BEATRICE, Neb. — Wednesday’s trip to the Great White North — in this case Nebraska — proved beneficial for Allen Community College’s soccer teams.
The Red Devil women improved to 5-0 with a 5-0 whitewash over Southeast Community College, while Allen’s men steamrolled their way to a 9-1 romp.
The Allen squads will embark on another lengthy road trip Wednesday, to Columbus, Neb., to take on Central Community College before visiting Pratt next Saturday.
Wednesday’s cold, and occasionally snowy weather, did little to slow either ACC team.
The Red Devil women rode the blazing right foot of Dot Usher to a 3-0 lead. She scored the first off an assist from Samantha Burks less than 9 minutes into the game, then scored on a pair of penalty kicks, at the 20:35 and 53:24 marks to complete her fourth hat trick of the season.
Burks’ second assist of the day set up Yasmin Evans for a goal at the 77:15 mark, then Jess Jones scored on Danielle Jeffcoat’s assist at 85:23 for the capper.
The Red Devils dominated possession, outshooting Southeast, 22-2.
That meant a leisurely day for ACC’s goalkeeper, Phoenix Michaelis, who fielded only one shot on goal in her 75 minutes of action.
ALLEN’S Jordan Mase and Tiago Troyano had a productive afternoon as well in the men’s contest, with each scoring two goals in the rout.
Mase assisted on three goals, while Troyago had two assists for the Red Devils, who improved to 5-1 with the win.
Mase’s three assists set up Payge Sinclair, Olomidara Olukayode and Troyano as the Red Devils raced in front, 3-0.
Mase pushed the lead to 5-0, first on an unassisted goal, then on a feed from Thandinkosi Mnqathu. Troyano made it 6-0 with his second goal of the match off an assist from Matthew Akidaug.
Sinclair fed Joe Gartnter for Allen’s seventh goal, Eduardo Tavares scored on an unassisted goal, and Brooklyn Vodo took Troyano’s assist to the back of the net for the final tally.
Goalkeeper Ajay Murray was largely idle through the match, saving the only Southeast shot on goal he faced. Matthew Kingwill also saw time at goal, saving two of the three shots he faced
