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Fontes
earns Player of the Week Honors
Elaine
Fontes of the Barton County Community College women’s soccer
team has been named the NJCAA Division 1 Women’s Soccer Player
of the Week. Fontes started off the week with a record setting performance
at Garden City. She scored a team record 5 goals in the Cougars’
9-0 victory. In the final game of the week, Fontes led Barton County
to a 2-1 win over Neosho. She scored both the Cougars’ goals,
including the game winner with 14 seconds left on the clock.
With
victories over Garden City and Neosho, Barton ended the week a perfect
2-0. The boosted their overall record to 4-4 and stayed unbeaten
in Conference play at 3-0. Her 5-goal output broke the old mark
of 4 goals, tied most recently by Fontes’ teammate Robin Reidle
earlier this year.
The
Cougars will be back on the road on Wednesday, traveling to Concorida
face Cloud County. On Sunday, they return home for the 1st time
in two weeks with a conference match against Hutchinson. The contest
with Hutchinson will start at 3 pm. Hutchinson will bring a 5-2
record overall and a 3-2 Jayhawk record to Cougar Fields. The Blue
Dragons only conference losses are to nationally ranked Butler as
well as Neosho.
Fontes
Stats on the Week
Garden City – 5 goals, 5 shots on goal
Neosho – 2 goals, 3 shots on goal
Next
Wed, Sept. 28 – at Cloud County, 2 pm (Jayhawk Conference
contest at Concordia)
Sun, Oct. 2 – vs Hutchinson, 3 pm (Jayhawk Conference contest
at Cougar Fields, Great Bend)
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Check
out Barton County Soccer Online at www.bartonccc.edu/sports
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