SOCCER (RECORD 8-3-1, REGION 4-3-1, CONFERENCE 3-0)
TUESDAY OCT. 9 (Valhalla, NY) – Franco Ladron De Guevarra (White Plains, NY/White Plains HS) enjoyed his best game of the 2018 season, registering five points after two goals and an assist. Guilherme Griza (Novo Hamburgo-RS (Brazil)/Colegio Marista Pio XII) recorded his third shutout of the 2018 season as the Westchester Community College Men’s Soccer team downed visiting SUNY Rockland, 3-0 on Tuesday afternoon at Barrett Field. With the win, the Vikings improve to 7-3-1 overall, 5-3-1 in Region XV play, and 2-0 in the Mid-Hudson Conference.
Prior to the game, De Guevarra, Mathew Rios (Yorktown, NY/Yorktown HS), Miguel Perez (Montrose, NY/Hendrick Hudson HS), Giovanni Gibaja (White Plains, NY/White Plains HS), Chris Vallejo (Pleasantville, NY/Pleasantville HS), and Bryan Terrones (New Rochelle, NY/New Rochelle HS) were honored on ‘Sophomore Day.
After missing numerous early opportunities, WCC finally broke through at 33:50 when Ladron De Guevarra ran down the right alley, and found Lucas Rodrigues (White Plains, NY/White Plains HS) with a perfect crossing pass that Rodrigues fired to the back of the net for a 1-0 lead. The 1-0 score held until halftime despite a 13-4 edge in shots, and commanding edge in time-of-possession.
Westchester’s possession edge finally wore the Hawks down after halftime as Ladron De Guevarra scored in transition off an Anthony Aguirre (Sleepy Hollow, NY/Sleepy Hollow HS) assist at 55:08 to make it 2-0, and then scored after an incredible individual effort six minutes later for the 3-0 final.
Overall, Westchester out-shot the visitors 24-7, and held a 9-2 edge in corner kicks
SATURDAY OCTOBER 13 (Kingston, NY) – Freshman Luis Galeano (Mamaroneck, NY/Rye Neck HS) scored his 10th goal of the season during a three-point night. Freshman Jose Montes (Pleasantville, NY/Jose Chocano- Peru) recorded the first goal of his career as the Westchester Community College Men’s Soccer team downed Ulster Community College 2-0 on Saturday evening at DIetz Stadium in Kingston, NY. With their second consecutive win, the Vikings improve to 8-3-1 overall, and 2-0 in Mid-Hudson Conference play.
More importantly, the win clinches the #1 seed and home field for WCC for the inaugural Mid-Hudson Conference Championship Game
While Galeano’s heroics grabbed the headline, it was the stellar Westchester CC defense that was the story of the day as freshman Guilherme Griza (Novo Hamburgo-RS (Brazil/Colegio Maresta Pio XII) recorded his second consecutive shutout, and fourth during the 2018 season, after a six-save effort. Westchester Community College, who has only allowed more than two goals in a game twice this season, was also led defensively by Leonardo Vargas (New Rochelle, NY/New Rochelle HS), who enjoyed another outstanding game.
WCC scored the only goal of the first half on a corner kick as Galeano’s pass found Montes, who headed the ball into the back of the net at 36:07 to break a tense opening half hour of play. The scored remained that way until the final minute of play, when Jose Tovar (Yonkers, NY/Riverside HS) fed Galeano, who dribbled and then fired a ball to the back of the net to make it the 2-0 final.
Overall, Westchester out-shot Ulster 19-6, and had seven corner kicks, while the Senators had two. Each team whistled for 11 fouls.
VOLLEYBALL (RECORD 10-7 REGION 9-7 CONFERENCE 3-3)
SATURDAY OCT 13 (Garden City, NY) – The Westchester Community College Women’s Volleyball team lost a pair of Region XV matches on Saturday, Oct. 13, falling 3-1 to Suffolk Community College and 3-0 to Nassau Community College. The tri-match took place at Nassau CC.
Suffolk and Westchester split the opening two sets with the Sharks winning 25-19, followed by a 27-25 win for the Vikings. Suffolk then won the last two sets, 25-16 and 25-16 to earn the victory. For Westchester, sophomore Madison Young (Hartsdale, NY/Woodlands HS) enjoyed a terrific outing with 14 kills, three service aces, and a .611 attack percentage, while Alysha Owens (Mount Vernon, NY/Mount Vernon HS) added six kills, and Melody Pabon (Bronx, NY/Celia Cruz) had a season-high 10 digs, to go with four kills.
Nassau CC swept the match 25-10, 25-15, and 25-14. Sophomore Lindsay Leggio (Mahopac, NY/Mahopac HS) led the Vikings with 12 assists, while Taylor Mello (Cortlandt Manor, NY/Putnam Valley HS) had six digs.
CROSS COUNTRY
SATURDAY OCTOBER 13 Haley Duggan (Pleasantville HS) finished 175th at the St Joseph
