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The Colorado College women's soccer team plays its first two Mountain West home games this week when UNLV and the University of Nevada visit Colorado Springs.
CC plays host to the Rebels on Friday, Sept. 28, at 3 p.m. MT, and the Wolf Pack two days later on Sunday, Sept. 30, at noon MT.
Fans can watch this week's games for free on the Tiger Sports Network (
https://cctigers.com/sports/2014/8/6/WSOC_0806143504.aspx?master=watch) or the Mountain West Network (
http://www.themw.com/index.aspx).
The Tigers are 5-3-0 overall and 1-1-0 in the Mountain West after splitting a pair of 1-0 results last week in California. Colorado College dropped its conference opener at San Jose State University on Friday night, but bounced back to defeat Fresno State on Sunday afternoon. CC is 2-1 on its home pitch this season, including a 2-1 overtime victory against the University of Houston in its most recent game at Stewart Field.
The Rebels will bring a 7-3-1 overall record and 1-1-0 MW ledger into Friday's game. UNLV posted a 1-0 victory at Utah State University in last Friday's conference opener, but fell 3-0 to Boise State University on Sunday at home. So far this season, the Rebels are 3-2-1 on the road.
Nevada will take a 3-5-2 overall record and 0-2-0 conference mark into Friday's game at Air Force. The Wolf Pack dropped a pair of one-goal decisions last week, falling 2-1 at Boise State on Friday and 1-0 at Utah State on Sunday. Nevada is 2-5-1 away from home this season.
CC is 2-2-1 all-time against the Rebels, including a 3-0 setback last year in Las Vegas. The series is level at 1-1-1 in games played in Colorado Springs, the most recent of which was a 4-1 Rebel victory in 2016.
Including last season's 1-0 victory in Reno, the Tigers hold a 3-1-0 lead in the series with Nevada. Each team has won one of the two previous games at Stewart Field, where the Wolf Pack prevailed, 1-0, in 2016. The last three meetings between Colorado College and Nevada ended with a 1-0 score.
Senior midfielder
Lauren Milliet leads the Tigers with seven points and shares the team lead with sophomore defender
Tayla Wheeler and freshman forward
Jacqui Hand with a pair of goals.
Junior midfielder
Lucia Costanza, who is tied with Milliet for the team lead with three assists, is second with five points. Two of Costanza's assists set up game-winning goals. Hand and Wheeler are tied for third on the squad with four points.
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Sophomore
Jade Odom has played all 7:31:39 in goal and owns a 0.86 goals-against average and a .811 saves percentage.
Senior
Kelli Sullivan and sophomore
Camille Weaver anchor Colorado College's back line, which has not allowed more than two goals in a game this season, including the Sept. 7 showdown at then-No. 5 Texas A&M. The Aggies entered that game averaging more than three goals per game and had scored three or more on five of six occasions entering the game.
Prior to Columbia University's first goal on Aug. 31, CC had played a little more than 269 minutes without conceding a goal since Northern Colorado scored 16:52 into the season opener. The Tigers posted back-to-back clean sheets against Denver (2-0) and Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (2-0).
UNLV, which leads the Mountain West in overall scoring with 22 goals, averages 2.0 goals per game while conceding 1.22. Senior forward Caitlyn Kruetz owns a team-best five goals, which ties her for third in the conference. Kruetz and senior forward Kaila Brinkman, who has four goals and a pair of assists, lead the Rebels with 10 points apiece, which also is tied for third in the league.
Nevada, which is 0-5-1 in its last six games, averages 0.90 goals per outing while surrendering 1.10. Freshman midfielder Payton Lieb leads the Wolf Pack with three goals and seven points, while sophomore midfielder Hannah Souza and freshman midfielder Kylie Minamishin each have a goal and an assist. Freshman Kendal Stovall has played all 940 minutes in goal and has posted a 1.05 GAA and a .817 saves ratio.
Next week, Colorado College travels north on Interstate 25 for a pair of road games within the Mountain Time Zone. The Tigers visit the University of Wyoming at 3 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 5, in Laramie, and then stops at Colorado State University on Sunday, Oct. 7, for a clash with the Rams at high noon.
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