Saturday, October 6, 2018

Western Back to Winning Ways versus WNCC

On Friday in Rock Springs the Mustangs hosted their Region IX South rival - Western Nebraska Community College at Rock Springs High School.

WWCC took little time to get on the board when Maylee Thompson scored in the 7th minute from a Kylee Manning assist.  Nothing else happened in terms of scoring in the remainder of the first half.  The score at intermission was WWCC 1 and WNCC 0.

The second half would see a lot more scoring fireworks.  Kaitlyn Pryor scored int he 55th minute off of a header from an Abbie Riley corner kick.  Emma Barnes added a third goal for WWCC when she took a long free that made is past the Lady Cougar keeper.  WNCC did not quit and scored a goal in the 81st minute to close the score at 3 to 1.  In the 87th minute Maylee Thompson scored her second goal of the match from an Emma Barnes assist.  With this victory the Mustang overall record is now 8 - 6 - 1.

Mustang Valuable Player:  Kaitlyn Pryor - Kaitlyn score her first goal as a Mustang and was a weapon on the left side of the field.

Match Facts - Shots - WWCC 14, WNCC 11; Assists - WWCC 3, WNCC 1; Saves - WWCC 9, WNCC 7; Corner Kicks - WWCC 5, WNCC 1; Free Kicks - WWCC 8, WNCC 6; Cards - WWCC 0, LCCC 0

Up Next for the Mustangs: Saturday October 6th vs Northeastern Junior College - Rock Springs Wyoming at Rock Springs Junior High at 1:30pm.