Tag: KCKCC men’s soccer

by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC sports information

No. 17 ranked Barton County sent Kansas City Kansas Community College’s men’s soccer team to the playoff sidelines in Great Bend Wednesday.

Scoring three times in the first 22 minutes, Barton posted a 4-1 win in opening round play of the Region VI Division I playoffs. The loss ended KCKCC’s season at 5-5-1 while Barton improved to 10-2-1.

Carlos Rodriguez scored KCKCC’s lone goal on an assist from Ronin Richardson at 64:38 of the second half to cut the Blue Devils’ deficit to 3-1 only to have the Cougars’ Gabrielle Privitera score three minutes later to re-open the lead to 4-1.

Barton took control of the game early. Vladyslav Peretyatko scored on assists from Shizu Yohena and Fellipe D’Agostini just 7½ minutes into the game. Ricardo Sepulveda made it 2-0 with 14:35 gone on an assist from Privitera and Genildo Postimo’s unassisted goal made it 3-0 with 21:53 gone in the contest.

by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC sports information

The Kansas City Kansas Community College men’s soccer team finally opened its postponed 2020 season on the road Friday at No. 15 ranked Cowley County in Arkansas City,

The two teams battled on even terms before the Tigers’ Antonio Peruchi Marra and Alexandre Picoto scored on unassisted goals midway through the half for a 2-0 halftime lead before the Tigers pulled away in the final minutes for a 6-0 win.

The Blues Devils are back in action Monday at Neosho County in Chanute in a women’s and men’s Jayhawk Conference doubleheader at 5 and 7 p.m. The home opener for the Blue Devil men comes Saturday, April 10, a twin bill against Dodge City at noon and 2:30 p.m.

A couple of defensive mistakes and a controversial penalty call doomed the Blue Devils in the first half. The mistakes were multiplied in the second half when Kervens Joseph drew a red card, forcing KCKCC to play most of the second half with 10 players. The Tigers jumped on the opportunity, scoring three of their six goals in the final six minutes of play.