Lady Cougar soccer shuts out Cowley to earn first win

After dropping its first two games of the season to ranked opponents, the Barton Community College women's soccer team earned its first win by shutting out Cowley College 2-0 Thursday night in Arkansas City.  Barton improves to 1-2 on the season and 1-0 in Jayhawk Conference play while dropping Cowley to 1-2 overall and 0-2 in conference.  The Lady Cougars will play its first game of the season at home on Sunday as the Coffeyville Community College Red Ravens come to the Cougar Soccer Complex for a 1:00 p.m. contest.

Freshman Candice Bieler helped get Barton on the scoreboard with fifteen minutes in the first half with a right corner cross to sophomore Bianca Barron.  Barron, who was a first team all-conference and region player last season, took Bieler's pass to beat the Cowley goalkeeper to score her first goal of the season and gave the Cougars the 1-0 halftime advantage.

Mariana Poveda, one of five returning sophomores to have earned post season honors last season, helped the Cougars put the game away with twenty-one minutes remaining on a deep forward pass to Barron.  Barron, who scored thirty-one goals her first season, broke behind the defense on the pass to seal the Cougars' 2-0 victory.