GUNNISON, Colo. --- The Western Colorado women's soccer team will be battling for its first RMAC Tournament spot since 2017 as the Mountaineers host CSU Pueblo 3 p.m. Friday and Adams State 1 p.m. Sunday in their final two regular season games of the season.

Following Sunday's game, the Mountaineers will honor seniors Parker Barnhardt and Caitlyn Cox.

Due to COVID-19 and a shortened season, the RMAC was split into two divisions with Western Colorado in a division with Fort Lewis, Colorado Christian, Colorado School of Mines, CSU Pueblo and Adams State. The top four in each conference make the RMAC Tournament with standings being determined by points per match (total points - three for a win, one for a tie - divided by games played).

In the division, the Mountaineers sit in the No. 4 spot at 1.0 points per game, trailing CSM at 2.6 (the Orediggers have clinched the division) followed by Fort Lewis (2.25) and CSU Pueblo (1.75). Colorado Christian and Adams State both are winless in RMAC play and don't have a point with two games remaining each.

MOUNTAINEERS HEADING INTO THE WEEK | SPRING 2021 SEASON STATS
Western Colorado split a pair of games last week - picking up its first win of the season against Colorado Christian on Thursday 3-1 before falling to No. 13 Colorado School of Mines on Saturday, 5-0. In the victory over CCU, Jessie Jacobsen scored two first-half goals while getting assist from Kaeyla Noble, Mary Wilson and Casey Elnicki. The third goal came on a Cougars own goal.

Jacobsen now leads Western with two goals while Caileen Sienknecht has one with Noble, Wilson and Elnicki leading the team with an assist apiece. Laura Pelino leads the team with 11 shots while Jacobsen and Sienknecht have taken seven shots apiece.

At keeper, Noble and Grace Walker have nearly split time evenly this season with Noble owning a 3.89 GAA, a 0.690 save percentage and 29 saves while Walker has a 2.46 GAA, a 0.769 save percentage and 30 saves.

CSU PUEBLO HEADING INTO THE WEEK | SPRING 2021 SEASON STATS
The ThunderWolves are coming off a 1-0 overtime win over Colorado Christian on Wednesday, getting a goal from Porsche Nieto in the 97th minute on an assist from Litzy Serna.

Serna has been CSU Pueblo's most dangerous weapon on the attack as she leads the team in goals (4) and assists (2). Nieto and Taylor Potter have scored the team's other two goals as the ThunderWolves - despite a winning record - have scored just six goals in seven games. However, on the other side they have allowed just five goals and only two goals in their last four games - including a 1-1 tie with No. 13 Colorado School of Mines on March 28.  Nicole Genis has played every minute at keeper for CSU Pueblo and owns a 0.69 GAA, a 0.894 save percentage and 42 saves.

ADAMS STATE HEADING INTO THE WEEK | SPRING 2021 SEASON STATS
The Grizzlies are coming off a close 1-0 loss Thursday against Fort Lewis at home - giving up a goal in the 70th minute to FLC's Aubrey Swindle - for ASU's fourth loss in a row.

The Grizzlies have scored two goals this season  (one each from Carena Harrison and Jayne Scheiss) compared to allowing nine. Ashley Beers has seen most of the time at keeper (352 of the team's 450 minutes) and has a 1.53 GAA, 0.714 save percentage and 15 saves.

THE MOUNTAINEERS VS. CSU PUEBLO, ASU ALL-TIME
The Mountaineers are 1-4-2 all-time against the ThunderWolves, with the program's first win against CSU Pueblo coming last season in Grand Junction, 1-0. Western is 0-1-1 at home against the ThunderWolves.

The Mountaineers are 7-3-1 all-time against Adams State, including dropping a 1-0 decision to the Grizzlies earlier this season in a non-RMAC contest. The loss broke a seven-game winning and eight-game unbeaten streak against Adams State with the Mountaineers last losing to the Grizzlies in their inaugural season of 2012.

WESTERN COLORADO NOTES

- MOUNTAINEERS PICK UP FIRST GOAL, WIN IN KATY O. RADY FIELD HISTORY
A couple of firsts happened April 1 against Colorado Christian for the Western Colorado women's soccer program as the Mountaineers scored their first goal and recorded their first victory at the new Katy O. Rady Field.

Jessie Jacobsen scored the first goal by a Mountaineer in Katy O. Rady Field history when she scored on a breakaway against the Cougars in the second minute - interestingly assisted by goalkeeper Kaeyla Noble after she boomed a kick to create the breakaway. The goal ignited a 3-1 win over CCU - the first win for the Mountaineers at Katy O. Rady Field, along with being the first victory for first-year head coach Amanda Raso.

- WELCOME TO KATY O. RADY FIELD - THE HIGHEST COLLEGIATE SOCCER FIELD IN THE WORLD
Western Colorado women's soccer will debut Katy O. Rady Field this season and it will be the highest collegiate soccer field in the world at 7,723 feet. 

- MOUNTAINEERS LED BY FIRST-YEAR HEAD COACH AMANDA RASO
The Mountaineers have a new coach heading into this season as Amanda Raso takes over. Raso spent the previous two seasons at NCAA Division I North Dakota where she supervised the goalkeepers during two of the most successful seasons in Fighting Hawks D-I history. The Aurora, Colorado, native was also an assistant coach at Fort Lewis (2015-17), played for the Skyhawks (2010-14) and also served as a graduate assistant at Midwestern State.

- MOUNTAINEERS PICKED 12TH IN RMAC PRESEASON COACHES POLL (RELEASE)
The Western Colorado women's soccer team was picked 12th in the RMAC when the conference released its preseason coaches poll. The Mountaineers went 3-13-1 in 2019, including 3-9-1 in RMAC play to finish 11th in the conference. This will be the first season under new coach Amanda Raso for Western Colorado as well as its first season on the new Katy O. Rady Field.

RMAC Coaches Poll (first place votes)

1. Colorado School of Mines – 137 (8)

2. UCCS – 121 (3)

3. Westminster – 117 (1)

4. Fort Lewis – 96

5. MSU Denver – 89

6. Regis – 87

7. CSU Pueblo -83

8. Colorado Mesa – 73

9. Colorado Christian – 61

10. Adams State – 60 (1)

11. Black Hills State – 43

12. Western Colorado – 32