SALT LAKE CITY  Western soccer continues its Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference schedule on Friday at host Westminster University before returning home for a Sunday afternoon home match against 22nd-ranked Colorado Mesa University.

WESTERN COLORADO HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND | 2024 Stats

• The Mountaineers sit in a sixth-place tie with Westminster in the league standings, Friday's winner earning a leg up toward the chase for postseason RMAC tournament berth.
• Suffering its first RMAC defeat in the last outing, a loss to No. 1 Colorado School of Mines, Western sits at 2-1-2 in league play, earning 8 points in the conference standings. Its overall record heading into the weekend doubleheader is 3-5-3.
• The Mountaineers have only defeated Westminster once in program history, a 2-0 win in 2017, and are 1-6-1 overall against the Griffins. Western is 2-12-2 against Colorado Mesa, the most recent win coming in a 1-0 shutout of the Mavs in 2015.
• Averaging 1 goal per game, the Mountaineer scoring attack is led by Cianna Thomas with three goals and Ellie Kubena with two. Each have one game-winning goal to their credit.
• Six other Mountaineers have scored one goal apiece this season.
• Aubree Orosco is piling up the minutes in goal for Western, starting nine and playing in 10 of 11 games, accumulating 834 minutes of action. She posts a 1.73 goals against average and has come up with 75 saves during her time between the pipes.

WESTMINSTER HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND | 2024 Stats

• The Griffins are also 2-1-2 with 8 points in RMAC play and have an overall record of 4-2-3. They are, however, 0-1-2 in their most recent three conference games.
• Averaging 1.8 goals per game, Westminster has shown to be stingy in its defensive third, allowing just 7 goals for a rate of just 0.78 per game.
• It's also allowed just 58 total shots and only 30 shots on goal.
• Goalie Brooklyn Northcutt, with nine starts, has enjoyed the stinginess of the defense that plays in front of her. Northcutt registers a paltry 0.60 GAA and has needed to make just 22 saves in 746 minutes on the field.
• The Griffins attack is paced by Necie Gubler and Chloe Pickett who each have netted four goals and two assists.
• Sophia DiGeronimo and Kim Hendrickson both have two goals on the season, with one of DiGeronimo's a game-winning goal.

COLORADO MESA HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND | 2024 Stats

• The Mavericks entered the United Soccer Coaches D-II rankings this week, moving into the No. 22 position with a 7-1-2 overall record and an unbeaten 5-0 mark in RMAC play.
• Their lone loss of the season came against St. Edwards (Texas) by a 2-0 count, the same score by which St. Edwards defeated Western early in the season.
• Since that defeat the Mavs have won five straight and outscored their opponents by a cumulative 13-1 goal count.
• Like Westminster, the CMU defense has been solid, allowing just eight goals on the year, only 31 shots on goal and a total of 64 shots.
• Keely Wieczorek has played every minute in goal for the Mavs, earning five shutouts to go along with a 0.80 GAA. She's made 23 saves over the course of her 10 starts.
• Five players have scored multiple goals for CMU, with Sauvelyne Randel leading the way with five goals and one game-winner. Abby Fotheringham has netted four goals—three of which have been game-winners.
• Mesa hosts Fort Lewis College in an RMAC match on Friday before making the trip to Katy O. Rady Field for Sunday's game.

UP NEXT
Western extends its homestand with the next two games after the Mesa contest, hosting Regis University on Friday, Oct. 25 and Black Hills State for the Mountaineers' Senior Game on Sun., Oct. 27.