CASPER, Wyo. – The Western Nebraska Community College women’s soccer team got behind early and never could catch up as Casper College earned a 5-0 conference win on Saturday at Casper Kelly Walsh High School soccer field.
Casper scored two goals within the first 10 minutes as Macey Engle scored at the 6-minute mark and then Taylor Miller scored at the 8-minute mark.
The T-birds added a third goal in the 11th minute on a Alora Taylor goal and made it 4-0 at halftime when Kelsey Woodbury scored in the 32nd minute.
The Cougars played better in the second half, allowing just one Casper goal as Tyniah White scored in the 85th minute.
WNCC had eight shots on goal with Julia Santos getting two of those shots, including a shot in the first half that just missed going into the net.
Rory Weizenegger had four saves in net while Feline Groenwald had three saves in net.
WNCC will look for win number one on the year as they travel to Lamar Community College on Friday and then travel to Northeastern Colorado in Sterling, Colorado, on Saturday.

WNCC men’s soccer falls to Casper on Saturday

CASPER, Wyo. – The Western Nebraska Community College men’s soccer team started slow and could never take the lead as Casper College earned a 5-2 conference win Saturday in Casper, Wyoming.
WNCC, finished the weekend conference trip 1-1 and will look to get back on the winning track when they have two road games this weekend at Lamar Community College on Friday and Northeastern Junior College on Saturday.
The Casper men, just like their women’s team, wasted no time in scoring. Justin Godbour-Garon recorded a hat trick with three goals in the first 15 minutes. His first goal came in the 3-minute mark, his second with just 10 minutes gone off the clock, and his third at the 15th minute mark.
WNCC, after spotting the T-birds three goals, decided to wake up as they made it a 3-2 game at halftime. WNCC scored its first goal at the 21st minute when Oscar Molina scored an unassisted goal. Then, with a minute to play, Anthony Lemus took a pass from Alvaro Abeal to score the second goal.
WNCC played tough in the second half, but couldn’t get the tying goal. Casper added two insurance goals as Francesco Panetta scored in the 60th minute and Nate Dummer scored in the 83rd minute.
Casper finished with 21 shots compared to just six for WNCC.
Owen Henderson made eight saves in net for the Cougars.

WNCC volleyball splits matches Saturday in Cheyenne

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – The Western Nebraska Community College volleyball team split a pair of matches on Saturday in the Region IX Crossover Classic in Cheyenne, Wyoming, on Saturday.
After splitting contests on Friday, including picking up their first win of the season against Western Wyoming Community College, the Cougars opened Saturday play with a 4-set win over Northwest College 25-16, 21-25, 25-17, 25-21.
WNCC ended the day getting swept by Laramie County Community College 25-11, 25-14, 25-20.
WNCC will be back on the road this weekend at the Pizza Hut Classic when they face ranked teams in New Mexico Junior College and Odessa on Friday and then New Mexico Military and Colby Community College on Saturday.
In the win against Northwest, WNCC finished with 49 kills and 79 digs. Dani Cruz had a double-double with 18 kills and 15 digs. Natalia Malinowska tallied 23 set assists while Allie Twamley had 13 set assists. Alex Gonzalez-Orozco led the team with 27 digs.
Also for the Cougars, Keira Zelada eight kills, Kyana Gabriel tallied seven kills, Maria Niedzwiecka had six kills, and Emma Hergenreder had five kills.
In the loss to LCCC, WNCC finished with just 28 kills and had a hitting percentage of .110. LCCC finished with 44 kills and a hitting percentage of .383.
Gabriel paced the Cougars with 12 kills, while Cruz had seven kills. Malinowska had 14 set assists and Gonzalez-Orozco had 12 digs to lead the team.