DRAGONS LOOK TO CLINCH WEST CROWN SATURDAY AT BARTON

Adriana Delgado and the No. 17 Blue Dragons play at No. 18 Barton at 1 p.m. on Saturday in Great Bend. (Andrew Carpenter/Blue Dragon Sports Information)
Adriana Delgado and the No. 17 Blue Dragons play at No. 18 Barton at 1 p.m. on Saturday in Great Bend. (Andrew Carpenter/Blue Dragon Sports Information)

BLUE DRAGON WOMEN'S SOCCER

No. 17 Hutchinson (13-2, 10-2) at No. 8 Barton (13-3, 9-2)

When: Saturday, October 22, 2022
Where: Cougar Field, Great Bend, KS
Time: 1 p.m.
Video: Cougar Sports Network, 1 p.m.
Twitter: @bluedragonsport

Hutchinson CC Sports Information

The final regular-season match of the 2022 women's soccer team as the Hutchinson Community College Blue Dragons within one win of a Jayhawk Conference championship.

The No. 17-ranked Blue Dragons (13-2, 10-2 Jayhawk West) travel to meet No. 18 Barton (13-3, 9-2) in a 1 p.m. kickoff from the Cougar Soccer Field on the campus of Barton Community College. The game will be streamed live by the Cougar Sports Network.

Hutchinson takes a three-point lead into Saturday's second matchup with the Cougars. Hutchinson is 10-2 (30 points) in league play. Barton is 9-2 (27 points) in the Jayhawk West. Barton has Hutchinson and Johnson County remaining on its league schedule.

The Blue Dragons defeated Barton 2-0 in the first meeting of the season on October 5 at the Salthawk Sports Complex. Sophomore Hadlie Lowe scored a pair of goals and sophomore goalkeeper Madison Quarles shut out the second-highest scoring team in the nation on nine saves.

Barton out-shot the Blue Dragons 28-3 in the first meeting of the season.

The Blue Dragons have reeled off four-straight wins, including a 3-1 victory over Cowley on Wednesday in Hutchinson. Lowe had her sixth-career hat trick in the victory.

The Cougars are 2-1 since the first Hutchinson matchup with wins over Dodge City and Cowley. Barton lost 1-0 to No. 5 Butler last Saturday in El Dorado.

The Blue Dragons are 5-2 in true road games last season. Barton is 6-0 at home this season.

Hutchinson is in search of its sixth Jayhawk Conference championship and first since 2016.