Barton's Bergamin earns NJCAA honor, Pacheco named KJCCC Player of the Week #GoBarton

Hugo Pacheco and Gabriel Bergamin of the Barton Community College men's soccer team swept the KJCCC Division I Player of the Week honors with a national award tacked on as well.

The duo helped the Cougars secure the number two seed in the upcoming NJCAA Region 6 Division I Men's Soccer Tournament with a pair of road victories last week, a 3-1 win at Garden City followed by a 2-0 shutout at Seward County Community College.

Both first time recipients, Bergamin grasped the NJCAA National honor for the week following his exceptional week between the pipes making 13 of 14 saves for a .929 save percentage.

The freshman netminder opened his week making five of six save attempts faced helping the Cougars to a 3-1 victory over the Broncbusters of Garden City.

In Saturday's regular season finale, Bergamin held strong in net despite the Cougars playing a man down for 48 minutes and falling two men down for the final 5:55 denying all eight attempts faced on frame for his third shutout of the season.

Pacheco's first career recognition came following a three point week while contributing on both sides of Barton's game-winning goals.

The sophomore midfielder started the week posting his first collegiate game-winner with a 12-yard left footed far post strike off Diogo Giminez created cross placed inside the box in the Cougars 3-1 win at Garden City.

Closing the week, Pacheco helped secure Barton's runner-up conference finish creating the textbook pin-point passing chipping the initial game-winner past a pair of Saints defenders for Joaquin Pico Abedul's rise and shine mid-flight pass resulting in Maxence Voinier's strike.

Earning the second seed for the upcoming Region 6/Plains District Tournament, Barton begins its post-season Saturday, November 2 at 1:00 p.m. hosting fifth seed Coffeyville Community College (4-10-4) with the victor advancing to play at the Region 16 Champion of either Crowder College or Jefferson College.