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Mines, Metro State, Regis take wins
Mines 4, Fort Lewis 2: The nation’s No. 1 team in Division II pulled off a rare win in Durango on Friday, as the Orediggers earned a victory over Fort Lewis 4-2 at Dirks Field.
Fort Lewis had not lost at home since Oct. 14, 2007, and had either tied or won 36 consecutive RMAC matches up until today. The last time Mines’ won in Durango was a 4-3 double overtime victory during the 2002 season.
Mines came out with an early goal making the score 1-0 in the 7th minute of the match as Tesho Akindele blasted a shot from 20 yards out. CSM pulled ahead 2-0 in the 20th minute off the foot of Chike Sullivan’s free kick from 30 yards out.
Fabian Kling cut into the Skyhawks deficit before the end of the first half scoring in the 43rd minute of the match for his third goal of the season. Jamie Cunningham notched the assist.
Fort Lewis pulled within one goal making the score 3-2 as Joe Barnd scored his second goal of the season in the 55th minute while Kyle Wood recorded the assist.
Mines added a final goal to secure the 4-2 victory in the 90th minute as Philip Wilson cleared the ball and found Akindele who dribbled in for his fifth goal of the season. The assist was Wilson’s fourth on the season.
Manville Strand picked up the win in goal as he made fives saves in the match.
The Orediggers (8-0-1, 5-0-1 RMAC) will play at Mesa State on Sunday at noon.
Metro State 8, Adams State 0: Roadrunners goalkeeper Issa Bissau picked up his sixth shutout of the season and faced no shots on goal Friday afternoon at Auraria Field.
The No. 7 Metro State men’s soccer team crushed Adams State 8-0.
The Roadrunners improved to 7-1-2 overall and 4-0-2 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, while the Grizzlies fell to 0-8-0 and 0-5-0 in the RMAC.
The eight goals were the most Metro State scored in a game since beating Colorado Christian 9-0 on Oct. 19, 2008. This was the first meeting between the Roadrunners and Adams State as Adams State started its men’s soccer program last year.
The Roadrunners off to a quick start as Scott Grode scored in the sixth minute from the left side on a through ball from Marc Herschberger. Steven Emory followed six minutes later with a goal off a pass from Chris Yoder. Five minutes later, the rush was on as Kevin Pocalyko scored in the 17th minute followed by Emory’s second goal of the game 26 seconds later.
Gerald Mota scored his first career goal in the 26th minute on a shot from the left post as Herschberger earned his second assist of the game. The Roadrunners took that 5-0 lead into the break and added their sixth goal just over a minute into the second half when Herschberger found Grode in the box for Grode’s ninth goal of the season.
In the 75th minute Yoder scored on a through ball in the box from Walter Bertini. Bertini scored his own goal two minutes later after taking a misplayed ball from an ASC player.
The Roadrunners outshot the Grizzlies 34-2 in the game.
Metro State will play at Mesa State and Fort Lewis next weekend.
Regis University 2, CSU-Pueblo 1: The Thunderwolves came in riding a two-game winning streak and nearly turned it into win against the No. 19-ranked Rangers on Friday.
The Pack started off skiddish and looked to avoid giving up any early goals. The play looked to work in the ThunderWolves’ advantage as midfielder Jamie Prakhine would strike first on the night from a pass from Dustin Geist and tucked the goal away past Regis ‘keeper Doug Passalaqua.
The lead wouldn’t last too long for the Pack as Regis would answer two minutes later with a goal by Nathan Kafer. Kafer found himself alone in front of the net after a cross from Kyle Emge, that he headed past ‘keeper Jacob Blum.
The ThunderWolves would make a costly mistake early in the second half when a Pack defender took a Regis player out from behind, in the box, resulting in a penalty kick. Blum guessed right on the kick jumping to his right but Taylor Diem found the back of the net, putting Regis in front.
Diem’s goal would provide the difference in the 2-1 win.
The loss dropped the Pack to 4-5-0 overall (3-2-0 RMAC). The Rangers improved to 6-1-1, 2-1-1 RMAC.
Mesa State 2, Colorado Christian 0: The Mesa State Mavericks Men’s Soccer team picked up an RMAC victory on Friday night as they defeated the Colorado Christian Cougars 2-0. The Mavericks record improves to 6-3-1 and 2-3-1 in the RMAC while the Cougars fall to 1-9-0 and 1-5-0 in RMAC play.
Mesa State got on the board midway through the first half on a goal byBrandon Burton in the 19th minute. Burton took a cross from Sam Dixon and found the left side of the net. The goal was Burton’s first of the season and gave the Mavericks an early 1-0 lead.
In the 84th minute, Mesa State would get an insurance goal. Steve Shaw scored his third goal of the season to give the Mavericks a 2-0 edge. Shaw took a pass from Reese Kegans for the goal.
‘Keepers Billy Martinez and Chris Raines combined for the shutout in goal.
Colorado College 2, Oglethorpe 1: Colorado College maintained its share of first place in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference by coming from behind for a 2-1 victory at Oglethorpe University on Friday afternoon.
The Tigers improved to 5-3-2 overall and 3-0-0 in the SCAC with their third consecutive victory. Oglethorpe dropped to 4-3-1 overall and 0-3-0 in conference play.
Nick Williams gave the Stormy Petrels an early lead when he took a feed from Russell Thompson and slipped a shot off his left foot past CC goalkeeper Andy McGhie.
It was the first goal the Tigers have allowed in conference play this season and snapped a scoreless streak of 293.14 that began during the opening minutes of the contest against Wheaton College on Sept. 20.
Colorado College got the equalizer during the 19th minute when Brandon Ogilvie’s header went off the crossbar directly to Sean Parham, who scored on a header of his own to record his first collegiate goal.
The Tigers took the lead in the 44th minute when Nick Lammers carried the ball into the box from the left flank and sent a pass through the crease that defected off Chris Wright and went to Matt Fechter, who scored with a shot toward the right post that went just past the out-stretched hands of Jon Beaver.
Colorado College plays the second of four consecutive road games on Sunday at Sewanee.
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