GREAT BEND, Kan. – The Western Nebraska Community College soccer teams opened the season Saturday on the road and had different outcomes.
The Cougar men fell 3-1 to No. 4 pre-season ranked San Jacinto-South 3-1 in a game that went down to the wire. The women had a little bit better luck against Barton County Community College, tying 1-1 after two overtimes.
WNCC soccer coach Todd Rasnic was pleased with both teams performance.
“The women really played well. The were organized and we wore them (Barton) down,” he said. “As for the guys, we played really well. We made some defensive mistakes which cost us.”
The women outshot Barton 25-9, but each team could only get one ball in the net as both goal keepers did well. WNCC’s Terri Huntington had three saves on Barton’s four shots on goal, while Barton County’s Klarissa Harter had 11 saves.
Barton scored first netting a goal off a free kick fom Yesemia Garcia 17 minutes into the contest. The game stayed that way until the second half when Bre Perkes took a pass from Krystin Wingert and knotted the game at 1-1 at the 60th minute.
Perkes and Amanda Arrant each had four shots on goal for the match, while Nancy Boyack, Krystin Wingert, Ashley Quintana, and Leanna Paxton each had one. WNCC also had five corner kicks to Barton’s one.
Neither team scored the last 30 minutes of regulation and through the two 10-minute overtime periods. WNCC did, however, have plenty of scoring opportunities missing five prime scoring opportunities in the extra periods.
“Literally, the ball didn’t leave our side of the field,” Rasnic said. “We just couldn’t finish the ball. But, Barton is a lot better this year then last year.”
The men’s game went down to the wire. Rasnic said the game was closer then the final score. San Jacinto jumped on top scoring the first goal at the 7:30 mark of the first half on a shot by Ricardo Kimines. San Jacinto pushed the lead to 2-0 at the 25 minute mark as Carlos Villa scored off an assist by Kimines.
WNCC quickly answered to slice the lead in half. Lazarro Torres scored off a corner kick by Eloy Matos at the 35 minute mark for the 2-1 halftime score.
San Jacinto added an insurance goal in the second half at the 65 minute mark by Corey McPherson. Rasnic said that goal was a result as his team making a push to score the tying goal.
“We were making a push to tie the game in the second half and they scored on us,” he said. “The game was a lot closer game then the what it ended up. This game proves to me that we can play against the top teams in the nation. We played better in that game then we did in any game last year.”
San Jacinto finished with nine shots on goal compared to the Cougars two. San Jacinto also finished with five corner kicks to WNCC’s 2.
Both teams will be back in action today when they play Cloud County Community College in the second day of the Barton Classic. Then, both teams will play Neosho County Community College on Monday.
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