Mustang Offense Explodes versus Cowboys

On Saturday at Crossroads Park the University of Wyoming Club team visited Rock Springs WY for the first time. The offense started early and ended with a bang also. The first 2 goals were scored in the 8th minute. The first goal as scored by Taylor Egbert as he hit the shot towards the keeper who could not keep the ball out of the goal. Seconds later Mitch Christensen sent a ball to Nate Sellis who scored his first goal of the season. In the 13th minute Jarom Stuart pounded a nice cross from Andrew Newbold into the net for his 3rd goal of the season. The scoring would stop there in the first half for both teams. WWCC was able to get everyone on their bench into the match for both halves. The halftime score was WWCC 3 - UW 0.
The second half started as slow in the offensive category as the first half ended. It was not until the 72nd minute that Andrew Newbold scored his goal in the match. Eight minutes later in the 80th minute Kortny Lancaster sent in a nice set piece ball that Steven Shelley used his knee to put it into the back of the net. The 82nd minute saw the Cowboys score off of a corner kick to get the score to 5 - 1. The Mustangs were starting to roll offensively and kept the scoring going in the latter minutes of the match. Devin King collected a nice pass from Nate Sellis and got in the score book in the 84th minute. Moments after the goal from King, Taylor Egbert collected a ball and sent it back to Cody Nice who sent the ball over the Cowboy's keeper and into the net from about 35 yards out. The final goal came with about 20 seconds to play as Taylor Egbert dribbled around the Cowboy's keeper and into the net. The win breaks the Mustangs short 2 match losing streak and brings their record up to 9 - 4 - 0. This was the last regular season match in Rock Springs for the Mustangs this season, WWCC hosts the Region IX tournament this season. The record of the Mustangs in Rock Springs this season so far is 7 - 2 - 0.

Match Facts: Shots; WWCC 28, UW 11 - Assists; WWCC 6, UW 1 - Cards; WWCC 2, UW 2 - Free Kicks; WWCC 3, UW 2 - Keeper Saves; WWCC 2, UW 8- Corners; WWCC 5, UW 7

Mustang Man of the Match: Nate Sellis - Nate Sellis scored his first goal of the season during the match and also got an assist.

Up Next to the Mustangs: Wednesday October 5th versus Otero Junior College (Region IX) at 7:00pm in La Junta CO