September 14, 2009

Lady Tiger soccer nets 3-0 win

Getting three first half goals from sophomore forward Amber Hernandez, the Cowley College women’s soccer team defeated Metropolitan Community College-Blue River 3-0 Saturday in Arkansas City.

After a slow start to the game, Hernandez tallied her first goal at the 16:50 mark of the first half. Hernandez would add two more goals off assists from former high school teammate, Sadie Hull, to give her 10 goals on the season.

“Sadie and Amber work really well together,” Cowley head coach Dane Straight said. “There are not many players Amber can’t outrun and Sadie has the ability to run all day.”

Cowley was playing its first game since learning sophomore midfielder Carol Rodrigues could miss several weeks due to an elbow injury suffered in the team’s game against Northern Oklahoma College last Tuesday.

Cowley will also be without sophomore defender Ana Borjas for an unknown period of time as she suffered an injury in Saturday’s game.

Banged up as they were, Cowley continued to press forward as they improved to 2-2 on the season. Sophomore goalkeeper Katie Ybarra needed to make only two saves in recording her second shutout of the season.

“Our defense did a really good job in limiting where they could take their shots from,” Straight said.
Cowley will next travel to Dodge City to take on the Lady Conquistadors Wednesday at 2 p.m. Dodge City is 0-3 overall and 0-2 in the Jayhawk Conference, while Cowley is 1-0 in conference play.

“Dodge City is always going to fight and will come out ready to play,” Straight said. “We need to be ready and try to put the game away in the first half.”