| Show Mens Men's Women's Soccer Clubs go 3 1 Over Weekend in League Play By Corey Bullock Sports Editor After coming of wins of 7 and 9 points from a week a ago the Salt Lake Community mens men's soccer team was feeling good about their chances to repeat as champions To do that they would have to get past two teams that seemed to be much improved improved improved im im- im- im proved from last year Both of the soccer clubs from Idaho State and Boise State made the trip south this weekend in an attempt to dethrone the champions Although both of them put up a good fight the speed and ability of the Bruins proved to much for the two clubs from Idaho The Bruins meet up with Idaho State on Friday September 28 at Eisenhower Jr High School With a little bit of rain falling and on a muddy field jumped out to a 3 0 lead on the The Bruins looked to be on their way to another easy victory but the had something to say about that They charged back with two unanswered goals to tighten the game up The Bruins then showed a lot of poise and composure by scoring twice more to take a 5 2 lead which they held to win the game We have had a problem with getting up early and then letting our guard down says Coach Enrique Velasquez Our goal was to keep the pressure on the entire game and we did a of stepping up when we had to Bryce and Jorge Estrada kicked in two goals a apiece apiece apiece piece and Jeremy Jordan added another goal Saturday September 29 the Boise State Broncos tried their hand at slowing down the Bruins but to tono tono tono no avail The Broncos ran into a brick wall wallin wallin wallin in the form of the defense The Bruin defense only allowed one goal in the contest and allowed the opportunity for the offense to score 12 goals as the Bruins ran away with witha a 12 1 victory a 4 0 record in league play and a 18 game league winning streak The Bruins scored their first goal in the first five minutes of the game They had 4 goals at the nineteen minute mark and 8 by half ending the game with 12 We just jumped on them early by capitalizing on their mistakes comments Our goal was to be consistent and put pressure on them from the beginning and I think we did that The Bruins have out scored their opponents 6 36 in their first four league games They play next at home against Weber State on Friday October 7 and at Utah State on Saturday October 8 WOMEN WIN ONE AND LOSE ONE THIS WEEKEND After coming off a tough 5 2 loss at home against Weber State last Saturday the Salt Lake Community College women's soccer team looked to bounce back this weekend The task wasn't going to be all that easy considering the fact that this weeks opponents were Colorado and Utah State A Colorado club that has an 11 year tradition of excellence in their soccer program traveled to Salt Lake to face the Lady Bruins on Friday September 28 It was a very physical ball game that was won by defense and by 1 They are a very talented team that is making the jump to division 1 next year and we just physically beat them to every ball and out hustled them says Coach Kim Free We won with heart and I was very proud of our ladies Jamie Boren kicked in the only goal of the game and the rest was left up to the the defense did their job by shutting out Colorado to claim the The Lady Bruins than traveled to Weber State to play Utah State on Saturday September 30 played well but not well throughout most of the game but the fact that they had played such an emotional game just hours prior to this one and the Utah State proved to be to much for forthe forthe forthe the Lady Bruins who lost 3 The game was a 1 0 contest with 7 minutes to go when Utah State got gota a brake away goal on a questionable call that could have been off Then the put one more in to claim the victory We were just and mentally mentally mentally men men- tally drained from our win the day before Free of her teams performance on Saturday They are area a good team and we just weren't up for them today At weeks end the Lady Bruins stand at 3 2 in the NCSA Western Division and 3 overall next travels south to play three games against Southern Utah Arizona State and Northern Arizona in Cedar City all schools that are making the jump to Division 1 next year |
