Jack
Cutler acored a hat trick and the Western Nebraska Community College men's
soccer team had little trouble with Lamar Community College on Sunday at the
Landers Soccer Complex in posting a dominating 8-1 win.
Cutler,
who hasn't scored three goals in a match since he was six years old, said this
was the offensive game his team needed. The win was the Cougar's second
straight after defeating Northeastern Junior College on Friday.
"We
did well today in front of the goal and this game was good for people to get
their confidence up and to score goals," Cutler said. "Jacob [Santos]
finally got a goal today, so it is good for our confidence."
Literally,
there was little doubt of the outcome. The Cougars limited the Runnin' Lopes to
just five shots all night. WNCC, on the other hand, punished the net for 39
shots, 17 in the first half.
Cutler
said that they need to keep this offensive intensity going in their upcoming
games, which will be Friday and Saturday on the road.
"We
played a lot better today than what we have been playing," he said.
"We haven't been playing very well and this is an improvement. But we have
some hard games next week so we are working for that."
Cutler
said they played well both halves, but the second half was definitely their
better half, scoring six times and giving the players much-need confidence in
their shot.
"The
second half was a lot better and there a lot more positives from that half then
the first," he said. "We really need confidence because we haven't
been playing with any confidence at all, especially the forwards because
haven't been getting their chances. But after the last game and this game with
all the goals, the confidence should be good."
WNCC
opened the scoring just 12 minutes into the contest as Daniel Agnew scored off
a corner kick from Adhemar Lino for the 1-0 lead. The Cougars' second goal was
a breakaway goal. Lino led a perfect pass in front of Edwin Contreras, who went
for the ball and was one-on-one with the goal keeper for the 2-0 lead in teh
23rd minute.
Lamar
ended up with a score with six minutes to play, but it was actually an own goal
as a WNCC defender passed the ball back to Cougar goalkeeper Joey Rasnic, who
wasn't anticipating the pass and the ball snuck into the net for the 2-1
halftime lead.
WNCC
came out in the second half with a flurry of goals, scoring six times on 22
attempted shots. Lino scored two quick goals, netting the first in the 32nd
minute after taking a pass from Harry Bueno. Lino's second goal game in the
26th minute as the sophomore took a pass from Matt Lee.
Cutler
scored his three goals in the second half. The freshman from England netted his
first goal on a penalty kick int eh 29th minutes. Cutler then scored
back-to-back goals later in the game. His second goal came with 22 minutes left
as he took a pass from Kyle Gonzales for a 6-1 lead.
Ten
minutes later, Cody Thompson found Cutler with a pass and he pounded the ball
into the net for a 7-1 lead.
WNCC
finished off the scoring as Jacob Santos was fouled within the box and calmly
scored the final goal on a penalty kick with three minutes to play.
The
Cougars domination was epic as they had 10 corner kicks to Lamar's one. Joey
Rasnic had five saves in net.
The
WNCC men and women will next be in action Friday and Saturday when they travel
to take on Otero Junior College and Trinidad State Junior College.
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