Oct. 15 East Central College at Union, Missouri
The State Fair Community College (SFCC) Roadrunners traveled to Union, Missouri for a game against the East Central College Falcons on Tuesday, Oct. 15 in an important Region 16 and Missouri Community College Athletic Conference match which ended in a 0-0 tie in double overtime.
"In the first half, we were on their side of the field for the entire half, with the exception of about three minutes," said Roadrunners Soccer Head Coach Jaime Beltran. "They made a couple adjustments in the second half and they were a little better. We were still dominating, but we just couldn't find a goal. We won everything except for the scoreboard."
SFCC took 16 shots, seven of which were on goal. East Central took five shots, four of which were on net. Freshman forward Tebello Ntene of Lesotho led SFCC with five shots, three of which were on target. Sophomore midfielder Mani Hondroudakis of Australia and freshman midfielder Alex Mee of England registered three shots each.
Sophomore goalkeeper Sebastian Aguero of Sedalia got the start in the net for SFCC. He recorded four saves in the match.
Oct.17 Rockhurst University at Sedalia
SFCC closed out the home portion of their regular season schedule on Thursday, Oct. 17 with a 3-2 victory over the Rockhurst University Hawks from Kansas City at the Fred E. Davis Sports Complex.
The Roadrunners opened the scoring with a goal off of a counterattack from sophomore forward Aaron Latimer of Amarillo, Texas on an assist from Hondroudakis with less than 19 minutes remaining in the opening half. Hondroudakis scored an unassisted goal with just over 11 minutes to go in the period.
The Hawks trimmed the advantage to 2-1 with a goal two minutes later.
Sophomore midfielder Samuel Sumo of Australia scored what proved to be the game-winning goal with an assist from Latimer.
"When our starters were in the game we were dominant," said Beltran. "We created a lot of opportunities. Late in the game, when our second and third string guys were in, we gave up an unfortunate free kick goal, but it was a learning experience for them because they had to survive. I'm proud of our team, we're able to tie the record for wins in a season since the resumption of the program and we guaranteed their first winning season since the program came back."
As a team, SFCC registered 14 shots, seven of which were on goal. Hondroudakis registered three shots to lead SFCC. Sumo and Latimer added two. Aguero started in the net for SFCC. He registered three saves. Freshman goalkeeper Blaise Mucho of Houston, Texas played the final 10 minutes for SFCC.
SFCC (8-5-2, 2-2-1 in Region 16, 1-1-1 in the MCCAC) will close out the regular season on Wednesday, Oct. 23 with a Region 16 and Missouri Community College Athletic Conference game at St. Louis Community College. Kickoff is scheduled for 3 p.m.
David Rohrbach
SFCC Athletics