Scottsbluff's Adryana Rodriguez scored two goals and the Western Nebraska Community College women's soccer team showed potential in a weekend scrimmage Saturday when the White team defeated the Pink team 4-1 in two 25-minute halves.
"We played good for the first time together, but there is areas we need to work on," Rodriquez said. "The offense worked fairly well together. There is a lot of depth and finished well together, but still needs perfected in areas."
The White team wasted little time in scoring as Julia Santos scored just a minute into the game for the 1-0 lead. At the 15:50 mark of the first half, Rodriquez scored her first goal to make it 2-0 off an assist from Audrey Gosvener.
Five minutes into the second half, Rodriguez scored her second goal off another assist from Gosvener to make it 3-0. The White team went up 4-0 with three minutes to play when Danae Montalvo scored.
The Pink team finally scored with under 15 seconds to play as Allison Herbel fed former Cougar Bethany Fuchs with the ball and the Cougar alumni scored.
Rodriquez said this was a good indication of what they need to work on, but the potential is there. Besides the offense, she saw good things with the defense and midfield.
"We have lots of talented girls on defense. However, we just need to work on communication and staying together," she said. "Our midfield has a lot of potential. Marit (Schelstraete) and Julia work very well together to move the ball up."
The Cougar women are off until they open the season August 22 and 23 in Ephraim, Utah, when they face Northwest College and Yavapai College.
"I am very excited to see what this season is going to bring," Rodriquez said. "Once we clamed down and played simple, we found combination passes brought us more success."
The Cougars' first home match of the season is slated for September 19 and 20 when they host Otero College and Trinidad State College.