Thunder Athletics Recap – Oct. 14th to Oct. 18th

(Photo Courtesy of Northwest Iowa Community College)

Sheldon, Iowa — Northwest Iowa Community College’s women’s soccer team earned a 1–1 draw against Southeastern Community College, while Sports Shooting competed at the ICCAC Conference Championships.

Men’s soccer challenged a nationally ranked opponent, while volleyball continued to make progress on defense and offense.

Women’s Soccer

October 17 | NCC 1, Southeastern Community College 1

The Thunder took a 1–0 lead into halftime behind a first-half goal from Bryanna Garcia, assisted by Jasmine Stanley. Southeastern tied the match on a penalty kick in the second half. NCC held the statistical advantage, but could not find another goal, finishing with a 1–1 draw.

Men’s Soccer

October 14 | Western Iowa Tech Community College 7, NCC 1

The Thunder fell to Western Iowa Tech on the road, 7–1.

October 17 | Southeastern Community College 6, NCC 1

NCC held No. 12 nationally ranked Southeastern scoreless through the first half. After Southeastern opened the scoring, Leslie Musaka quickly answered with a goal for the Thunder to tie the match at 1–1. Southeastern pulled ahead later in the second half to secure the win.

Sports Shooting

October 16–18 | ICCAC Conference Championships | Cedar Falls, Iowa

The Thunder competed at the ICCAC Conference Championships at the Iowa State Trapshooting Association grounds in Cedar Falls.

Kollyn Wiemers led NCC in Trap Singles, placing 27th with a score of 190 out of 200. Cal Lessman finished with 157 out of 200, and Madelyn Kelley scored 112 out of 200.

Volleyball

October 14 | Northeast Community College 3, NCC 0

The Thunder continued to show improvement in defense and serve-receive against Northeast, although scoring runs by the opponent made it difficult for NCC to stay within reach in each set.

NCC also continued to develop offensively. Kylie Boyle recorded 22 kills with a .298 hitting percentage over her last three matches.