MIAMI, Okla. — Early deficits didn’t slow down either of Allen Community College’s soccer teams Sunday.
Both Red Devil squads found themselves trailing 1-0 against Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College before clamping down on defense from there. And both Allen squads then ended with rapid-fire scoring to seize control.
The Red Devil women scored twice in a 7-minute stretch to take the lead for good in a 3-1 victory.
Meanwhile, Allen’s men trailed 1-0, and didn’t find the back of the net until Daniel Galindo scored at the 75-minute mark. Then, Tiago Troyano, whose assist led to Galindo’s equalizer, took a Jordan Mase assist and blasted in a shot at the 82nd minute to give ACC a 2-1 victory.
The victories lift the Allen men to 4-2 on the season, while the Red Devil women are at 5-1.
As for the women’s game, NEO took the lead with a goal in the 25th minute before Allen’s Claudia Zahui took a pass from Mia Evans and scored the tying goal just over 3 minutes later.
Kate Giblin was next, scoring from a feed from Samantha Burks to give Allen a 2-1 lead in the 35th minute.
There the score stood until after intermission, when the aforementioned Evans blasted in a penalty kick for Allen’s third and final goal.
The Red Devils are back at home this afternoon for matches against Northern Oklahoma College-Tonkawa. The women’s game starts at 2 p.m.; the men follow at 4.
