PHOTO GALLERY: Columbia College soccer team has high hopes

August 27, 2012 | 8:10 p.m. CDT

Matt McKenna, goalkeeper for the Columbia College men's soccer team, gives plenty of credit to his teammates for the winning season in 2011. With three of the four starting defensemen from last year’s record-setting team, the team has hopes for another successful season this year.

Matt McKenna leaps into the air to grab the ball during warmup on Friday before the Columbia College Cougar Men's Soccer Alumni Game. | Sarah Bricker

Columbia College starting goalie Matt McKenna, right, laces up his cleat after warming up with fellow goalie Brady Wulff on Friday before the scrimmage against Columbia College alumni. The soccer game lasted two hours, with McKenna and Wulff each playing half the game. | Sarah Bricker

Columbia College alumni played against the 2012 Cougar team in the Cougar Men's Soccer Alumni Game on Friday at the Columbia College soccer field. The game was a chance for Cougar coaches to give each member of the 2012 Cougar soccer team a chance to play. | Sarah Bricker

Referee Silas Atagana holds the game ball and watches the start of the Couger Men's Soccer Alumni Game on Friday. The game ended with hugs and handshakes among the two teams' members. | Sarah Bricker