6th ranked Cougars dominate Northeastern 6-1 in non-conference road trip #GoBarton
6th ranked Cougars dominate Northeastern 6-1 in non-conference road trip,
A pair of late first half goals seemed to awaken the 6th ranked Barton Community College men's soccer team as the Cougars tacked on four more in the final frame for a 6-1 non-conference victory over Northeastern Junior College in Sterling, Colorado.
The victory on Barton's largest output of the season improves the Cougars to 10-0-3 on the year while dropping Northeastern to 3-5-2.
Barton returns to conference play on Tuesday with a 7:30 p.m. kick at Kansas City Community College with an additional non-conference trip to Colorado looming next Saturday in a 3:00 p.m. battle at 13th ranked Otero College.
Kimito Fritz netted his 2nd and 3rd goal of the season, putting Barton on top with 7:29 left in first half action by striking far post off the rebound from Lucas Dos Santos' blocked shot giving the freshman his first collegiate assist before capping the day's scoring sending a missile to the back of the net off of Nicolas Galanis' blocked shot with 5:23 remaining.
Eighty seconds after Fritz' goal to break the gridlock, Wilmont Manneh delivered Nils Knecht's first collegiate assist coming on a through ball for his second net shaker of the year giving Barton the 2-0 halftime edge and what proved to be the eventual game winner.
The Cougars' leading scorer Lucas Constante pushed the margin to three in converting a penalty kick for his 8th of the season at the 14:11 mark into the second half.
Less than two minutes later the Plainsman put their lone tally on the board on a well-executed play with Leonardo Morales putting away a cross in slicing the deficit.
All hopes for the home team were diminished behind three Barton goals in an eleven minute span beginning with 16:15 to play on Arthur Prado's first goal of the year putting away Nescar Rojas' collegiate first assist.
Galanis netted the Cougars' second penalty kick conversion of the afternoon for his 6th of the year coming with 12:29 left as his second assist of the year followed seven minutes later on Fritz' second goal putting the icing on the road victory.
Dennis Bottcher kept the sheet clean protecting the pipes in the opening frame improving to 7-0-3 on the year with Victor Chavez patrolling the box for the final forty-five.
Barton Scoring:
37:31: Kimito Fritz (2); Assist: Lucas Dos Santos (1)
38:51: Wilmont Manneh (2); Assist: Nils Knecht (1)
59:11: Lucas Constante (8)
73:45 – Arthur Prado (1); Assist: Nescar Rojas (1)
77:31 – Nicolas Galanis (6)
84:37 – Kimito Fritz (3); Assist: Nicolas Galanis (2)