| 1st | 2nd | Final | |
| Barclay | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Hesston | 6 | 1 | 7 |
Hesston Goals: 1Arsene Tshidimu (assist Troy Stutzman); 2 Arsene Tshidimu (assist Troy Stutzman); 3 Jared Coblentz (assist Arsene Tshidimu); 4 Troy Stutzman (unassisted); 5 Andy Krabill (unassisted); 6 Michael Clark (assist Mark Yoder); 7 Nathan Wood (assist Andy Krabill)
Coach's Comments--
Hesston finally ends its losing
streak with a strong win against Barclay College. Hesston began the
game passing well and getting deep into Barclay territory. Five minutes
into the game the Larks registered their first goal on a free kick from
the right corner of the field. Troy Stutzman hit a perfectly placed
ball to an on-running Arsene Tshidimu who headed the ball nicely past
the keeper from the 6-yard box.
Hesston kept up the pressure chalking
up another goal. But it was the third goal that was the nicest. Mark
Yoder threaded a nice ball diagonally on the ground into the box. Arsene
Tshidimu collected the ball and back-healed it to an overlapping Jared
Coblentz who casually nutmegged the keeper. The beginning of the game
we were doing some nice passing and that sequence was one of the nicest
plays of the game.
The Larks registered three more
goals before Barclay finally got on the board. We got a little lazy
getting the ball out of the back. But you have to give their player
credit he made a nice move to get past our last defender and then he
was alone going to goal. He did a nice job to finish it off too. It’s
not really a big deal to give one up when you’re up by six but
a shut out would have been nice.
Considering that we haven’t
had a win in a while and we’ve struggled to score goals it’s
was nice to win the way we did (by six goals) but I wouldn’t say
it’s the best game we’ve played. That may sound nit picky
but it’s my job to get the players ready for teams that won’t
give us as much time on the ball as Barclay did today. The win is nice
but after fall break the regional tournament will by coming up fast.
However, the players had fun and maybe that’s enough for now.
Hesston will take a few days off
with fall break and then get back into action against Rhema Bible College
on October 17 at home for an afternoon game. The Larks improved their
record to 3-9.