Aug. 24 Southeast Community College at Beatrice, Nebraska

The State Fair Community College (SFCC) Roadrunners shutout Southeast Community College 1-0 in Beatrice, Nebraska on Tuesday, August 24 in a hard fought match with temperatures reaching triple digits. The victory gave the Roadrunners consecutive road wins to open the season.

Freshman forward Francisco Zubia scored in the 68th minute to put the Roadrunners on the scoreboard off a pass from sophomore midfielder Tebello Ntene. SFCC made the plays down the stretch to secure the victory.

Freshman goalkeeper Wesley Morrison made four saves in the net for SFCC to record his first collegiate shutout.

"Our defense played extremely well," said SFCC Soccer Head Coach Jaime Beltran. "We were able to control the tempo of the game most of the time. We had many chances to score. We need to continue to work on our final touch. We also had good possession in the game. We just need to finish a little bit better. Our depth was tested in this game and responded very well."

Aug. 28 Southeast Community College at Fred E. Davis Sports Complex

SFCC (2-1) fell 3-2 to Southeast Community College in their home opener on Saturday, Aug. 28.

The Roadrunners opened the scoring with a goal with just over 41 minutes remaining in the opening half from Ntene off an assist from freshman midfielder Zakariya Abdi.

Southeast would score the next three goals to take a 3-1 lead into halftime. SFCC battled back to make the score 3-2 off a goal from Zubia.

SFCC battled but could not find the equalizer.

Morrison got the start in goal for SFCC and made one save. Sophomore goalkeeper Nicolas Olmos came in with about 12 minutes remaining in the first half and made one save.

"Our team played well," said Beltran. "At the end of the day, our team needs to understand that we need to put the other team away when we have the opportunity. We had an opportunity early in the first half to go up by a couple of goals and didn't take advantage of it."

David Rohrbach

SFCC Athletics