Ottumwa -- One day after the Indian Hills' women's soccer team posted its first-ever postseason win, the IHCC men's team followed suit with its initial postseason victory. The Warriors blanked Iowa Lakes, 2-0, on Wednesday at the Walsh Soccer Complex in the opening round of the Region 11 tournament.
The win boosts the Warriors' season record to 9-7 and sets up a match against regular-season champ Iowa Western in Des Moines on Saturday. Indian Hills handed Iowa Western a 1-0 loss earlier this month, the Reivers' lone conference defeat.
Against Iowa Lakes, Indian Hills got a goal from Leonardo Texeira just five minutes into the match for an early 1-0 lead. Gustavo Souza assisted on the goal. And IHCC coach Doug Seigle said the early goal was a key. "It was very windy and we got the early goal against the wind," Seigle said. "In the second half, we dominated play and got the insurance goal with the wind to nail it down."
The defenses dominated after Texeira's goal until Jeff Kelly added a late goal, in the 85th minute, for the Warriors. Souza had an assist on that goal too.
Marcus Filgueiras was outstanding in goal for IHCC, stopping four Lakers' shots, and controlling play.
Seigle is looking forward to the match with Iowa Western this weekend. "I'm excited," the first-year Indian Hills coach said. "Our team is peaking at the right time."
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