HESSTON, Kan. – The Western Nebraska Community College men's and women's soccer teams split its last regular season games to Hesston Community College Tuesday evening.
The women came back from a 2-0 first half deficit to register a thrilling 4-3 win over Hesston. The Cougar men, however, fell 2-0 on a water-soaked field.
The Cougar women, trailing 2-0 after the first 45 minutes, received a clutch performance from freshman Shaylee Williams, who scored one goal and had two assists. In fact, the Plain City, Utah, native scored the team's first goal in the 54th minutes off an assist from Ana Jacobo.
Six minutes later, Williams delivered a pass to Brooke Dudley, who tied the contest in the 60th minute. Hesston, however, came back and took the lead in the 68th minute.
The Cougar women showed some heart to score the winning goals in a three-minute span. Williams collected her second assist of the evening delivering a pass to Ashley Quintana to tie the match at 3-3 in the 75th minute. Three minutes later, Dudley recorded an assist as Alisha Ropkin took Dudley's pass and score what would be the winning goal in the 78th minute.
WNCC completely dominated play in the match, outshooting Hesston College 16-2 in the match. It was the Cougars ninth win of the season heading into this weekend's regional playoffs.
The Cougar men weren't as fortunate as the women, falling to Hesston 2-0. Still, WNCC soccer coach Todd Rasnic was pleased with how his guys played.
"We played extremely well controlling things throughout as the field conditions were terrible with standing water," he said.
The Cougar men, 6-7-1, also will enter the Region IX playoffs on Friday. In fact, both teams will face Western Wyoming Community College in the opening round this Friday at Rock Springs, Wyo., with the winner facing Laramie County Community College Sunday in the Region IX championship match.
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