of victories over Westmont (2-0) and Dominican (2-1) to help the Golden Eagles get off to a 2-0 start in PacWest play. Giving up just one goal in two matches, the Golden Eagles improved to 4-3-1 on the season. Jara also scored a goal in the Westmot match. "As the captain and leader of our back line, Domenyk anchored a clean sheet on the road against reigning conference champions Westmont and scored the game winning goal in that match," said his coach Joshua Glover. "He followed up with another strong performance in our home win over Dominican, making key defensive plays in vital moments. His consistency, leadership, and impact on both sides of the ball were instrumental to our success this week." 

TEAM OF THE WEEK: Azusa Pacific Cougars                                                                                                            
Azusa Pacific is the Team of the Week after notching their first two wins at the most important time. The Cougars outscored Dominican 4-3 and then clipped league-leader Fresno Pacific 2-1 to get on the board with a 1-0 conference record and a 2-5-1 mark overall. Luis Solis scored a goal in each match including the winning penalty kick against the Penguins. Leke Ademola added a goal and two assists in the pair of wins. 

PACWEST NEWS AND NOTES: Hawaii Pacific, Point Loma and Vanguard each won its lone match of the week. The Sharks defeated Chaminade (4-0), the Sea Lions edged Menlo (2-1) and Vanguard topped Jessup (1-0)...Biola's Ryan Ellsworth scored twice in the Eagles' 5-0 victory over Jessup. Teammate Luca McGreevey Couchman had the same stat line against the Warriors, who had nine assists in the match...Menlo bounced back from their loss to the Sea Lions with a 2-1 victory over Biola, led by Janne Spangenberg's game winning strike off the bench in the 87th minute. Oaks GK Martin Fiala had four saves in that win and eight more in the loss to Point Loma...Fresno Pacific's Elmer Carballo had six saves in FPU's shutout of Hawaii Hilo...Vanguard's Aidan Hay had three saves and a blank sheet during a 1-0 win over Jessup...Concordia is 3-0-1 in their last four matches.

LOOKING AHEAD: 10 matches are slated this week, and finally, all 10 are conference matches. It begins on Tuesday when Jessup travels to Concordia. On Thursday, Azusa Pacific is at Chaminade, Westmont is at Menlo, Vanguard is at Hawaii Pacific and Biola goes to Hawaii Hilo. On Saturday, Biola switches islands to take on Chaminade, Vanguard is in Hilo, Point Loma is at Concordia, Westmont is at Fresno Pacific and Azusa Pacific is at Hawaii Pacific. To see the complete list, click here.