Photos by Elenna Koenig | The Doane Owl
(Left) Freshman Jose Almazan tries to kick the ball away from the sideline. (Middle) Junior Johan Quintero tries to not get fouled. (Right) Junior Pablo Rodriguez Cabrero attemps to kick the ball into the goal after receiving it.
On Sept. 25, the Tigers traveled to Fremont, Nebraska, to compete against Midland University, where the Warriors won the match 1-7.
The Warriors had 27 attempted shots, with 15 being on the goal and seven goals, while the Tigers had 10 attempted shots, with only two on the goal.
During the second half, however, Senior Hugo Santos was able to get the Tigers one goal after taking it through the Warriors’ defensive line. Along with that, Santos had three total shots during the game. Senior Samuel Montanez, who was the keeper for this game, had eight saves in total.
On Sept. 28, the Tigers competed at home against Waldorf University where they had a successful win of 6-0.
Starting in the first half, in minute ‘9 junior Fernando Moreno passed the ball to senior Ameer Madden, who sent the ball straight into the goal for the first goal of the game. In minute ‘29, Madden scored another goal off of an unassisted goal. For the final goal for the first half, junior Nicolas Jones scored a goal after another unassisted goal.
Going into the second half, at minute ‘68 junior Luis Rejano Candau scored a goal off of a penalty kick. One minute later, Rejano Candau scored his second goal of the game after receiving a pass from Madden. For the final goal of the game, sophomore Yvan Nyame outsprinted the opponent, which allowed him to shoot for the goal.
Montanez was also the goalkeeper for this game, in which he had three saves. The Tigers also had 30 attempted shots, with 19 of them on the goal, while Waldorf had seven attempted shots with four of them on the goal.
On Oct. 5, the Tigers will be traveling to Sioux Center, Iowa, to compete against Dordt University.
