GUNNISON, Colo. Western Colorado women's soccer opens the weekend at home with a Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference game against Westminster University, then takes to the road for Sunday's RMAC game at 5th-ranked Colorado Mesa University.

WESTERN COLORADO HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND | 2023 Stats

• The Mountaineers were shut out in their most recent two games, but the game before saw them earn their first win of the season with their highest scoring output of the year in a 3-1 victory over N.M. Highlands.
• Caileen Sienknecht has three of the team's eight goals this season. That figure equals Sienknecht's best single-season total from 2021.
• Five different players have scored one goal apiece, including Tawny Roberts whose goal was the game-winner in the N.M. Highlands match.
• Mei Hayashizaki continues to be a stalwart in goal for Western. Over her 900 minutes between the pipes she's come up with 53 saves, including a season high 10 in the Mountaineers' last outing at No. 16 Colorado School of Mines.

WESTMINSTER HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND | 2023 Stats

• The Griffins have posted an overall record of 4-4-2 this season, with league mark of 2-2-1. Though at .500 for the season, their most recent three games were two losses and a draw. Westminster is 5-1-1 historically against the Mountaineers, including a four-match win streak.
• Westminster is averaging 2.00 goals per game while surrendering 1.30 per outing.
• Cassidy Orr leads the team in goals with five, including a pair of game-winners, while Necie Gubler's four goals and three assists equates to a team-leading 11 points.
• Mashaun Estridge (4-4-1) has started nine games in goal for the Griffins and is averaging 1.60 goals against per game. She's come up with 26 saves and carries a 0.667 save percentage into Friday's game.

No. 5 COLORADO MESA HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND | 2023 Stats

• The Mavericks (9-0-1) had a nine-game season-opening win streak halted in their last game, a 1-1 draw with RMAC foe Metropolitan State Denver. In RMAC action CMU is 4-0-1.
• Western is 2-11-2 all-time against CMU, which has won the last nine in the series. The Mountaineers' most recent win was 1-0 victory in 2015.
• A Mavs attack is averaging 3.00 goals per game, a potent offense that has helped control possession and limit opponents to just 0.40 goals per game. CMU is racking up more than 21 shots/game against just 5.3 by its opponents.
• Sauvelyne Randel is the Mavs' leading scorer with eight goals and two assists for a total of 18 points. Of her eight markers, four have been game winners.
• Starting in goal every game has been Keely Wieczorek, whose goals against average is .430 while making 21 saves and registering a .840 save percentage.

UP NEXT
The Mountaineers have an RMAC road date at Regis University on Oct. 20, followed by an Oct. 22 game at Black Hills State University.