WNCC men's soccer team defeats Great Falls 4-0, Castillo scores two goals

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The Western Nebraska Community College men’s soccer team received two goals from freshman David Castillo and dominated from start to finish in recording a 4-0 win Sunday over the University of Great Falls.

WNCC assistant coach Nate Rock said his team executed the game plan to perfection.

“They played extremely well to day,” Rock said. “They played to my expectations and every single player gave me everything they had and that was the difference.”

The Cougars dominance started from the get-go with WNCC getting their first shot on goal just three minutes into the contest by Lazzaro Torres. Despite the shot going in, that intensity remained throughout the contest.

“I just asked them to come out and play without any reservations,” Rock said. “They controlled the pace of the game in every aspect.”

WNCC’s first goal, though, was an own-goal as one of the Great Falls’ players knocked the ball into their own goal to give the Cougars an early 1-0 lead just 10 minutes into the game.

The Cougars kept the pressure on with three good scoring opportunities from Chris Thompson, Aaron Oesterle and Torres, but all came up short.

As much as WNCC was controlling the pace, Great Falls had their first prime scoring opportunity with 11 minutes to play in the opening half, but WNCC’s freshman goalkeeper Cesar Bazana came up golden. For the match, Bazana recorded seven saves in the shutout win.

The Cougars tacked on an extra goal just before half. Renato Segalla and Geoff Critzer teamed up with perfection passes to deliver a perfect ball to Diego Campoverde, who made a running horizontal header into the back of the net for the 2-0 halftime lead.

WNCC kept applying the pressure in the second half, netting two more goals. David Castillo, the backup goalkeeper, provided the excitement with both scores. Castillo’s first goal came with 34:24 to play as he scored off an assist from Antonio Herrera-Young.

Castillo’s second goal came with 13:22 to play in the match as Torres feed Castillo with a perfect pass that he rocketed into the back of the net.

“David played extremely well. He is someone that stepped in to give the forwards a break,” Rock said. “He had a lot of scoring opportunities and he really stepped up.”

The win over Great Falls, who fell to Laramie County on Saturday 1-0, was against a good team. WNCC is now hoping to ride the momentum into Wednesday when they travel to Boulder, Colo., to face the University of Colorado Gold Club team before returning home on Saturday to face the University of Colorado White Club team.