The Cougar women, especially, suffered a heartbreaking loss, falling to Butler County Community College 3-2 in overtime. The Cougar men played a little better, but fell to the No. 4 Garden City Community College Broncbusters 5-2.
WNCC coach Todd Rasnic said it was a learning experience for both teams, especially the women.
“I thought we were a bit lethargic to start the game, we really never got our game face set the way we wanted to,” he said. “There is stuff we can build on from this game because they are not in our region. Butler is a pretty strong team. We will try to build on it more tomorrow. Barton County will be a tough game. They look like they are much improved and bigger then last year. They beat Dakota County 4-0 on Saturday. It will be a battle.”
WNCC definitely had their chances to win. Rasnic said they missed too many scoring opportunities, especially in the first half.
“We had some moments of brightness where they were doing the right things in organizing the ball and getting chances to score,” he said. “The biggest difference in the game was in the first half of the game where we had opportunities where we were 1v1 with the keeper and we didn’t finish the ball. That was unfortunate.”
The Cougar women held a 1-0 lead at halftime as Gering’s Keah Brost scored at the 8 minute, 12 second mark of the contest off an assist by Ana Jacobo.
WNCC added a second goal in the 62nd minute as Jaime Gastelle had an unassisted goal. The Cougars, who had eight shots on goal, couldn’t get a third goal and lost as Butler scored the game winner in the first overtime period.
Freshman Jessica Taylor had 10 saves in net.
The Cougar men got behind the eight-ball early, falling behind 4-0 at halftime to Garden City, who is ranked No. 4 in the country. Rasnic said they are definitely one of the top teams in the country.
“We got caught on our heels in the first half,” he said. ‘Defensively we did an outstanding job, but Garden City has probably the best team I have seen since I have been coaching. They are earning their No. 4 ranking. We finally got organized after the first half and came out to get two goals right after the half which put us in range of catching up with Garden City.”
WNCC sliced the lead in half as Tony Rocha scored the Cougars first score in the 51st minute on a corner kick from Nate Southard. Casey Zigray scored the second goal in the 71st minute off a pass from Marcel Sales.
Even with the loss, Rasnic said the men’s team is showing signs of improvement.
“We have some stuff to build on and that is what we are here for,” he said. “We are seeing what we need to get fixed on our team and develop play a little bit better. Hopefully we learned a few things from today and we will go out tomorrow and play a little bit different. This weekend certainly gives us things to bring back to training and try to put us in a position where we can compete for a regional championship.”
It doesn’t get any easier on Sunday for the Cougars as they face Barton Community College at 1 and 3 p.m. The Barton men are ranked No. 8 in the country.
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