Box Score KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – Oregon Tech kept their postseason hopes alive, using 3-goal outburst over a 10-minute stretch of the second half to topple defending Cascade Conference Tournament champion, Warner Pacific, 4-0, at the OIT Soccer Field.
 
The Hustlin' Owls (5-5-7, 3-5-3 CCC) got second half goals from Yahir Ramos and Andrew George, plus an own goal to take a 1-0 halftime lead and push the margin to 4-0.
 
"The boys worked so hard today," said head coach Sean McManamon. We knew Warner was going to come at us full of energy and we managed it well. Executed the moments we highlighted on the game plan and converted our chances."
 
Tech opened the scoring in the 15th minute, as Kevin Alvarenga played a ball into the 6-yard-box, with Merrick Tambio volleying a shot into the right corner of the net. Tambio and Alvarenga both nearly doubled the lead – Tambio hitting the right post and Alvarenga hitting the crossbar in the 23rd and 24th minutes.
 
The Knights (6-7-2, 4-6-1) started the second half with a barrage of shots – seven shots and a pair of corner kicks – but keeper Noah Harwood made two of his four saves on the day in the sequence – posting his seventh clean sheet of the year.
 
The Owls made it 2-0 in the 62nd minute, as an Eric McGuire header was stopped by WPU keeper Owen Purvis, but Yahir Ramos pounced on the rebound and slotted home the counter.
 
Four minutes later, Tech earned a corner kick, with Nathan Becerra's corner deflected in by the Knights for an own goal. The flurry was capped in the 72nd minute, as Lucas Kay-Wong played a long thru-ball to a rushing Andrew George, who beat Purvis 1-on-1 for the goal.
 
Tech finished the day with a 16-13 edge in shots.
 
Kickoff for the key Walla Walla-OIT match on Sunday is set for 1 p.m. – with multiple postseason scenarios still up for grabs.