Lady Roadrunners fall in home opener

Kansas City, Kan. – The State Fair Community College (SFCC) Lady Roadrunners soccer team lost a tough 2-0 game to seventh-ranked Kansas City Kansas Community College on Thursday, Aug. 28 in Kansas City, Kansas.

Kansas City Kansas scored first with less than 38 minutes remaining in the opening half. Kansas City found the back of the net the second time with about four minutes remaining in the opening half.

Sophomore forward Ella Smith recorded a team-high two shots.

Freshman goalkeeper Valeria Morales got the start in goal and recorded 10 saves in the game.

Sedalia, Mo. – SFCC (1-2) opened the home portion of their schedule with a 1-0 loss to Allen County Community College on Saturday, Aug. 30, at the Fred E. Davis Sports Complex.

Allen County scored the only goal of the match with less than two minutes into the first half. The rest of the game was a defensive battle.

Morales again started in goal for the Lady Roadrunners.

"We have a lot of freshmen on our roster this season," said Associate Head Soccer Coach Roberto Tucker. "It's kind of hard for young players to make quick adjustments. I think that the results will be coming. We need to make the transition quicker to get into the offensive third of the field. I believe the girls are doing a great job. We played Kansas City Kansas who is a nationally ranked team—it was a very good game. We need to continue to work hard. I think the girls did a good job today but, we were not able to come up with the victory."

David Rohrbach

SFCC Athletics