6 Game Winning Streak Snapped by Trappers

On Wednesday in Powell WY the WWCC Mustangs renewed their Region IX rivalry with the Northwest College Trappers. This was another great Region IX match up between 2 fairly evenly matched teams. Northwest College won the coin toss to begin the match and elected to have the wind at their back for the first half. WWCC had only a handful of chances in the first half fighting against the wind and had to play a lot of defense. The defense and Cory Thibeault in goal were strong but eventually the Trappers found a whole and blasted a shot in the upper right of the goal in the 25th minute of play. That goal was the only goal of the first half. The halftime score was WWCC 0 - NWC 1.

The second half the Mustangs had the advantage of the wind, however the wind was dying down the later the evening progressed. The tables turned and the Mustangs played much more offense on the second half, however the second goal of the match was scored by the Trappers when they found space on a counter attack on the right side and their wing placed a beautiful shot around the keeper and into the side netting, this goal was in the 70th minute of play. The Mustangs kept fighting and got on the scoreboard seconds after conceding a goal. Angel Muniz sent a nice pass to Andrew Newbold who chipped the Trapper's keeper and brought WWCC to within 1 goal. The last 20 minutes of the match were played at a furious pace and saw several Mustangs have great chances at the goal including Taylor Egbert, Angel Muniz, Jarom Stuart and Devin King. Unfortunately for WWCC the were unable to find their 2nd goal of the match to tie it up. The final score was WWCC 1 - NWC 2. This was the Mustangs first loss since September 10th in Prescott AZ, the Mustangs had won 6 straight matches. This was also the first match the Mustangs had lost to a team that was not ranked in the NJCAA polls. The Mustangs record drops to 8 - 3 - 0 on the season and 4 - 2 - 0 in Region IX play.

Match Facts: Shots; WWCC 17, NWC 19 - Assists; WWCC 1, NWC 2 - Cards; WWCC 2, NWC 2 - Free Kicks; WWCC 8, NWC 15 - Keeper Saves; WWCC 6, NWC 5 - Corners; WWCC 3, NWC 6

Mustang Man of the Match: Cameron Lowry - Cameron is awarded Man of the Match for great play from the back line and consistency the last few matches.

Up Next to the Mustangs: Friday September 30th versus Laramie County CC (Region IX) at 3:00pm at Crossroads Field in Rock Springs WY