WSOvWU-Mazurek-251003
0
Western Colo. WCU (1-10-3, 1-3-3)
4
Winner Colo. Sch. of Mines MINES (9-2-1, 6-1-0)
Western Colo. WCU
(1-10-3, 1-3-3)
0
Final
4
Colo. Sch. of Mines MINES
(9-2-1, 6-1-0)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Western Colo. WCU 0 0 0
Colo. Sch. of Mines MINES 3 1 4

Game Recap: Women's Soccer | | Gregg Petcoff

Soccer Tripped Up by #11 Orediggers

GOLDEN, Colo.  The challenge for Western Colorado soccer was to travel to 11th-ranked Colorado School of Mines for a Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference match Sunday afternoon. But the host Orediggers scored three times in the opening half before completing a 4-0 win over the Mountaineers.

JUST THE FACTS
Final score: Mines def. Western, 4-0
Records: Western 1-10-3 overall (1-3-3 RMAC), CSM 9-2-1 (6-1)
Location: Stermole Soccer Stadium, Golden, Colo.

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • The Mountaineers earned the game's opening shot on goal as a long pass from midfield was dropping into the box where Sarah Connolly flicked it forward on goal with a header, but Mines goalkeeper Allie Lundgren made the save to keep the game scoreless in its fifth minute.
  • Ten minutes later, though, Mines picked up the first of its three goals in the opening half. A long pass from Lindsay Jeans down the middle was corralled by Bella Campos and as she was crossing left to right, she snapped a shot back across her body that tipped off the gloves of Mountaineer keeper Aubree Orosco and slid inside the left post in the 17th.
  • Another long pass set up Mines' second goal as Kaitlyn Manalili was fouled in the penalty box when going up for a header. Afton Rasco was able to convert the penalty kick to double the lead.
  • Western pressured forward with its attack after the PK, but Mines activated a quick transition when gaining possession in its own end, sending a pass up the right touch line then lofting yet another long pass over the defense and into the box where Campos collected it and pushed a shot into the back of the net three minutes after the PK goal.
  • The Mountaineers were relentless in trying to tilt the pitch downhill in the second half, earning a 9-5 edge in shots and a 7-0 advantage in corner kick opportunities, but it was the Orediggers who scored the only goal of the half to complete the shutout victory.
TURF NOTES
  • Western equaled the Orediggers in total shots, 15-15, had 4 shots on goal, and earned 10 corners for the game.
  • Mines was coming off a 2-1 home win Friday over No. 10 UC Colorado Springs.
UP NEXT
The Mountaineers have a pair of RMAC road games next on their schedule, traveling to Denver to take on Regis University on Oct. 24 followed by a game in Spearfish, S.D., two days later against host Black Hills State.
    
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