WNCC women's soccer wins two at CU Tournament

BOULDER, Colo. – Jaime Gastelle recorded a hat trick and Gering graduates Keah Brosh and Ashley Heimbouch each netted two goals as the Western Nebraska Community College women’s soccer team posted an 11-0 win over Johnson & Wales University Saturday during pool play action of the CU Boulder tournament.

WNCC followed that win with a 1-0 win against St. Louis University in the first round of bracket play. WNCC finished the tournament by falling to the University of Arizona Club 1-0 late Saturday night.

“We got good experience out of this tournament, WNCC coach Todd Rasnic said. “All these teams are good. We finished with a 2-2 record and we will be ready for our next regional contest.”

In the pool play contest against Johnson & Wales, WNCC ran to a 6-0 lead at halftime. Gastelle had a hand in the first four goals, scoring twice and collecting two assists. Gastelle scored he first goaaof the game off an assist from Brooke Dudley. Minutes later, Gastelle also had assists aas she fed Ana Jacobo and Brost for a quick 4-0 lead.

Heimbouch got her first goal next in the first half off an assist from Brost. Jordan Lutkin scored the final goal of the first half off an assist from Jacobo..

Brost was a part of the first two goals in the second half, scoring off an assist from Dudley before getting an assist on Gastelle’s third goal of the game.

Heimbouch came back to record an assist as Shauna Michaelis, who usually plays defense, notched her first goal of the season.

Scottsbluff graduate Laura Abbott scored the team’s 10^th goal of the match followed by Heimbouch finishing off the scoring with her second goal off an assist from Lyanne Hernandez.

WNCC was near perfect shooting scoring 11 times on 14 shots on goal. Johnson & Wales had just one shot on goal, which was saved from Cougar goalkeeper Jessica Taylor.

The Cougars, 5-5, opened up bracket play with an impressive 1-0 win against St. Louis University. WNCC had 10 shots on goal compared to St. Louis’ nine shots on goal.

Rasnic said that six of the shots were excellent chances that their goalie stopped. Rasnic praised how good their goalie was.

The one shot that WNCC got into the net came in the 49^th minutes off a free kick by Jacobo.

WNCC finished the tournament by falling to Arizona in the last minute of play. Arizona scored from about 25 yards out with 27 seconds to play. If they wouldn’t have scored, the contest would have went to penalty kicks.

Rasnic said the goal was just a good shot that found the right spot into the net and there is nothing they could do. WNCC had three shots on goal compared to Arizona’s 10 shots.

The Cougar men will be in action Sunday at 3 p.m. against the University of Colorado “Black” team.

After that, the Cougars will next be in action Wednesday when they travel to Cheyenne to face Laramie County Community College. The men will play at 2 p.m. and the women at 4 p.m.