The Beavers of Pratt Community College headed off to Iola, KS earlier today, October 30 with one goal in mind. Defending their National Junior College Athletic Association Region VI Championship from a year ago and repeating as champions. Standing in their way for the second time was Allen County. The Red Devils held the #1 seed in the playoffs this year which granted them home field advantage throughout the post season.
The game started off very evenly matched similar to the past two matches this season. At the 7:55 mark of the first half, the Red Devil's goalie ended up flying through the net trying to stop a ball. This caused a long delay as the referees and coaches tried to fix the goal. Once the game was able to restart the first half ended in a 0-0 tie. In the second half, Allen County struck first off a free kick at the 33:27 mark of the second half. Sophomore Gustavo Lira was able to tie the game with 25:44 remaining off a free kick. At the 9:17 mark the Beavers scored the go ahead goal off a corner kick by fresham Lucas Barcelos. The Beavers were able to hold on to win 2-1 as the remining daylight was exiting the sky.
The Beavers will advance to the Plains District game for the second straight year. Instead of traveling for the game Pratt will get to host the #9 Northeast Community College Hawks. The Hawks defeated Southeastern Community College 2-1 who is the team that ended the Beavers season last year. The game will be played at the Beaver Sports Complex. With both the men's and women's soccer teams now playing the same opponent an offical game date and time will be annouced soon.
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