Alan Hoskins, Supervisor of Public Information
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
College Advancement
Back-to-back games in a span of less than 24 hours proved too much for Kansas City Kansas Community College’s streaking soccer team over the weekend.
The Blue Devils stretched their winning streak to five in a row with a 3-0 home win over Allen County Friday night only to drop a 1-0 heartbreaker to Cowley County at Arkansas City Saturday afternoon. The split left the Blue Devils 9-4-1 heading into home games with Cloud County Tuesday at 2 p.m. and Garden City Thursday at 1 p.m. at the Wizards Practice Facility in Swope Park. The weekend conference split left the Blue Devils (9-4-1) in third place in both the Jayhawk (4-1-1) and Region VI (5-1-1).
Turning in one their best halves of the season, the Blue Devils got two goals from Diogo Ferreira and one from Arnaldo Miranda in the first half while Kyle Joseph and Andy Miller shared halves in the 3-0 shutout of Allen County Friday night. However, the four-hour bus ride to Cowley County Saturday morning took its toll and playing a man short, KCKCC gave up a goal with 15 minutes remaining in the 1-0 loss.
“The energy level and focus from the night before was not there,” said Coach Dayton Owens. “The games were scheduled back-to-back so that when we get in the playoffs and have to play a similar schedule, we’ll know how to react to such a quick turnaround.”