KJCCC Men's Soccer Athlete of the Week, Wk. 10

KJCCC Men's Soccer Athlete of the Week, Wk. 10

Gabriel Arraes' three goals helped lead Barton to a pair of post-season victories in advancing the Cougars to the Plains District semifinals.  Arraes doubled up Barton lead on Friday but converting penalty kick four minutes into second half action before putting another nail in the victory with a 76th minute strike to the far post.  In Sunday's region second round against Dodge City, Arraes set the tone for the 6th ranked Cougars as the conference's leading attacker rattled the nets three minutes into the contest for his 18th goal of the season tying for the 8th best single season performance in program history. 

Felipe Baeza followed fellow keeper Oliver Semmle's three save effort on Friday to reject three saves in Sunday's region second round victory over Dodge City including a horizontal rejection with five minutes remaining to protect the then-three goal lead.  In addition to his net saving duties, Baeza also turned offensive in thwarting a Dodge City attack to quickly punt past midfield to hit Damen Marcu in stride for the dagger goal pushing the Cougars' lead to a 67th minute three score advantage.  One of the nation's top goalkeepers, the sophomore from Chile improved to 12-0-1 on the season in advancing the 6th ranked Cougars to Friday's Plains District semifinals in Texas.