The Western Nebraska Community College men's soccer team split a pair of Region IX conference matches over the weekend.
On Friday, WNCC was shutout as Casper earned the 1-0 win when the Thunderbirds scored in the 81st minutes on a goal by Jules Foll to earn the win.
WNCC's played strong in that loss despite the loss as Casper had 13 shots on goal and managed just one. WNCC goalkeeper Hernan Burdiles had eight saves in net.
WNCC rebounded in a big way over Gillette to pick up the 2-1 win.
The Cougars and the Pronghorns had a battle, but the Cougars took a 1-0 lead in the first half when Eduardo Oliveira had an unassisted goals for the 1-0 lead had halftime.
Gillette scored in the second half on a David Silva goal, but the Cougars' winning goal came from Isrrael Rodriguez off an assist from Pedro Roche for the 2-1 win.
WNCC had 14 shots with 11 on goal. Rodriguez was 3-3 with shots along with Oliveira. Pablo Dominguez and Adolfo Rojas each were 1-of-2 on shots.
Burdiles had five saves in net for the Cougars.
The WNCC men, 5-2-1 on the season and 3-1 in conference play, will be back in action next weekend when they hit the road for key conference matches in Colorado when they face Northeastern Junior College on Friday and Lamar Community College on Saturday.