CINCINNATI, Ohio – Williams Batres (Cleveland) found himself in scoring positions nearly all game and buried three goals into the net for a hat trick in the Lakers 3-0 victory over Cincinnati State Technical & CC Sunday afternoon.
The win for Lakeland improves its record to 5-5-2 overall and its Region XII record stays at 2-3-1.
Three different players assisted on the Batres goals. Jacob Pereira Granato (Toronto, Ontario), Kobie Gooding-Meade (Toronto, Ontario) and Ugochukwu MacAustin Nneji (Lagos, Nigeria) each added an assist.
Granato made seven saves to earn the shutout victory in goal.
Batres scored his first goal in the 16th minute and then added two more goals in the final 11 minutes.
Lakeland will get back into Region XII play with a road game at Jackson College on Saturday, Oct. 6 at 1 p.m. Jackson is 2-2 in Region XII and Lakeland is just below at 2-3-1.
For more information about Lakeland athletics, visit www.athletics.lakelandcc.edu.
About Lakeland Community College
Founded in 1967, Lakeland Community College was the first college in Ohio created by a vote of the people. True to our mission, Lakeland provides quality learning opportunities to meet the social and economic needs of the community.
Offering day, evening, weekend and online classes, the college serves more than 10,800 credit and 2,800 noncredit students (2016). For more information about the College, visit www.lakelandcc.edu.