TIGERS TRAVEL TO UTAH STATE, BOISE STATE
The Colorado College women's soccer team continues Mountain West matches on the road this weekend. The Tigers play Utah State in Logan, Utah, on Thursday, Oct. 6, at 3 p.m., followed by a contest against Boise State in Boise, Idaho, on Sunday, Oct. 9, beginning at 12 p.m.

LAST TIME OUT
The Tigers tied San Diego State, 3-3, and defeated New Mexico, 3-0, last week at Stewart Field. On Thursday, Colorado College jumped out to a 3-0 lead over SDSU in the first 26 minutes. Senior Aspen Jeter opened the scoring with her first career goal in the 19th minute. Jeter blasted a free kick from 35 yards out that went past SDSU goalkeeper Alexa Madueno and into the net. Fellow senior Adelaide Gaffney posted her fourth goal of the season to make it 2-0 in the 21st minute. She took a crossing pass from Haley Williams, took a back-foot shot that went off the crossbar, but gathered the rebound and put it past Madueno. Williams notched her team-leading fourth assist on the play. Just five minutes later, it was 3-0 in favor of the Tigers when Brett Tsamasfyros' shot from the top pf the box caromed off the crossbar and went right to Shalom Prince, who knocked it in from the doorstep. The Aztecs fought back with three goals of their own, including the equalizer in the 75th minute ... On Sunday, The Tigers once again produced a 3-0 lead, but this time it stuck. Ally Wakeman had six saves, including three spectacular stops, and Brett Tsamasfyros, Shalom Prince and Lily Byrne scored as CC snapped a seven-match losing skid to the Lobos dating back to Sept. 23, 2016, a 1-0 win in Albuquerque, N.M. It also was the first victory over UNM in Colorado Springs since Oct. 5, 2001. Wakeman, who posted her second career clean sheet, was outstanding for the entire 90 minutes. She made a pair of incredible saves against UNM's prolific scorer, Jadyn Edwards, in the first 24 minutes to keep the match scoreless.  

WATCH THE TIGERS
Fans can watch this week's matches on the Mountain West Network. Links are available on the women's soccer schedule at CCTigers.com.

FOR THE RECORD
Colorado College is 3-4-3 and 1-1-2 in the Mountain West after the tie and win last week. Utah State is 5-3-5 and is tied for the MW lead with a 2-1-1 league record. The Aggies lost to Wyoming, 2-1, and tied Colorado State, 2-2, last week. Meanwhile, Boise State is 5-2-6 and 1-0-3 in the MW following a 0-0 draw against CSU and a 2-0 victory over Wyoming. The Broncos, who are 4-0-5 in their last nine games, host Air Force on Thursday.

WINNING ALTITUDE
Regardless of whether Colorado College plays on Stewart Field or Washburn Field, the Tigers have enjoyed a significant advantage when playing at home at an elevation of 6,035 feet. Entering last weekend's games, CC is 270-68-33 (.772) in 371 all-time matches on its own campus.

ALL-TIME SERIES VS. OPPONENTS
Colorado College holds a 4-3-5 lead in the all-time series against Utah State, which began with a 1-1 draw in 2010. The teams also tied, 1-1, at Stewart Field last season. Meanwhile, Boise State leads the all-time series with CC, 4-3-1. That series also started in 2010 and the teams played to a 2-2 tie last year in Colorado Springs.   

A LOOK AT THE TIGERS
Gaffney leads the team with four goals and eight points, followed by Prince with three goals and Tsamafyros with a pair of goals and an assist. Williams, who is tied for second in the Mountain West lead with four assists, is tied for fourth with three others on the squad with four points. Wakeman has appeared in all 11 games and has a 1.45 goals-against average and a .759 saves percentage, which rank fifth and fourth in the Moutanin West, respectively. Colorado College is one of only four MW teams to own a positive goal differential this season (18-16).

EIGHT NEWCOMERS JOIN THE SQUAD
Joining the 16 returners for the 2022 campaign are one transfer and seven freshmen. Prince played two seasons at the University of Oklahoma, while Mea Allex, Evie Biggs, Erin Ewers, Makenna Kolson, McKenna O'Toole, Kylie Smith and Williams comprise the Class of 2026.

UP NEXT FOR THE TIGERS
Colorado College returns to Colorado Springs for its final home matches of the season against Wyoming on Thursday, Oct. 13 (6 p.m.) and Colorado State on Sunday, Oct. 16 (3 p.m.)