LA JUNTA, Colo. – The Western Nebraska Community College women's soccer team continued scoring goals in a 4-0 loss to Otero College on Friday in La Junta, Colorado, in a conference contest.

                The loss drops the Cougars to 4-4 in the conference while Otero moves to 7-0-1. WNCC will wrap up the regular season on Saturday when they travel to Trinidad State College.

                Friday's contest saw Otero control the tempo in the first half as the Rattlers raced to a 2-0 lead on goals by Sheranda Charles and then Layla Garcia-Moreno.

                The second half saw WNCC play strong but Otero went up 3-0 on goal just five minutes into the half as Charles scored her second goal. Moments later, WNCC had an opportunity to score but Aileen Perez missed a penalty kick with 25 minutes to play.

                Otero added an insurance goal by Garcia-Moreno to make it 4-0.

                Otero outshot WNCC 17-7 with the Rattlers putting seven on goal while the Cougars had six on goal. Perez and Lesley Vasquez each had two shots on goal. Perez was 2-for-2 while Vasquez was 2-for-3.

                Summer Parnell had two saves in net for the Cougars.

                The WNCC women will be back in action Saturday when they head to Trinidad, Colorado, to face Trinidad State College in the last regular season game.