SENATOBIA – A pair of second half goals wasn't enough to upend East Central on Wednesday, as the Rangers fell to the Warriors 3-2.

Northwest dropped to 2-6-1 overall and 1-5 in the division with the loss, while ECCC improved to 9-5-1 and 5-2-1 in the MACJC North.

Both teams were relatively quiet in the first 30 minutes of the match, until Joseph Stewart's one-on-one goal in the 34th minute put the Warriors ahead 1-0.

Less than 10 minutes later, Andrew Bernard's shot attempt bounced back to Hector Mendoza, who took it in for his first goal of the season to put East Central up 2-0 at the break.

Northwest cut the lead in half after Fleurit Madjitoloum connected with Parker Trawick in the early stages of the second half, but Francisco Romero's goal less than two minutes later pushed the advantage back to two goals at 3-1.

Despite a stronger second half offensively for the Rangers, it wasn't enough to overcome the deficit, though Trace Manning did trim the margin to one goal with his first career goal with five seconds left to go.

After being outshot 15-3 in the first half, Northwest closed the gap to a final tally of 24-16 in favor of East Central.

Carson Tackett finished with 10 saves for Northwest, his fifth double-digit save performance of the season.

Northwest will host Itawamba on Friday, Oct. 13 at 3 p.m. Live stats will be provided through nwccrangers.com.