October 19, 2009

Tiger soccer wins again, evens record on the season

Bouncing back from a rough start to its season, the Cowley College men’s soccer team has come all the way back to even its record on the season. With its 4-1 win over Crowder College Saturday in Arkansas City, the Tigers are now 6-6-1 on the year.

“We are a whole different team now,” Cowley head coach Roberto Dos Santos said. “We are focused and the momentum has shifted completely.”

Cowley, winners of six of its last seven games, got a hat trick from freshman forward Ivenns Martinez in Saturday’s victory.

“Ivenns had a tremendous game and finished the opportunities he had,” Cowley head coach Roberto Dos Santos said.

Cowley led just 1-0 at the end of the first half and 2-1 early in the second half before finally pulling away. The Tigers got a pair of goals from Martinez in the second half, while Lucas Coelho added the other goal.
“The second half we were able to execute what we had planned,” Dos Santos said.

Keegan Cornelius, Walisson Gomes, and Joao Bacchi tallied assists for the Tigers, while sophomore goalie Blake Anderson needed to stop just three shots in recording the win.

The Tigers will play its final regular season home game tonight at 7 p.m. when they host Neosho County (5-8-2 overall, 3-4-1 Jayhawk Conference), which is tied with Cowley for sixth place in the region and conference.

“This is a must win situation for us, we need to get this one if we want to have a good position in the playoffs,” Dos Santos said.