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The Colorado College women's soccer team had a lot to play for on Friday night against Colorado State University.

The Tigers were driven to christen the new and improved Stewart Field with a victory. They wanted to win for the six seniors who were honored in a post-game ceremony. But most of all, they wanted to earn three points to continue their pursuit of a Mountain West championship.

CC accomplished all of its goals thanks to a hard-fought 1-0 victory over the Rams.

With the victory, Colorado College improved to 7-2-0 overall and 2-1-0 in the Mountain West.

Sophomore forward Jacqui Hand struck for the game's only goal 27 minutes into the contest. It turned out to be her third game-winner of the season.

Senior forward Catie McDonald began the sequence when stepped around a defender and slipped a pass to sophomore forward Kiley Suter on the right side of the box. Suter took a couple of touches and sent a crossing pass to the left side, where Hand was waiting to strike with a first-touch shot past goalkeeper Gabi McDonald.

At the other of the pitch, first-year goalkeeper Abby Opperman stopped all seven shots the Rams put on target while recording her fourth clean sheet of the season and her second in three conference games.

Her best save occurred in the 74th minute when she got a hand on Ali Murphy Pauletto's shot from the edge of the six-yard box to deflect the ball past the near post.

Opperman lowered her goals-against average to 0.53 and improved her saves percentage to .875.  

The Tigers finished with 19 shots, compared to 11 for Colorado State.

Colorado College Standouts
Jenna Wilt launched a game-high five shots, four of which were on target.
Hand finished with three shots, two of which were on goal.
Suter earned her sixth assist of the season and the 10th of her career.

Colorado State Standouts
Gabi McDonald finished with 12 saves.
Grace Armstrong and Caroline Lucas led the Rams with three shots apiece.

Notes
Colorado College improved to 4-0-2 against CSU.
CC also improved to 7-1-0 at home this season.
The Tigers extended their shutout streak against the Rams to 502:55.

Next for the Tigers
Colorado College wraps up its five-game home stand on Sunday when it plays host to the University of Wyoming at 1 p.m.