NO. 11 WARRIORS ROLL PAST COUGARS 4-1
August 22, 2026
Council Bluffs, IA – The No. 11 nationally ranked Indian Hills Women’s Soccer squad wrapped up its weekend trip to Council Bluffs with a convincing 4-1 victory over Illinois Central Community College on Saturday. The Warriors move to 1-0-1 overall on the year.
Indian Hills erased an early 1-0 deficit with four unanswered goals, including three in the final 27:00 of action to secure its fourth consecutive win over the Cougars. Freshman Kieara Trujillo-Garcia (Rio Rancho, NM/Rio Rancho) paced the offense with two goals, including the eventual game-winner.
Sophomore Annabelle Combes (Marseille, France/Tezenas du Montcel) anchored the defense in net for the Warriors, stopping a pair of shots to secure her 13th career victory. With the win, Combes moves into sole possession of fifth all-time in school history in career wins.
Illinois Central struck first with a goal in the 11th minute, but the Warriors responded less than 10 minutes later as sophomore Jenevieve Kuriki (Pleasant Hill, IA/Southeast Polk) found the back of the net for her second career collegiate goal. Kuriki received a pas from Momoka Kinoshita (Kagawa, Japan/Kagawa Nishi) before maneuvering past the Cougar defense for the long-range strike.
The two sides remained deadlocked at one until the 64th minute when Trujillo-Garcia buried a loose ball in front of the net for the go-ahead goal. Freshman Pamela Martin (Maracay, Venezuela/Dawere International) was credited with the assist.
Less than seven minutes later, Martin was on the finishing end of the Warriors’ third tally as Kiah Cox (Sunshine Coast, Australia/Kawana Waters) and Sonia Rudolf (Warsaw, Poland/S. Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace) teamed up near midfield to find Martin streaking through the Cougar defense. The freshman beat the Illinois Central goalkeeper for her first collegiate goal.
Trujillo-Garcia capped the scoring for the Warriors at the 88:32 mark after a well-struck shot from the top of the box beat the outstretched arms of the Cougar keeper.
As a team, the Warriors tallied 22 shots in the victory with 15 attempts on net.
Indian Hills returns to action with its home opener on Saturday, August 29 against Snow College (UT) as part of the IHCC Classic.
