Cape Coral had the upper hand most of the night, but Ida Baker rallied for two goals late in the second half in a 4-2 loss to the Seahawks at Dave Warkentin Field Thursday night.

“I am happy with the result,” said Seahawks coach Aldo Nardiello, “and very impressed with Baker after losing all those seniors from last season. They never gave up.”

Caio Amaral broke the scoreless tie with 4 1/2 minutes remaining in the first half. Amaral forced the ball deep in the right corner and fired a shot along the baseline to the middle where it was blocked into the net by a Baker defender.

The Seahawks scored twice in the first 10 minutes of the second half to take a 3-0 lead. Amaral beat a defender to the ball in the middle inside the box for his second score. Later, after a long free kick, Amaral sent a pass to the middle where Kevin Lopera knocked it home.

“We had periods where our passing was very sharp,” said Nardiello. “We controlled the tempo at times and they controlled it at times.”

Daniel Sharkey got the Bulldogs on the board a few minutes later with a long run and a score from the left wing.

Paolo Acosta answered for the Seahawks, sending a free kick from the left sideline over the defense and into the far upper corner of the net.

The Bulldogs were not done, either. With about six minutes left, Nick Presti sailed a throw-in deep in the box where Sharkey headed it into the net for the final tally.

“We finally were able to capitalize on a few of their mistakes,” said Bulldogs coach Mark Fitzpatrick. “We’ve got a ways to go and we have a lot of conditioning to do.”

Bulldogs goalkeeper Rush Manterola made seven saves, all in the first half. All three Cape shots on goal in the second half went in the net.

Cape goalkeeper Daniel Villamil finished with five saves.

The Bulldogs (3-2) play at Barron Collier Friday night. The Seahawks (4-0) host Port Charlotte at 12:30 p.m. Saturday.

Mariner 3, Lehigh 2: Mariner pulled out a tough victory at Lehigh Thursday night and it took a penalty kick save in the final seconds to preserve the win.

The Tritons trailed 2-0 at the half after having two goals disallowed in the first 40 minutes. Another goal was waved off in the second half.

David Steeb and Steven Kong found the back of the net in the early stages of the second half to tie the game while Juan Rincon got the game-winner with about seven minutes remaining.

Cody Kibler came off the bench to replace goalkeeper Matt Brust (seven saves) who had to leave on a yellow card and Kibler blocked the penalty kick to preserve the win.

The Tritons (3-1) return to action Monday against Lakewood Ranch at a tournament in Sarasota.

Girls Soccer

Mariner 6, South Fort Myers 0: Rebecca Smith tapped in three goals and Ali Muro-Solis added two to lead Mariner to a District 4A-11 victory over South Fort Myers Thursday.

Kelsea Whitaker added one goal. Muro-Solis and Nicole Romano each had two assists with one by Megan Fritz.

Goalkeeper Sam Greenwell made two saves and Jessica Parks saved four shots.

The Tritons (4-1, 2-0 district) host Cape Coral Monday.

Ida Baker 3, Cape Coral 0: Three first-half goals were all Ida Baker needed to top Cape Coral Thursday night and rebound from Tuesday’s District 4A-11 loss at Lemon Bay.

Monique Elliott, Payton Van Horn and Shannon Pearl had the goals for the Bulldogs while keeper Carole Farella made five saves.

The Bulldogs (4-2, 1-1 district) play at Barron Collier Friday night. The Seahawks (1-4-1, 0-2) play at Mariner Monday.

North Fort Myers 2, Cypress Lake 2: North Fort Myers came from behind twice to tie Cypress Lake Thursday night.

Hannah Hamilton scored both goals for the Red Knights and Casey Gentile assisted on both.

Brianna Abatisti made five saves for the Red Knights (4-0-1), who play Tuesday at Port Charlotte.

Bishop Verot 5, LaBelle 0: McKenna Duquette and Kady Otzko scored two goals apiece to lead Bishop Verot to a District 3A-12 victory over LaBelle Thursday night.

Rebecca Abernethy added one goal while Lauren Cento was credited with two assists with one apiece by Alison Oliva, Hannah Wall and Duquette.

Chryssie Gibson and Cailyn Rizzo shared goalkeeping duty with one save between them.

The Vikings (2-2-1, 1-1 district) play again at Dunbar Monday.