Courtesy of Pima Athletics
(Tucson, AZ) The Pima Community College men’s soccer team (18-2) closed out the regular season on Saturday with a one-sided victory over Glendale Community College (6-14).
The No. 3 ranked Aztecs scored four goals in the first half to dominate the Gauchos in their 5-0 win. The Aztecs finished with a program-best 54 points in the regular seasonand their first 10-0 regular season home record at Kino.
Sophomore Hugo Kametani scored two goals in the 17th and 37th minutes. He finished with 22 goals for the regular season. Freshman Ben Holthaus had two assists.
Freshmen Edson Vazquez (Sunnyside HS), Javier Vega and Osvaldo Miranda (St. Augustine Catholic HS) each scored a goal for Pima.
Sophomore goalkeeper David Silva finished the game with two saves.
The Aztecs closed out the regular season on a 10-game winning streak and shutout victories in six of their last seven games. They had 11 shutouts total.
The Aztecs will be the No. 1 seed in next week’s NJCAA Region I, Division I Tournament. They will host the winner of Tuesday’s quarterfinal match between No. 4 Yavapai College/No. 5 Mesa Community College. The semifinals will be on Thursday at Kino North Stadium. Game time is TBA.
Pima goals: Hugo Kametani (Ben Holthaus) 17th minute; Edson Vazquez (Holthaus) 28thminute; Javier Vega 30th minute; Kametani 37th minute; Osvaldo Miranda 88th minute.