WNCC men top No. 11 Casper College
The Western Nebraska Community College men’s soccer team scored early and Cougar goalkeeper Owen Henderson made some big saves in helping the Cougar men to a 4-1 win over No. 11 Casper College Friday afternoon at Landers Soccer Complex.
“We played just as we expected. We watched the film and coach gave us the notes and all they did was just kick it down the field,” Henderson, the goalkeeper from Greeley, Colorado, said. “We played amazing. That third goal I am going to watch it on film until I fall asleep because it was so beautiful of the way we built up. The team played amazing and we have been working like that all week in practice, too.”
The win was huge after the Cougars were outscored 11-1 in their last two matches. Friday, everything game together.
“That early goal was huge because the last two results that we had was 6-0 and 5-1 and that was on the road so coming back home we were hungry,” Henderson said. “We got the first one and I kept telling to keep pushing and keep going because we need more. One is not enough and we ended up with four.”
WNCC scored early whtn Maxime Niyibaho delivered a pass to Anthony Lemus and the freshman from Houston, Texas, put the ball into the back of the net with just under four minutes gone.
WNCC kept playing strong defense and made it 2-0 when Alvaro Abeal gave Simon Echeverry the ball and the sophomore scored in the 38th minute to make it 2-0.
Casper did score at the end of the half, but the shot game after the halftime buzzer went off and the goal was nullified.
The second half saw Casper get a penalty kick just six minutes into the half. Henderson made the save on the kick and it stayed 2-0 in favor of WNCC.
WNCC made it 3-0 with 28:14 to play in the second half when Abeal got his second assist and let Eduardo Oliveira score again to make it 3-0. WNCC made it 4-0 when Echeverry got the assist as Lucas Ovalle scored in the 68th minute.Casper finally scored in the 82nd minute on a goal by Roy Nozawa to the final 4-1 Cougar win.
The Cougar men will be back in action Saturday, September 14 when they face Gillette College in another home match at 3:30 p.m. at Landers Soccer Complex.WNCC men top No. 11 Casper College
The Western Nebraska Community College men’s soccer team scored early and Cougar goalkeeper Owen Henderson made some big saves in helping the Cougar men to a 4-1 win over No. 11 Casper College Friday afternoon at Landers Soccer Complex.
“We played just as we expected. We watched the film and coach gave us the notes and all they did was just kick it down the field,” Henderson, the goalkeeper from Greeley, Colorado, said. “We played amazing. That third goal I am going to watch it on film until I fall asleep because it was so beautiful of the way we built up. The team played amazing and we have been working like that all week in practice, too.”
The win was huge after the Cougars were outscored 11-1 in their last two matches. Friday, everything game together.
“That early goal was huge because the last two results that we had was 6-0 and 5-1 and that was on the road so coming back home we were hungry,” Henderson said. “We got the first one and I kept telling to keep pushing and keep going because we need more. One is not enough and we ended up with four.”
WNCC scored early whtn Maxime Niyibaho delivered a pass to Anthony Lemus and the freshman from Houston, Texas, put the ball into the back of the net with just under four minutes gone.
WNCC kept playing strong defense and made it 2-0 when Alvaro Abeal gave Simon Echeverry the ball and the sophomore scored in the 38th minute to make it 2-0.
Casper did score at the end of the half, but the shot game after the halftime buzzer went off and the goal was nullified.
The second half saw Casper get a penalty kick just six minutes into the half. Henderson made the save on the kick and it stayed 2-0 in favor of WNCC.
WNCC made it 3-0 with 28:14 to play in the second half when Abeal got his second assist and let Eduardo Oliveira score again to make it 3-0. WNCC made it 4-0 when Echeverry got the assist as Lucas Ovalle scored in the 68th minute.
Casper finally scored in the 82nd minute on a goal by Roy Nozawa to the final 4-1 Cougar win.
The Cougar men will be back in action Saturday, September 14 when they face Gillette College in another home match at 3:30 p.m. at Landers Soccer Complex.
WNCC men stay unbeaten in conference with 4-3 win over Gillette
The Western Nebraska Community College men’s soccer team stayed unbeaten in the Region IX conference play as they scored four first-half goals and then hung on to down Gillette College 4-3 on Saturday at Landers Soccer Complex.
The contest was a battle as three goals were scored in the first eight minutes of the contest. Gillette got the upper hand first as Manuel Daza scored just a minute into the match.
The Pronghorn lead did last long as Paul Denz scored five minutes later to know the score at 1-1. Two minutes later, WNCC took a 2-1 lead when Alvaro Abeal fed Guilherme Lindolfo the ball and Lindolfo found the back of the net for the go-ahead goal.
WNCC kept playing strong defensively holding Gillette without a goal. The Cougars picked up to more goals, which would be critical down the stretch. In the 28th minute, Denz recorded his second goal for the 3-0 lead. Then, with two minutes left in the half, Lindolfo fed Anthony Lemus the ball and the freshman scored for the 4-1 halftime lead.
The second half was very competitive. WNCC missed a shot with 24:03 to play. Four minutes later, Gillette’s George Frost scored off a free kick to make the score 4-2.
The contest got even closer with 5:31 left to play, Caleb Howell scored for the Pronghorns to make it 4-3.
WNCC had a couple of runs to score again, but those drives didn’t materialize. Plus, the Cougar defense thwarted a couple more Gillette chances to score and came away with the victory.
WNCC finished with eight shots in the contest while Gillette had 16 shots.
WNCC’s Owen Henderson registered seven goals in net.
WNCC will be back in action Wednesday when they travel to face Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The Cougars will then have their last regular season home games of the season next weekend when they face Northeastern Junior College on Friday and Lamar Community College on Saturday. Action begins at 1 p.m. for the women’s contest with the men to follow.
