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UCCS, Metro State done in tourney
On Tuesday, Julissa Rodriguez was named the RMAC player of the year. On Wednesday, she scored a goal and assisted on three others to lead the New Mexico Highlands Cowgirls to a 4-1 playoff victory over the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs at Perkins Stadium.
Kristin Preble scored for the Mountain Lions, whose season ended with an 8-10-1 record. Senior Jennifer Joern got the assist.
New Mexico Highlands advances to the RMAC semifinals on Friday in Durango. The third-seeded Cowgirls will face No. 2 seed Regis.
Preble’s goal was her ninth of the season, a new UCCS record. The previous record for the third-year program was six by Preble in 2008.
The Cowgirls opened the scoring 30 seconds into the match as Tierra Saban converted a pass by Rodriguez. Highlands made it 2-0 in the 56th minute as Britney Cottrell scored with assists by Rodriguez and Krista Mashak.
Preble’s goal at the 58:41 mark cut the deficit in half, where it remained until the 71st minute. Rodriguez’s goal at that point made it 3-1.
Highlands added a final goal with 2:32 remaining. Heidi Nakoaka scored with assists by Amanda Piho and Rodriguez.
Mines 2, Metro State 1: Mines women’s soccer team advanced to the semifinal round of the RMAC Tournament in dramatic fashion Wednesday afternoon at the CSM Soccer Stadium with a 2-1 victory in double overtime over Metro State.
Megan Woodworth sent a corner kick far post in the fifth minute of the match finding the head of Jessica Stark for her fifth goal of the season to give CSM a 1-0 lead.
The Roadrunners scored the equalizer in the 64th minute as Aleah DeGeneres fought her way through the CSM defense collecting a deflected ball and scoring for her 10th goal of the season.
Anna Evans played a ball on the ground from the right side far post finding Alyssa Makhani making a run into the box in the 71st minute but Sarah Tanous made a diving stop at the post.
Just one minute and 19 seconds remained in the second overtime period when Woodworth played a ball into the box and found Evans. Evans turned and shot sending the ball into the goal for her 9th goal of the season. The assist was Woodworth’s 10th of the year establishing a new CSM single-season record for assists.
The Orediggers (11-5-3) advance to the semifinal round of the RMAC Tournament to be played in Durango, Colorado, at Dirks Field. CSM will play the No. 1-seed Fort Lewis on Friday at 2:30 pm.
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