It was a very close battle for most of the first half. The cold temperatures seemed to effect both teams equally. There are not many opportunities during the first forty five minutes of play and the teams went into the halftime break tied at 0 to 0.
In the second half the Mustangs seemed to control a lot of action with the Pronghorns being very effective on quick counter attacks. Maylee Thompson narrowly missed a 1 v 1 chance on the GC keeper when the ball hit the bottom right post and bounced out. Markell Freeman made a save to be remember with 10 minutes to go in the match when she dove to her left and stopped what looked very much like a Gillette goal. After 90 minutes of play the score was still knotted at 0 to 0.In NJCAA soccer the teams are to play two 10 minute overtime periods. The deadlock can be broken by a goal. The match ends with a goal, meaning the overtime periods are sudden victory. If after 110 minutes of play the score is still tied then the result of the match will be a tie.
Five minutes into the first overtime period the Mustangs earned a corner kick. Jaden Auger sent in the ball that ended up at Kylee Manning's feet. Kylee calmly put the ball into the net above the GC keeper's hands and the match was over in the 95th minute.
The OT win brings the Mustang's record up to 7 - 5 - 0 and in Region IX North play to 4 - 1 - 0.
Mustang Valuable Players: Markell Freeman and Kylee Manning - Markell for the save to help us get to overtime and Kylee for the match winning goal in the 95th minute.
Match Facts - Shots - WWCC 13, GC 9; Assists - WWCC 1,GSC 0; Saves - WWCC 5, GC 6; Corner Kicks - WWCC 5, GC 2; Free Kicks - WWCC 6, GC 9; Cards - WWCC 0, GC 0
Up Next for the Mustangs: Saturday September 29th at Sheridan College - Sheridan Wyoming - Region IX North match at 4:30pm.
