Ottumwa, IA – The No. 2 nationally ranked Indian Hills Men's Soccer squad rolled to an impressive win on its home pitch on Saturday, blanking Crowder College (MO) 7-0. The Warriors remain unbeaten on the year at 3-0-1.
Indian Hills tied its largest margin of victory this season and most goals scored in a match with the 7-0 victory over the Roughriders. Five different Warriors found the back of the net in the victory, including a pair of goals from sophomore captain Diego Lazaro (Laval, Canada/Horizon-Jeunesse).
The Warrior defense did not allow a shot on the afternoon as freshman keeper Matteo Malaguti (Mantova, Italy/Liceo Isabella d'este Mantova) went untested in net. As a team, the Warriors outshot the Roughriders 26-0, including 12 shots on target. The Warriors tallied seven corner kicks in the victory.
Freshman Enzo de Almeida (Foz do Iguacu, Brazil/Colegio Silva Batista) opened up the scoring in the 15th minute on an assist from Rodrigo Velasco (Palma, Spain/Santa Maria) to put the Warriors on the board. Less than five minutes before the halftime intermission, sophomore captain Vittorio Bellesi (Breno, Italy/Olivelli Putelli) buried a penalty kick to give the Warriors a 2-0 advantage heading into the break.
The Warriors extended the lead to 3-0 in the 60th minute as Lazaro was on the receiving end of assists from Leo Jaukovic (London, England/Fulham Boys School) and Carlos Noboa (Guayaquil, Ecuador/Centro Educativo Miraflores). Just 22 seconds later, sophomore Joseph Redmond (Basingstoke, England/Basingstoke Academy) buried his first goal of the season on an assist from Lazaro to put the game out of reach.
Lazaro teamed up with Rafael Posada (Chicago, IL/West Chicago Community) in the 68th minute for an easy score before Posada put home a goal in the 71st minute for a 6-0 lead on a highlight-reel assist from Bernardo Boreira Hanel Canela, Brazil/Danton Correa da Silva). Freshman Muneki Yamamoto (Osaka, Japan/Kagoshima Josei) tallied the final goal of the match in the 82nd minute on an assist from Yudai Shinjo (Okinawa, Japan/Koza).
The Wariors ranked seventh in the nation with 17 goals scored on the year while the team's 0.25 goals against average is the second-lowest in the nation for teams that have played at least three games on the year.
With five points on the day, Lazaro now ranks 12th in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) this season with nine points.
Indian Hills returns to action September 10 in a matchup with NJCAA DII No. 3 ranked Iowa Lakes Community College at the IHCC Soccer Complex in Ottumwa. Wednesday's matchup is part of a doubleheader with the Indian Hills Women's Soccer squad which kicks off at 1:00 PM.
NEW YEAR - WHAT TO KNOW
Fans can keep up the Indian Hills Men's Soccer squad all year long through a number of ways:
- X (formerly Twitter): @IHCCAthletics | @IHCCMsoc
- Facebook: Indian Hills Athletics | Indian Hills Men's Soccer
- Instagram: @IHCCMSOC | @IHCCAthletics
- Youtube: Indian Hills Athletics
- Website: www.indianhillsathletics.com
- Catch up with the history of Indian Hills Men's Soccer: Indian Hills Men's Soccer Record Book | Indian Hills Men's Soccer All-Time Awards
- Keep up with former Indian Hills Men's Soccer standouts and where they are now | Next Level Warriors - Indian Hills Men's Soccer
- All home games are played at IHCC Soccer Comlpex on the Indian Hills Ottumwa campus
- Admission to all home matches is free of charge
HOW TO WATCH
As always, GoHillsTV provides free live broadcasts of all Indian Hills home men's soccer games. Fans can tune in a number of ways all season long:
- Facebook: visit www.facebook.com/gohillstv
- GoHillsTV App: Download the Iowa Media Network app on your android or ios device and navigate to the GoHillsTV section
- Website: https://www.iowamedianetwork.com/gohillstv to catch all live and archived information
- Roku Streaming Device (new): Have a Roku TV or streaming stick? Download the GoHillsTV app to start streaming today!
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