Northwest College Hands WWCC another Defeat

Photos Courtesy of Jen Atkinson

On Saturday on a chilly and very windy afternoon the Mustangs played again versus the Trappers of Northwest College in Powell WY.  The Mustangs had the wind at their backs in the first half but could not use it to their advantage to get on the scoreboard.  It looked like WWCC would score first but the penalty kick was blocked by the Trapper's keeper from Brock Mosier early in the first half.  The Trappers used a good counter attack to get on the board in the 18th minute after a crossed ball found the foot of a Northwest player who beat Austin Pinter.  The half time score was 1 - 0 in favor of Northwest.
In the second half, it seemed that Western was going to use their short passing game to combat the wind and find chances but a bad couple of minutes sunk the Mustangs in the second half.  It all started off of a Northwest corner in the 54th minute that found the back of the net using the wind to score directly off of the corner.  Just seconds later in the 55th minute Northwest split the WWCC defense and slotted the ball past Pinter for a commanding 3 - 0 lead for the Trappers.  Many reserve players got good playing time and should how good of players they are in the second half.  In the 89th minute Alan Wendlandt was fouled about 25 yards from goal that set up a free kick that Colton Cottrell hit with his left foot around the wall, into the wind and past the Northwest keeper.  The final score was Northwest 3 - WWCC 1.  The loss still has the Mustangs in second place in the Region IX North but makes the last Region IX North matches so very important for the Mustangs.

Mustang Man of the Match - Colton Cottrell - Colton played all 90 minutes and scored the lone goal for the Mustangs.

Match Facts - Shots - WWCC 8, NWC 21; Assists - WWCC 0, NWC 2; Saves - WWCC 10, NWC 3; Corner Kicks - WWCC 4, NWC 6; Free Kicks - WWCC 12, NWC 12; Cards - WWCC 1, NWC 4.

Up Next for the Mustangs - Friday October 3rd at Central Community College in Columbus NE at 3:00pm