DENVER  Western Colorado soccer heads to the Front Range for the weekend, looking to gain points in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference standings from a Friday match at Metropolitan State University Denver and one Sunday at Colorado Christian University.

• WESTERN COLORADO HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND | 2024 Stats
• The Mountaineers have 11 points in the RMAC standings from a 3-4-2 conference record (4-8-3 overall), just one point behind the eighth-place team and only two behind the seventh-place team, Colorado Christian.
• Western and MSU Denver played to a 2-2 draw last season, but the Roadrunners own a 1-9-3 historical advantage over the Mountaineers, whose lone victory in the series was a 1-0 win in 2015.
• Against the Cougars, though, Western is 6-2-5 all time, and have one three of the last four meetings with the exception a scoreless draw in October 2021.
• The Mountaineers picked up a big win on the previous Friday, downing visiting Regis University, 3-2, for just the second time in program history. The first win came just last year in a 3-2 win at Regis.
• Jordan Welsh provided bookend goals to the two wins. She netted her first career goal last year with the first goal of the game, and this year scored the game-winning goal, also a career first.
• Cianna Thomas leads the team with three goals and seven points, while Natsuki Murakami has a pair of goals and two assists for six points.
• Welsh, with two goals and one assist, has scored once in Western last two games.
• Goalkeeper Aubree Orosco has made a league-leading 107 saves on the season, posting a 1.95 goals-against average and a 0.810 save percentage. She's recorded two shutouts in her 13 games played and 1,062 minutes.

MSU DENVER HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND | 2024 Stats

• The Roadrunners have already clinched a berth in the postseason RMAC tournament, posting a 7-2 record in conference play and an 8-3-4 mark overall.
• The Denver attack has not been prolific, with just 17 goals on the year, but defensively it has been more than just stingy, allowing only 8 goals for a 0.53 goals allowed per game average.
• Kylie Bach has been the ultimate stopper for the Roadrunners. She has an 8-3-4 record over her 15 starts and has recorded 10 shutouts plus 1 combined shutout. Bach has made 62 saves and carries a 0.886 save percentage into the weekend.
• Ten players have scored for MSUD, five of whom have at least two goals. The scoring leaders are Madrid Mack and Tess Killmon, each with three goals. Mack has two game-winners and Killmon one.

COLORADO CHRISTIAN HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND | 2024 Stats

• Two wins in their last two outings has CCU climbing toward a .500 record, as they head into a Friday match against Fort Lewis College with a 5-7-2 overall record and a 4-4-1 league record before hosting Western on Sunday.
• CCU, too, has scored 17 goals this season, but have surrendered 20 for a 1.21 goals for average and a 1.43 goals against average.
• The Cougars have also been outshot this season, 163 to 150, but their shots on goal percentage of 0.500 is better than their opponents (0.423).
• Like MSU Denver, CCU has received goals from 10 different players, with Ava Dinverno and Justine Moreau leading the pack with four goals each.
• Dinverno has been clutch for the Cougars as three of her four markers have been game-winning goals. Moreau has one game-winner as does also Hannah Mares.
• Alana Lopp has been in goal for all but three minutes this season. She has recorded one shutout and made 48 saves while allowing 20 goals.

UP NEXT
Western closes out its regular season on Wednesday, Nov. 6 with an afternoon matchup with host Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colo. the Skyhawks are currently fifth in the league standings with 14 points.