Ottumwa, IA – No. 2 Indian Hills Men's Soccer rolled to a 4-1 victory over Iowa Lakes Community College at home on Wednesday afternoon. The Warriors move to 4-0-1 on the year.
Freshman Enzo de Almeida (Foz do Iguacu, Brazil/Colegio Silva Batista) tallied a pair of goals in the victory to pace the Warrior offense. As a team, Indian Hills outshot the Lakers 22-2 on the day to to remain unbeaten in its last four matchups with the Lakers, ranked No. 4 in the latest National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) DII Men's Soccer Poll.
The Warriors controlled the tempo of the match for a majority of the day as the Lakers saw two players sent off with red cards. A pair of first half goals propelled the Warriors to an early advantage before doubling the lead midway through the second stanza. A late penalty kick goal from the Lakers proved to be too little too late as Indian Hills cruised to the cross-division victory.
de Almeida opened up the scoring in the 23rd minute with a remarkable strike to the upper-left corner of the net on an assist from Leo Jaukovic (London, England/Fulham Boys School) and Carlos Noboa (Guayaquil, Ecuador/Centro Educativo Miraflores). Sophomore Joe Redmond (Basingstoke, England/Basingstoke Academy) pushed the lead to 2-0 after heading home a cross from freshman Sakutaro Matsuura (Aichi, Japan/Kaishu Gakuen JSC) at the 37:11 mark.
Freshman keeper Matteo Malaguti (Mantova, Italy/Liceo Isabella d'este Mantova) preserved the first half shutout as the Indian Hills defense stood tall once again. de Almeida increased the lead to 3-0 early on in the second half after burying a close-range shot on an assist from Jaukovic and Fabian Arroyo (Ciudad Quesada, Costa Rica/Liceo San Carlos). Freshman Rafael Posada (Chicago, IL/West Chicago Community) tallied his third goal of the year in the 80th minute on an assist from Redmond to put the match out of reach.
On the year, de Almeida has now scored at least one goal in each of the team's five matches on the year. The freshman's six goals are fourth-most in the NJCAA while his 13 points rank sixth nationally.
As a team, the Warriors rank sixth nationally with 21 goals on the year while the team's 0.40 goals against average is tied for seventh-best in the NJCAA.
Next up for the Warriors is a trip to No. 17 nationally ranked Lewis & Clark Community College (IL). The two sides will square off at 2:00 PM on Saturday afternoon in Godfrey, IL.
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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