By: Justin Hargrove, Assistant Athletic Director
The Northeast Texas Community College Women’s and Men’s Soccer teams kicked off the 2022 season at home against the LSU-Eunice Bengals. LSU-E Women would mount a comeback and defeat the Eagles 3-2 and the men’s squad for the Bengals won 3-1 on Wednesday.
NTCC took an early 1-0 lead in the Women’s game on a goal from Sophomore Erika Trivino (Bogota, Colombia), newcomer Kayla Banta (Nederland, Tx) provided the assist. The Eagles would score again just a few minutes later on a goal by freshmen Katelyn Leal (Tulare, California) who was assisted by fellow freshmen Leticia Heemann (Brazil).
For the Men’s team, the Bengals from LSU-Eunice would get on the board on an early Penalty kick to lead 1-0. Returning Eagle player Carlos Quinones (Galena Park, Tx) would get the Eagles on the board with an assist from fellow veteran David Imbert (France).
NTCC Freshmen goalie Enzo Camps (France) had nine saves in the game for the Eagles.
Both teams will be at home again on Saturday, September 3rd. The Men will play first at 12:00pm (Noon) against Coastal Bend College and the women will follow around 2:00pm against Navarro College.
Tickets can be purchased from the HomeTown Tickets Fan App that can be download to your mobile device or by going to www.ntcceagles.com. No cash sales at the gate.
