Not surprisingly, Division II champions Grand Valley State and Fort Lewis College finished atop the women’s and men’s national rankings, respectively. Take a look inside to see where other Colorado teams finished. …

The National Soccer Coaches Association of America has selected its 2009 women’s Division II All-America teams, and three Colorado players have been honored: Metropolitan State College’s Becca Mays, the Colorado School of Mines’ Kayla Mitchell and Fort Lewis College’s Jamie MacArthur, right.
(photo by Jonathan Ingraham/ ColoradoSoccerNow.com)

Kayla Mitchell has become the first women’s soccer player at the Colorado School of Mines to be honored as an All-American. (photo by George Tanner/ColoradoSoccerNow.com)

Irie Dennis, Ashley Botts and Kayla Addison scored as the Grand Valley State women’s soccer team eliminated the Colorado School of Mines 3-0 in the Elite Eight round of the NCAA tournament on Sunday afternoon in Denver. The Lakers advanced to the Division II Final Four in Tampa, Fla.; the season ended at 19-5-1 for Kayla Mitchell, above, and the Orediggers. (photo by George Tanner/ColoradoSoccerNow.com)

After 110 minutes of scoreless play on Friday in Denver, goalkeeper Briana Schulze made three saves in the penalty kick shootout as Mines won 4-3 and advanced to Sunday’s NCAA quarterfinals. (photo by Jonathan Ingraham/ColoradoSoccerNow.com)

Becca Mays scored her second goal of the game with about four minutes remaining in overtime to give the No. 4 Metropolitan State College women’s soccer team a 2-1 victory over Minnesota-Duluth in the NCAA tournament on Sunday. The Roadrunners will face No. 21 Colorado Mines, which beat Fort Lewis College in Durango, at noon on Friday in Denver. Above, Ashley Nemmers, right, and Mays celebrate in OT. (photo courtesy Metropolitan State College)

Kayla Mitchell And Allison Heeg scored as the Colorado School of Mines women’s soccer team defeated RMAC tournament champion Fort Lewis 2-1 on Sunday at Dirks Field in Durango.

On a cold wet day, the Fort Lewis College men’s soccer team defeated the Colorado School of Mines 3-0 on Friday in the first round of the NCAA tournament in Durango.

The women’s soccer team from the Colorado School of Mines collected its first victory ever in the NCAA tournament as Kayla Mitchell scored her 28th and 29th goals of the season in a 2-1 win against Regis University on Thursday in Durango.

Grabbing the shorts, hand on the ponytail, elbow to the chest, punch in the back, kicking a player on the ground: This video of a match between the women’s soccer teams from Brigham Young and New Mexico is BLOWING UP on youtube right now. Check it out inside. …