The last time the Western Nebraska Community College women’s soccer team played No. 11 Laramie County Community College, the two teams played in fog and mist in suffering the defeat. Wednesday afternoon at the Landers Soccer Complex, the weather was idea and the Cougar women played much better offensively in falling to the Golden Eagles 5-0.
The difference between the two matches was the Cougars had 15 shots in the contest with seven being on goal compared to just six shots last time the two teams played Sept. 14 in Cheyenne.
“We have closed the gap significantly and a lot of our players have come around,” WNCC coach Todd Rasnic said. “They seem to have responded well to training and working to a more organized team. In the first game we played them, we were lacking a bit of defensive organization. This time, I think we closed the gap this time and hopefully we can continue to improve.” Defensively is where the Cougars hung tough and that resulted in a lot more scoring opportunities than before.
“We made a couple of switches on defense where we got Bailey [Wenz] out of the goal today [in the second half] and got Tiffany [Snethan] in. We Bailey in the centerback position which is her primary position,” he said. “Between that and pulling Ariana Herrera back in the middle, and I think that solidified our defense quite a bit and gave us more opportunities to go forward with the ball. We certainly had our chances today to get behind their defense; unfortunately we didn’t come away with any points.”
The Cougar women were only outshot 24-14 in the contest. The Golden Eagles led 3-0 at intermission. Shino Kunisawa scored in the 36th minute off an assist from Junko Honda. Three minutes later, Kunisawa scored her second goal off a free kick. The Cougar defense would hold until LCCC was awarded a penalty kick with no time on the clock. LCCC’s Jezmine Lora Ruiz just snuck the kick into the net on the right corner. WNCC came out in the second half with a new look and played tough as the Cougars had a number of shots that just fell either high or wide. Rachelle Tekler had a booming kick with 24 minutes left that just sailed high. Three minutes later, LCCC went up 4-0 on a goal by Vanessa Alexander. The Golden Eagles tacked on an insurance goal in the 9th minute off a goal by Monica Lubin with an assit from Honda.
Wenz started in net in the first half, making six saves for the Cougars, while Snethan played the second half making five saves.
The Cougars, 3-6 on the season, will next be in action Tuesday at 1 p.m. when they host Cloud County Community College at the Landers Soccer Complex. Cloud County is currently 7-2 and riding a seven-game winning streak after opening up the season with two losses to Hutchinson and Johnson County Community Colleges.
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