IHCC Puts Five on All-Region Team

Ottumwa -- A total of five Indian Hills Community College men's soccer players were named to the All-Region XI teams announced by the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference.

IHCC players named to the all-league team were first-team selection Ryan Culbertson, a sophomore from Fort Madison; second-team choice Cheyne Reiter, a freshman from LaPorte City; and freshmen Gustavo Scorzelli, Damian Sheerin and Ben Smiley, all honorable mention picks.

Reiter led the Warriors in goals this season with seven. Sheerin, from West Point, had four goals; Scorzelli, from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, led in assists with four; and Smiley, from Norwalk, was the number one goalkeeper for IHCC this fall.

Other goal scorers for the Warriors were freshman Isidore Ekukanjuh, from Ottumwa, with three; freshman Peter Grossenkemper, from Fort Madison, with two; and Culbertson, freshman Noel Anthony from Des Moines, and freshman Pedro Jurno, from Sao Paulo, Brazil, all with one goal each.

First-year head coach Kirk Artist said the IHCC program, which was in its third year this fall, is making progress. "We came into the preseason excited to get a new start and the players continued to work hard every minute of every practice," said Artist. "Every person contributed to the team, whether they played 90 minutes or 10 minutes in a game. The 20 men molded together, so that by the end of the season we were playing our best soccer. This season, this group of men set records and showed the most passion for playing the game of soccer that I have seen in a group of individuals."

Artist added, "If these individuals continue to develop throughout the offseason, we will be able to take another step forward next season."

Reiter Scores Twice as Warriors Win Second Straight

Ottumwa -- A pair of goals by freshman Cheyne Reiter allowed Indian Hills to post its first two-game winning streak of the season as the Warriors blanked Iowa Lakes CC, 2-0, Wednesday at the Walsh Soccer Complex.

Indian Hills got its second straight outstanding performance in goal. Freshman keeper Ben Smiley notched the shutout for the Warriors. Smiley had six saves. Noah Cutler had turned in a solid game in the nets earlier in the week against Scott CC.

The Warriors defeated Scott, 3-1, on Monday and the win against Iowa Lakes gives IHCC some momentum heading into their final regular season match against NIACC in Mason City on Saturday. In that match, the Warriors will be looking to avenge an earlier 3-1 loss to NIACC. Earlier this month, NIACC knocked off nationally-ranked Marshalltown CC.

Saturday's action in Mason City starts at 4:00 pm.

Warriors Sweep Scott

Bettendorf, IA -- For the second time this season, Indian Hills got strong goaltending and just enough offense to knock off Scott CC. The Warriors defeated Scott 3-0 on Monday after defeating them 4-1 earlier in the season.

In the latest win for IHCC, Isidore Ekukanjuh scored two goals for the Warriors and Damian Sheerin had the other goal. Sheerin also had an assist on one of Ekukanjuh's goals and Jaleel Mirzai had an assist as well.

Freshman goalkeeper Noah Cutler allowed just the lone Scott goal and turned in a very solid performance for IHCC.

The win puts the Warriors' season record at 2-10 heading into a home match with Iowa Lakes on Wednesday.

Warriors Lose Heartbreaker to Iowa Western

Council Bluffs, IA -- Iowa Western scored the game-winning goal with one minute left in overtime as the Reivers knocked off Indian Hills, 2-1, on Saturday in Council Bluffs. The loss drops the Warriors' season record to 1-8, but it was the latest in a string of close losses for IHCC.

Freshman Cheyne Reiter opened the scoring with a goal for IHCC just seven minutes into the match. Meanwhile, goalkeeper Ben Smiley kept the home team off the scoreboard until there were 15 minutes remaining in the second half when the Reivers scored the tying goal. They then scored the deciding goal late in the OT session.

Smiley had a great game according to IHCC coach Kirk Artist piling up 12 saves and continually thwarting the IWCC attack.

Indian Hills will head to Fort Dodge on Wednesday to take on Iowa Central. IHCC will look to avenge an earlier 5-1 loss to the Tritons.

Another Close Loss for Warriors

Ottumwa -- Visiting NIACC scored three goals in the first 26 minutes of action and went on to defeat Indian Hills, 3-1, in men's soccer action at the Walsh Soccer Complex on Saturday. The loss drops the Warriors' season record to 1-6. Four of the losses have been by either one or two goals.

The Warriors scored Saturday's only second-half goal, freshman Damian Sheerin (West Point) scoring off an assist from freshman Gustavo Scorzelli (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) in the 85th minute. NIACC had tallied the three early goals against IHCC goalkeeper Ben Smiley (Norwalk), who recorded five saves. Backup keeper Noah Cutler (Fort Madison) had three saves for the Warriors.

Both Sheerin and Pedro Jurno (Sao Paulo, Brazil) had three shots for IHCC.

Indian Hills goes to Marshalltown to take on the Tigers on Tuesday. Marshalltown defeated Indian Hills 5-1 in the season-opener earlier this month.

Warriors Down Scott for 1st Win

Ottumwa -- After a pair of tough losses last week, the Indian Hills men's soccer team notched its first win of the season on Monday, defeating Scott CC, 4-1, at the Walsh Soccer Complex.

Freshman Pedro Jurno (Sao Paulo, Brazil) started the scoring for IHCC with a goal at the 32-minute mark. Cheyne Reiter, a freshman from LaPorte City, scored his first of two goals later in the half and freshman Isidore Ekukanjuh (Ottumwa) found the back of the net near the end of the first half to give the Warriors a three-goal lead. Ekukanjuh had assisted on Reiter's earlier goal.

After Scott tallied their only goal in the second half, Reiter closed out the scoring for IHCC with a goal off an assist from freshman Gustavo Scorzelli (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil).

Noah Cutler, a freshman goalkeeper from Ft. Madison, played the second half in the net for IHCC and allowed the lone Scott goal. Ben Smiley (Norwalk) was in goal in the opening half for the Warriors.
Indian Hills is now 1-4 for the season and bounced back nicely from a pair of losses last week, 2-0 to Dakota County and 5-1 to Iowa Central.

Monday's match closed out a season-opening five-game homestand. The Warriors go on the road Wednesday when they travel to Spencer to take on Iowa Lakes CC. IHCC will battle NIACC at the Walsh Complex on Saturday.

IHCC Loses Defensive Struggle to Iowa Western

Ottumwa, IA -- Iowa Western CC scored on two penalty kicks and that was the difference in the Reivers' ICCAC regional matchup with Indian Hills on Saturday at the Walsh Soccer Complex. The final was 3-1.
Iowa Western notched the first goal just five minutes into the match to take an early lead. They added the first of the two penalty kick goals later in the opening half. IHCC got on the scoreboard on a goal by Peter Grossenkemper, a freshman from Ft. Madison, in the final half, but IWCC answered with a goal in the 80th minute for the final margin.
Indian Hills is now 0-2 for the season and returns to action at home against Dakota County on Sept. 16.

Warriors Drop Hard-Fought Battle with MCC

Ottumwa -- The Indian Hills men's soccer team showed how much progress it's made in a year in the Warriors' opening game of 2009 against Marshalltown CC on Tuesday at the Walsh Soccer Complex. Marshalltown, ranked seventh in the nation in the NJCAA preseason poll, downed the Warriors 5-1. But that was a far cry from a year ago when the Tigers took both meeting with IHCC by a combined score of 23-0. In fact, MCC had scored an average of 15 goals per contest in its previous matches against the Warriors.

On Tuesday, Marshalltown scored the first goal less than four minutes into the first half. The Tigers' second goal was inadvertently knocked into the IHCC goal by the Warriors' Miguel Torres. When Indian Hills sophomore Ryan Culbertson tallied the Warriors' first goal, an unassisted score later in the opening half, it allowed IHCC to go off at halftime trailing, 2-1.

The Warriors' offense was bottled up by a tough MCC defense in the second half as Indian Hills was held to just one shot in the last half. Marshalltown added three goals in an 11-minute span in the second half for the final margin.

IHCC freshman goalkeeper Ben Smiley had three saves while facing only nine shots.

Indian Hills first-year head coach Kirk Artist said the loss was disappointing. "We had a ten-minute breakdown in the second half and that needs to be fixed. We will continue to improve every day though and will mold this team together to reach our potential."

The Warriors will battle Iowa Western at the Walsh Complex at 2:00 Saturday afternoon.

2008 Season Review

The Indian Hills men’s soccer team won only two of its 18 matches in the 2008 season, but a sign of how far the program had come in two short years can be found in the fact that 10 of the 16 losses were by one or two goals. The last of those tough defeats came in the first round of the postseason when the Warriors lost to Dakota County 3-2.

The wins were recorded against Ridgewater College and Carl Sandburg College.
Martin Garcia and Vinicius Franco led the team in goals.