Roughriders Win

The Roughrider soccer team recorded their 13th shutout of the season in a 2-0 victory over Iowa Central Community College in Trenton, New Jersey Friday morning. YC now advances to the NJCAA Division I Consolation Finals Sunday morning at 9:00 AM ET. In Yavapai’s 21-year history, never have they lost back-to-back matches (462-34-13).

Jonathan Castro began the scoring in the 34th minute of the game on a pass from Daouda Cisse. In the 67th minute, Gavin LaFollette scored the final goal of the match on a pass from David Malloy. It was combined effort in goal for Yavapai as Michael Moran, Humberto Soriano and James Iles pitched the shutout for the home team.

On Sunday, Yavapai will face Essex County College, NJ who beat Barton County Community College on penalty kicks 5-4 Friday afternoon. In 2000, YC beat Essex in the Consolation Finals of the NJCAA National Tournament, 3-1 in the only meeting these two teams have had. The match will kick-off at 9:00 AM Eastern Time, 7:00 AM Arizona Time.