The Western Nebraska Community College women’s soccer team might of lost the battle on the scoreboard, but on the field the Cougar women out-played Butler County Community College on a rain-soaked field Saturday in the final day of the Butler County Invite.
In the end, though, it was the Cougar’s inability to hit the back of the net that caused the WNCC women to fall 2-0.
If with the loss, WNCC coach Todd Rasnic was pleased with his team’s effort despite the field conditions.
“We had three inches of rain and played on a wet field. It was the worst field conditions we have ever played in,” he said. “You would kick the ball and it would go so far and stop in the water. But in the first half, we dominated play. We had them on the ropes, getting a lot of penetration.”
WNCC and Butler settled for scoreless first half. Then Butler netted two goals within a six-minute mark, scoring their first at the 54th minutes and the second at the 60th second.
The Cougars did score in the 74th minute on a Amanda Arrant goal, but it was waved off because of an offside call.
“We lost because we couldn’t finish our shots,” Rasnic said. “In the second half, we had eight shots on goal and didn’t score. They had six.”
For the match, WNCC had 10 shots on goal to Butler’s nine. Each team had three corner kicks, while Butler had 11 fouls to the Cougars’ five. Terri Huntington recorded seven goals for the Cougar women.
The Cougar women will be back in action Wednesday when they travel to Boulder, Colo., to face the University of Colorado Gold Club team, which the universities top squad.
The Cougar men, in the meantime, will be back in action today when they host the University of Great Falls at noon at the Lander’s Soccer Complex.
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