Men's Soccer

WARRIORS ADVANCE IN REGION XI TOURNAMENT

WARRIORS ADVANCE IN REGION XI TOURNAMENT

Scoring Summary

2nd - 52:17 - Shogo Koike ((5) Indian Hills)
2nd - 61:48 - Mateo Chavarriaga ((5) Indian Hills)
2nd - 63:10 - Henry O'Leary ((4) Iowa Central)

Game Leaders

(5) Indian Hills
G: 2 Players (#3, #24) - 1
A: Mateo Chavarriaga - 1
Sh: Kento Tani - 3
Sv: Matteo Scarduzio - 2
(4) Iowa Central
G: N/A
A: N/A
Sh: N/A
Sv: N/A

Team Stats

(5) Indian Hills
(4) Iowa Central

Shots (on goal)

10 (4)
0 (0)

Saves

2
0

Fouls

8
0

Corner Kicks

4
0

Offsides

0
0
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Posted: Oct 24, 2021

Fort Dodge, IA – A pair of second half goals lifted the Indian Hills Men's Soccer team to a 2-1 victory over Iowa Central Community College to advance to the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) DI Men's Soccer Region XI Tournament Semifinals. The fifth-seeded Warriors will now take on top-seeded Iowa Western Community College.

The opening round of the region tournament kicked off Sunday at the Rogers Sports Complex as fifth-seeded Indian Hills took on fourth-seeded Iowa Central on a drizzly and cool afternoon. The Warriors built a 2-0 lead midway through the second half and held on to upend the Tritons in the region tournament for the second consecutive year.

The victory places the Warriors in the NJCAA Region XI Tournament Semifinal round, set for 2:00 PM on Wednesday, Oct. 27 at Iowa Western in Council Bluffs, IA. The Warriors and Reivers will play for a shot at the region championship on Sunday, Oct. 31 against the winner of No. 2 Iowa Lakes Community College and No. 3 Marshalltown Community College.

The Warriors opened up Sunday's match on the attack with a number of scoring opportunities in the early minutes of the first half. Tsubasa Nagoaka (Urayasu, Japan/Chuo Gakuen) provided an early threat for the Warriors, but both sides went scoreless for the first 45 minutes as freshman goalkeeper Matteo Scarduzio (San Secondo Parmense, Italy/Fabio Bocchialini) blanked the Tritons in the first stanza.

Indian Hills struck first to open the second half as Shogo Koike (Taishi, Japan/Taishi), attacking from the defensive backline, buried a shot off a corner kick from Mateo Chavarriaga (Cartagena, Colombia/Montessori) in the 53rd minute. Chavarriaga doubled the lead with a goal of his own just 10 minutes later as the freshman drove a direct kick from 30 yards out for the 2-0 edge.

Iowa Central responded with a goal two minutes later in the 65th minute, but the Warrior defense clamped down over the final 24 minutes to knock the Tritons out of postseason contention.

Wednesday's match at Iowa Western can be streamed live here: Reiver Sports Network