No. 17 Colorado College got two wins in two different states on Sunday against the University of Wisconsin-Stout (19-3) and Augsburg (22-0). A unique visiting double-header slate didn't bother the Tigers as they extended their winning streak to 10 straight games for the first time since 2019.
CC claimed the WIAC regular season title for the second year in a row after going 9-0 in conference play. The Tigers are 15-0 against WIAC opponents since entering the conference in 2024. They will enter the conference tournament as the No. 1 seed and attempt to win the title for the second consecutive year.
CC 19, UW-Stout 3
Seniors
Peyton Murphy and
Tobin Lonergan led the way with a pair of hat tricks. Lonergan led the team with three assists to finish with six points for the third game this season. Murphy also had an assist.
Sofia Mancino,
Ella Roe, and
Kelsey Shankle scored two goals, and seven other Tigers had a goal.
CC had 10 assists on the 19 goals as it outshot the Blue Devils 42-9, including 26-7 shots on goal. The Tigers jumped out the gates on an 8-0 run in the first quarter and outshot their opposition 17-2.
Junior
Grace Bean scored the first goal of the day. Lonergan scored two of her three goals in the opening 15 minutes of play. CC added onto the lead to make it 12-0 at the half with four second-quarter goals. Murphy,
Meilani Molina and
Grace Weber found the back of the net.
In the third, Roe and Lonergan scored the first two goals, ballooning the lead to 14-0 with 11:46 remaining. Stout got on the board with consecutive goals and ended the CC scoring streak, but Mancino recorded her third goal before the quarter expired to give the Tigers a 15-2 lead at the end of the third.
Freshman
Riley Sterling scored her 10th goal of the season, followed by additional goals by Roe, Shankle, and
Emilia Calamari, helping CC cruise to the 19-3 victory.
CC 22, Augsburg 0
The Tigers earned their second shutout of the season after holding the Auggies to only four shots, a season-low for the CC defense.
Mancino scored four goals to lead the team as Murphy,
Charlotte Iler and Shankle recorded hat tricks. It's Shankle's new career high and first career hat trick as the Denver native finished the day with five goals, an assist, six shots on goal and a draw control.
11 Tigers scored, including Lonergan and Molina, with two each.
CC built up a 10-0 lead in the first quarter after Murphy recorded her first three of the day. With a running clock entering the second quarter, the Tigers build the advantage up to 15-0 after five unassisted goals before the halftime break.
Iler had her second and third goal in the third quarter. The sophomore now has 10 hat tricks this season and 100 career goals, putting her tied for 20th all-time in CC history.
Shankle and
Frances Hansot added two more goals in the fourth quarter as CC ultimately won 22-0 to improve to 15-2 on the season and remain a perfect 9-0 in conference play.
The Tigers close out the regular season with two non-conference games on April 17 and 19 against top-25 opponents, No. 15 Trinity (Conn.) and No. 12 The College of New Jersey.