The Allen Community College men’s and women’s soccer teams dominated Wednesday afternoon, crushing Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College in a pair of games.
The women’s team beat up on Northeastern Oklahoma, 9-0, with seven first half goals. The men’s team followed suit in the second game with a 6-0 victory with four of the team’s goals delivered in the second half.
Women’s Soccer
In the sweltering August heat, the Lady Red Devils played after having a full week of games off due to the Neosho game being postponed Saturday. Allen controlled possession, preventing a single Northeastern Oklahoma shot on goal.
The scoring began nine minutes into the action when Claudia Zahui scored the first of three consecutive goals for the early 1-0 advantage off an assist from Autumn Wyatt. About 20 seconds later, Zahui dribbled the ball herself for an unassisted goal and a 2-0 lead.
Six minutes later, she scored yet another goal off a feed from Jessica Allen for the 3-0 score. Zahui and Allen worked well in front of the net all day scoring a combined seven goals while feeding off each other’s energy.
“Claudia’s like the big, strong stand-up-the-ball kind of player, really technical and she’s definitely got great strike, great finish and dynamic runs,” said ACC head coach Jeremy McGinnis. “Jess is more of a speedster. You put them together and you’ve really got a great combination. Jess has got something that is hard to teach and that’s pace.”
The Lady Red Devils made it a 4-0 match when Allen took a pass from Tanika Rother and toed a ball which reached the back of the net. Allen scored her second goal two minutes later off a Hannah Meadwell assist for the 5-0 lead.
Rebecca Lord scored an unassisted goal to make the score 6-0 with six minutes remaining before halftime. Allen then scored yet again off a Lord assist three minutes prior to halftime for the 7-0 advantage.
“The win means a lot,” said McGinnis. “It’s still early in the season and we’ve only played four games so I’m still learning a lot about them as much as they’re learning about what I’m expecting of them. So it’s nice to see them come out and jump right on them in the first half.”
Allen kept up the attack in the second half, taking a pass from Mollie Roberts to put the Red Devils ahead 8-0.
Andrea Gutierrez then took another Roberts assist to the back of the net for the 9-0 final score.
Zahui finished the match totaling six shots on goal while Allen, Lord and Wyatt each toed four shots on goal. In total, the Lady Red Devils sent 27 shots on goal.
Men’s Soccer
The Red Devils men’s soccer team kept up the high level intensity.
Mathew Akidaug scored the first goal with a dribble from the far corner for the 1-0 advantage.
The next goal came off the foot of Thiago Fernandes to begin the second half and was fed off an assist from Leonardo Andognini for the 2-0 lead.
Tavar Lawrence then scored two consecutive goals as an unassisted goal allowed the Red Devils to take a 3-0 lead. Not too long after, Lawrence took a pass from Akidaug and footed another shot for his Allen team’s 4-0 lead.
