Leonel Gutierrez has hat trick, Alejandro Mina dishes out three assists as Men's Soccer beats Yavapai College

The Pima Community College men's soccer team (2-0) picked up its second straight road win against an NJCAA/ACCAC Division I opponent on Saturday.

• The No. 4 ranked Aztecs surrendered the first goal, but rallied to beat Yavapai College 6-2 in Prescott.
• Freshman Leonel Gutierrez (Salpointe Catholic HS) produced a hat trick as he tied the game with a goal in the 30^th minute and then gave the Aztecs a 3-1 lead with his second goal in the 40^th minute. He completed the hat trick by scoring one minute later to make it 4-1.
• Sophomore Alejandro Mina assisted in Pima's first three goals. Two went to Gutierrez's goals. Mina provided the assist in sophomore Robert Castaneda's (Nogales HS) go-ahead goal in the 34^th minute.
• Castaneda netted his second goal of the game in the 55^th minute to give the Aztecs a 5-1 lead. Freshman Alek Peral (Nogales HS) had the assist.
• The Aztecs added one more insurance goal in the 64^th minute when sophomore Joost Hermeling found the back of the net with an assist from Diegoctavio Garcia Yanez (Salpointe Catholic HS).
• The Aztecs finished with 14 shots on goal shots on goal. Freshman Tommaso Leonardi and sophomore Alex Cristerna Oleta each finished with three saves.

The Aztecs will play a scrimmage on Tuesday against UofA Club at the West Campus Aztec Field. Game time is set for 8:00 p.m. They get back to regular season play next Saturday when they open ACCAC conference play at Phoenix College. Game time is set for 8:00 p.m.

Pima goals: Leonel Gutierrez (Alejandro Mina) 30^th minute; Robert Castaneda (Mina) 34^th minute; Gutierrez (Mina) 40^th minute; Gutierrez (Nathan Flores) 41^st minute; Castaneda (Alek Peral) 55^th minute; Joost Hermeling (Diegoctavio Garcia Yanez) 64^th minute.