by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC
Neosho County grabbed an early lead and held on to hand Kansas City Kansas Community College’s Blue Devils their first loss of the season 4-2 Tuesday.
Now 2-1, the Blue Devils go on the road for their next three contests, all Jayhawk Conference tests at Allen County Saturday at 4 p.m., at Cowley College next Tuesday at 7 p.m. and at Coffeyville Sept. 20 before returning home against Johnson County Sept. 26.
Neosho took a 1-0 lead on a goal by Josh Garcia 23 minutes into the game and made it 2-0 on a goal by Josue Villalta 12 minutes later. Both were assisted by Marcos Lucero.
KCKCC freshman Reed Axthelm cut the lead in half with an assist from Guilherme Grave two minutes before halftime but goals by Eduardo Carvalho and Lucero rebuilt the Neosho lead to 4-1. The Blue Devils’ final goal was scored by Ricardo Angelo on an assist by Grave at the 80th minute.
KCKCC had 15 shots to 14 for Neosho with Neosho’s Moussa Sy recording eight shots while Youssef Gadelkerim turned back four of eight shots for KCKCC.