If senior Tomas Qepuri and Port Jefferson boys soccer want you to know one thing, it’s that this year’s team is different from ones of years past.

It showed Monday afternoon in the team’s 4-1 road win over Southold, battling back after Southold’s CJ Bailey headed in a corner kick from Alan Huertas just over six minutes into the game to give the Settlers an early lead.

“Since we’re such a young team, we still make a lot of mistakes,” Qepuri said. “But one thing about this group, we don’t like to give up.”

Sure enough, Port Jefferson (8-5-1) bounced back and equalized in the 14th minute after senior Kevin Johnston utilized his long throw-in to find the head of fellow senior Sviat Zalizniak, who lofted a header and scored from just inside the 18-yard box.

“It’s great, especially with this

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