Mustangs Struggle to Find the Net But Get the W

On Friday the WWCC Mustangs met their soon to be Region IX Rivals the Lamar Community College Running Lopes in a match in Goodland Kansas.  Lamar is currently a club team but will be joining the Region IX soccer realm next season as a varsity program.  This is the first meeting between the Mustangs and the Running Lopes on the soccer pitch.  The match was statistically and possession wise in the favor of the Mustangs but WWCC struggled to make their chances amount to goals.  The first half the Mustangs had 18 shots but were only able to score 1 goal as Bernie Manuel kicked in a goal after the keeper let it slip through his hands.  The assist will be credited to Taylor Egbert after he sent in the free kick that the keeper mishandled.  The lone WWCC goal was in the 27th minute, it was Manuel's first career college goal.  The score at the half was Mustangs 1 and Running Lopes 0.
In the second half the Mustangs continued to barrage the Lamar CC goal but had very few chances cross the goal line.  The Mustangs managed two goals, the first of the second half was in the 72nd minute when Richard Harris smartly replayed a free kick ball quickly and sent a through ball to Jarom Stuart who calmly beat the Lamar CC keeper to the bottom right corner.  This was Stuart's first goal of the 2012 season.  The final tally for WWCC came in the 82nd minute when Jarom Stuart had collected the ball on the end line and sent back a pass for a teammate that was redirected by a LCC players into his own net,  This third goal is considered an own goal since the defensive player's touch redirected it into and towards the goal.  The final score for the match, the first ever match for WWCC in Kansas, was 3 - 0.

Match Facts; Shots – WWCC 39, LCC 2; Assists – WWCC 2, LCC 0; Saves – WWCC 1, LCC 11; Free Kicks – WWCC 4, LCC 5; Corner Kicks – WWCC 19, LCC 1; Cards – WWCC 0, LCC 0

Mustang Man of the Match – Jarom Stuart - Jarom got his first goal of 2012 and showed the same type of form that got him voted as the WWCC Offensive MVP of 2011.

Up Next for the Mustangs – Saturday September 1st vs Northwest Kansas Technical College at Goodland KS at 12:30pm.