CASPER, Wyo. – It has been two weeks since the Western Nebraska Community College women's soccer team played an actual contest that counted when they tied Iowa Lakes Community College 3-3 on August 19.

                Saturday afternoon, the Cougar women competed for much of the contest as the Cougars trailed Casper just 2-0 at halftime, but by the end of the contest, the Thunderbirds scored five second-half goals to earn the 7-1 victory.

                The first half was a battle between the two squads as the only two goals scored in the opening half came from Casper's Macy Sickler and Emma Goetz as the two teams entered intermission with Casper leading 2-0.

                The start of the second half was competitive as Casper scored early on a Gabrielle McVay goal, but the Cougars came back to add a goal to make it 3-1 as Yasmin Urbina scored off a Tania Razo assist.

                Both teams kept battling, but the Thunderbirds scored four goals in the final 25 minutes to earn the 7-1 non-conference win.

                WNCC, 0-1-1 on the young season, will be back in action Monday when they face Central Wyoming College in a non-conference contest. The Cougar women will then open the conference season next weekend when they host Northwest College on Friday and Central Wyoming College on Saturday with both women's contests beginning at 1 p.m.