JARABACOA, Dominican Republic (Interstat) — Jarabacoa defeated Universidad O&M 4-3 Friday at Estadio Junior Mejía, overcoming a late visiting surge in a seven-goal match. Richerly Fernandez, whose goal was logged as De Los Santos Fernandez R., opened the scoring in the 9th minute, and Guzman M. added goals in the 12th and 39th to give Jarabacoa a 3-0 halftime lead. Universidad O&M answered after the break as Duverge W. scored in the 78th and 80th minutes, cutting the deficit to one. Sanchez A. restored Jarabacoa’s two-goal cushion in the 85th minute, and Universidad O&M could not respond again. Josue Baez of Universidad O&M recorded a one-goal statline. Both teams are now 1-1-1 in this competition and 1-1-1 across all competitions. Jarabacoa’s win followed a loss at Moca, while Universidad O&M had drawn with Delfines Del Este after a win at Moca. The hosts then protected the result over the final minutes.