First place in the Mountain West's Mountain Division will be on the line when Colorado College visits the University of New Mexico to kick off a string of four consecutive road contests for the Tigers. CC and the Lobos meet in a battle of unbeatens at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the UNM Soccer Complex.
The first of back-to-back road trips concludes on Sunday when Colorado College jets to Logan, Utah, to face winless Utah State University. The Tigers and USU are scheduled to battle at 9 a.m. MT at the Bell Soccer Field.
Fans can watch this week's games for free via links on the Tiger Sports Network (
cctigers.com/watch/) or the Mountain West Network (
http://www.themw.com/index.aspx).
Colorado College enters Friday's showdown at New Mexico with a 2-0-0 record after defeating Wyoming, 2-1, on Monday at Stewart Field. The Tigers are 1-0-0 on the road with a 1-0 victory at Air Force in the first game of the season.
The Lobos are 3-0-0 overall after defeating Utah State, 3-0, in UNM's home opener on Saturday. New Mexico began the season with road victories at Colorado State (4-1) and Wyoming (1-0). The Aggies will take an 0-3-0 record into Friday's home opener against Air Force. They opened the season with one-goal losses at Wyoming (1-0) and Colorado State (2-1) before falling to New Mexico on the road.
New Mexico holds an 8-7-0 edge in the series with Colorado College, which includes a 1-0 victory last year in Colorado Springs. Each of the last six games between CC and the Lobos were decided by one goal. The Tigers are 4-3-0 in games played in Albuquerque, the most recent of which was a 1-0 win in 2016.
Colorado College and Utah State each are 3-3-3 in the nine previous meetings between the programs. Last year, the Aggies prevailed 3-0 in Logan to improve to 2-0-2 against CC on its home pitch. The Tigers most recent victory over Utah State was 1-0 in 2018 at Stewart Field.
Through its first two games, the Tigers are scoring 1.50 goals while allowing 0.50. Junior forward
Jacqui Hand leads CC with a pair of goals, while junior forward
Kiley Suter has scored once. Junior midfielder
Abby Hubbard has a team-high two assists.
Junior goalkeeper
Ally Wakeman has played all 180 minutes and owns a 2-0-0 record along with a 0.50 goals-against average and a .667 saves percentage.
The Lobos are averaging 2.67 goals per outing while allowing 0.33. Senior forward Gwen Maly leads New Mexico with three goals and seven points, while senior forward Madi Hirschman is next with a pair of goals and four points. Senior Emily Johnson is 2-0-0 in goal and owns a 0.50 goals-against average and a .875 saves percentage, while junior Malia Vanisi is 1-0-0 with a 0.00 GAA, but has not faced a shot on goal.
The Aggies enter Friday's game against Air Force averaging 0.33 goals per game while conceding 2.0. Junior forward Jordan Foraker scored Utah State's only goal so far this season, while senior midfielder Kami Warner and freshman midfielder Whitney Lopez each earned an assist on the play. Sophomore Diera Walton has played every minute in goal for the Aggies and owns a 2.0 goals-against average and a .625 saves ratio.
Colorado College wraps up its string of four consecutive road games next week when the Tigers travel to Laramie, Wyo., and Fort Collins, Colo., to face the University of Wyoming and Colorado State University on Friday and Sunday, March 26 and 28, respectively.
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