(Left) Senior Payton Cooley is getting ready to throw the ball back into play. (Middle) Senior Ameer Madden receives the ball to kick into the goal. (Right) Junior Gisselle Martinez searches for a teammate to pass the ball to.
On Sept. 18, the Doane women’s soccer team opened up their Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) against Briar Cliff University.
Just three minutes into the game, junior Mackenzy Gibson took the ball up the sideline and passed to sophomore Sarah Kennedy-Croft, who managed to sneak the ball into the goal, making the score 1-0.
Going into minute ‘15, freshman Hayle Brodine sent a corner kick into the box where the ball connected with junior McKenna Rathbun, who put it into the goal, which made the score 2-0. Also in minute 26’ Rathbun sent the ball into the goal again after a penalty kick, and Doane ended the first half 3-0.
Going into the second half of the game, in minute ‘77 Briar Cliff’s Emily Moran scored their first goal of the game; however, the game ended 3-1. Sophomore Virginia Johnson had a grand total of six saves in the game.
On Sept. 21 the Tigers traveled to Sioux City, Iowa, to compete against Morningside University.
In the first 45 minutes of the game junior Grayce Southern had a grand total of eight saves; however, it was a scoreless first half for both the Tigers and the Mustangs.
Going into the second half, however, in minute ‘47, Rathbun shot the first goal of the game after receiving a pass from Brodine, which gave them the lead. However, in minute ‘78, Morningside’s Tuva Hammarlund received a goal after being awarded a penalty kick.
Finishing the game, Southern had a grand total of eight saves, along with the Tigers having two shots on-goal.
On Sept. 25, the Tigers will be traveling to Fremont, Nebraska, to take on Midland University with kickoff set for 5 p.m.
On Sept. 18, the Doane men’s soccer team opened their Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) play at home against Briar Cliff University.
Starting off the game, in minute ‘26 Briar Cliff’s Lucas Monteiro scored the game’s first goal, after receiving a corner kick from Gabriel Hernandez Les, making the score 0-1 in the first half.
Going into the second half, in minute ‘61 Briar Cliff’s Flynn Kopp scored another goal for the Chargers after Flip Peters attempted a long shot. The game ended 0-2.
Having his first start of the season was sophomore Curtis Oberg, who also had eight saves in the game.
On Sept. 21, the Tigers traveled to Sioux City, Iowa, to compete against Morningside University.
Starting off in the first half, in minute ‘19, Morningside’s Bennett Wesselkaemper scored the first goal of the game. Scoring the second goal for the Mustangs was Jurre Thielen in minute ‘27. In minute ‘31, Yannik Vogel scored the third goal of the game, and one minute later Mathias Constantinou scored another goal for the Mustangs, ending the first half 0-4.
Going into the second half of the game, in minute ‘60 Morningside’s Gustavo Dos Santos scored the final goal of the game, making the final score 0-5. Throughout the game, senior Samuel Montanez had four saves, and the Tigers had six shots, three of them being on the goal.
On Sept. 25, the Tigers will be traveling to Fremont, Nebraska, to compete against Midland University with kickoff set for 7:30 p.m.
