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On Wednesday in Rock Springs the WWCC Mustangs defeated the Northwest College Trappers in the opening match for the Mustangs and the first Region IX match for both teams. The final score was WWCC 2 - NWC 1. The match was originally scheduled to be played at 5pm at Crossroads Field. The match and the women's match before were delayed several times earlier in the afternoon as there were several lightning strikes in the vicinity. The matches were postponed and moved to the Rock Springs High School field. The men's match was to start at 8pm however due to another lightning delay and the women's match going into overtime the match did not get started until 8:45pm.
The match started at a furious pace and the Mustangs were first on the board when Taylor Egbert ran onto a bouncing ball from around 25 yards out and with his right foot shot it over and past the NWC keeper in the 12th minute. The first 20 minutes of the match were fairly evenly played however the momentum changed to the hand of the Trappers after their score to even the score in the 28th minute. The remainder of the second half the Trapper controlled the rest of the half and due to some great goal keeping from Cory Thibeault and the WWCC defense the Trappers would not score again. The half time score was even 1 - 1.
The Mustangs made adjustments from the half and it helped them to take back the momentum of the match and possession of the ball. The Mustangs were fouled just inside their attacking half of the field and Spencer Mohlman took the free kick and placed it onto the head of a leaping Jarom Stuart how redirected it to the top right corner of the goal in the 70th minute. WWCC's defense (Carson Broadhead, Spencer Mohlman, Logan Anderson, Cody Nice and Chad Englert) and keeper Cory Thibeault limited the Trappers to 4 shots in the second half and only 2 shots on goal. The final score of the match stood after 90 minutes at WWCC 2 - NWC 1. The win moves the WWCC Mustang's 2011 record to 1 - 0 - 0, the 3rd year in a row that WWCC has started 1 - 0 - 0.
Match Facts: Shots; WWCC 13, NWC 14 - Assists; WWCC 1, NWC 1 - Cards; WWCC 1, NWC 0 - Free Kicks; WWCC 13, NWC 6 - Keeper Saves; WWCC 6, NWC 3 - Corners; WWCC 2, NWC 8
Mustang Man of the Match: Taylor Egbert – Scoring the 1st WWCC goal of the match on a volley and playing the whole 90 minutes in a center midfield position.
Up Next for the Mustangs: Friday September 2nd versus Otero Junior College (Region IX match) at 2:00pm in Rock Springs WY (Crossroads Field – directions are on link to the left)
