WILBURTON, Oklahoma – Northern Oklahoma College soccer split two games with Eastern Sunday afternoon in Wilburton.
The Maverick men shut out Eastern 3-0 while the Maverick women lost to Eastern 1-0.
NOC Men 3, Eastern 0
In the final game of six games road stand, the Mavericks shut out Eastern 3-0.
Northern took control of the game early in the second half as Matthew Cuellar dribbled to the end line in the box and rainbowed a defender before being taken down for a penalty. George Robinson stepped to the penalty spot and calmly finished the chance putting the Mavericks ahead 1-0.
Moments later Shukri Farias broke in behind the Eastern defense and crossed the ball to Robinson, who hit the ball first time into the side netting of the far post to put the Mavs up 2-0. Robinson put the game away with his third goal off an assist from Gavin Reno. Ruben Flores and Cole Weiberg combined in goal to pick up the shut out.
“It was a big win for us,” said coach Michael Duroy. “I’m really happy for the guys. Obviously George (Robinson) was great with the goals, but Harry Yorke may have been the best player on the field today. It’s awesome to finally have him out there. It was our first clean sheet of the year. Our back line and midfield did a really nice job of limiting their shots and Ruben (Flores) and Cole (Weiberg) were good in goal.”
NOC outshot Eastern 12-4.
The Mavs host Dodge City at 4 p.m. Wednesday.
Eastern 1, NOC Women 0
The Northern Oklahoma College women soccer dominated Eastern on Sunday in every way but dropped the scoreboard a 1-0 region but the game Mavs to Eastern in Wilburton.
NOC is now 1-4 on the year and 0-2 on region play. Eastern improved to 3-1 on the year and 1-1 in region play.
NOC had 25 shots, 13 on target compared to four shots for Eastern, two on goal.
Eastern scored in the first half in the 13th minute and then held on for the win.
“This loss is very disappointing and a hard one to swallow,” said NOC coach Jade Ovendale. “We completely dominated the game but just could not find the net. To give credit their goalkeeper made some solid saves which built to our frustration.”
“The ladies did not give up and we really kept on knocking on the door with shot after shot right until the whistle was blown,”
