MCC Soccer Splits Road Macthes At ECCC

From School Reports


The Meridian Community College soccer team traveled to East Central Community College on Friday afternoon for a pair of matches and the Eagles were able to return home with a road split against the Warriors. The Lady Eagles defeated East Central by a final score of 8-0, while the MCC men dropped a 4-2 decision to the Warriors.

MCC will return to action on September 12 on the road at Northwest Community College. The women are scheduled to play the Lady Rangers at 2 p.m. and the men will take to the field at 4 p.m.

MCC (women) 8

ECCC              0

Sophomore striker Pam Gean notched a hat trick in the impressive victory over the Lady Warriors. Gean scored two of her goals in the match on penalty kicks and her third goal of the match came in the opening minutes of the second half.

Katelynn Zuk added a goal in the first half and Kristen Morris notched a goal in the second half of action. Lacie Hamker and Ashlyn Pope each added a goal in the win. MCC improved to 2-1 for the 2012 season and both victories for the Lady Eagles this season have been shutouts.

ECCC (men) 4

MCC            2

The Warriors carried a 2-0 lead into the second half and held off a late rally by MCC to take the two-goal victory. Jacob Livingston scored the first goal of the match for the Eagles in the opening ten minutes of the second half to make the score 2-1. Kellen Roberts tied the game at 2-2 with a goal with about 14:07 left in the game, but ECCC was able to notch a pair of goals in the final minutes to secure the home win over MCC.

The Eagles dropped its overall record for the 2012 to 2-1 after the road loss on Friday.