RIVERTON, Wyo. – The Western Nebraska Community College women's soccer team saw their season come to an end after falling 2-1 to Central Wyoming College in Riverton, Wyoming.
WNCC finished eighth with 10 points in the conference standings and the top six teams make the post-season tourney. The Cougars finished the season at 3-11-1 and were 3-6-1 in conference play.
The six teams that made the playoffs included Casper and Western Wyoming will get the byes as the top two teams. The other four teams -- Northwest, Laramie County, Gillette, and Otero -- will play next weekend in first-round games.
The WNCC and Central Wyoming contest was competitive and the excitement started early as Cougar goalkeeper Emily Villagomez, who had 34 saves in net for the game, made diving save on a penalty kick in the first 10 minutes of the contest.
All the scoring happened in the first half. Central Wyoming bolted to a 2-0 lead as Kristen Moss scored in the 13th minute and then Rakiya King scored in the 21st minute.
WNCC cut the deficit in half when Yasmin Urbina scored off a free kick in the 29th minute and that is where the teams stood at halftime.
The second half saw no scoring.
Central Wyoming had 42 shots in the contest while WNCC managed just three. Mariah Russel had two and Urbina had the other goal.
The Cougars will say goodbye to nine sophomores from this season including Emily Villagomez, Lizbeth Barrera, Jade Brothwell, Valentina Mejia-Cuaeva, Alejandra Rodriguez, Ashley Villagomes, Stephanie Villagomez, Yasmin Urbina, and Ariel Veliz.
The Cougars have a good group of freshmen that will return that saw plenty of action.