Monday, September 29, 2014

Tiger Turf Helps Mustangs Tie the Cougars

Photos Courtesy of Jen Atkinson

On Tuesday night at Rock Springs High School the Mustangs faced their second oldest rival in the Western Nebraska Community College Cougars.  In a showdown for first place in Region IX North both teams played very well and put on a great college soccer show.  WNCC Cougars' offense exploded in the first minutes of the first half only to be thwarted at every turn by the stingy Mustang defense.  The first goal of the match went to WWCC as Brock Mosier sent a through ball into Gunner Burrell and he scored in the 45th minute.  The halftime score was WWCC 1 and WNCC 0.
In the second half the Mustangs showed more offense and more easily controlled the Cougars attack.  Sadly just as the WWCC team was ready to lock down the win the Cougars slotted a ball past the defense and put it past Austin Pinter in the 85th minute.  The remaining five minutes were scoreless and the two teams went into overtime.
WWCC again controlled more of the match the further into overtime it went.  Unfortunately, the chances that WWCC had in the overtime period were just missed by Jesse Cardenas, Brock Mosier, Gunner Burrell and Andrew Newbold.  After 110 minutes the score was still tied at 1 - 1 and ended in a draw between the first and second place teams in Region IX North.

Mustang Man of the Match - Austin Pinter - Austin made several key and timely saves, totaling 14 saves for the match.

Match Facts - Shots - WWCC 14, WNCC 33; Assists - WWCC 1, WNCC 1; Saves - WWCC 14, WNCC 6; Corner Kicks - WWCC 1, WNCC 5; Free Kicks - WWCC 15, WNCC 16; Cards - WWCC 4, WNCC 1

Up Next for the Mustangs - Friday September 26th at Sheridan College in Sheridan WY at 3:00pm (Region IX North Match)