The Colorado College Tigers head to Reno for their lone match of the week, kicking off against Nevada at 2 p.m. pacific time on Saturday. Colorado College started out Mountain West play going 2-0 with wins over Hawaii and UC Davis. The wins were their first since the first two matches of the season.
LAST TIME OUT
Colorado College started out Mountain West play with going 2-0 with wins over Hawaii and UC Davis. The wins were their first since the first two matches of the season. The Tigers and Aggies had a slow first half with no scoring, but the action picked up significantly in the second half.
Charlotte Strabel headed the ice-breaker home after a direct-kick restart from
Bella Stewart was blocked right to
Sophia Mayne who found Strabel in the box. UC Davis gave the free kick on a straight red for a foul on the last defender, but would pull the equalizer back in the 86th minute. CC would step up to the challenge and net the decisive strike in the 88th minute when
Nadia Cassamajor played through
Charlotte Strabel who swung a chance in for
Bella Stewart who was waiting just onside in the penalty area. The UC Davis keeper came out to try and punch the chance away, but it got to Stewart first as she headed it inside the right post and gave CC the 2-1 win. The Tigers sit in a tie for first place with New Mexico through the first weekend of Mountain West action.
ABOUT NEVADA
Entering the match with a 3-8-0 record the Wolfpack is 0-2 in the Mountain West after opening the schedule with a 2-0 loss vs Wyoming, then traveling to Albuquerque to endure a 5-2 loss at New Mexico last Saturday. Leslie Jacobo Duran leads the attack with five goals and two assists on the year, as Olivia Loomis, Carmen Coronado, and Ella York all sit on three goals on the season. Dispite the record, Nevada doesn't struggle to find the net with 20 goals on the season, though they have surrendered 24 on the season. An 11-1 win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff accounts for over half their season goals, notably. That 11-1 victory is their lone win in the last 11 matches played by the Wolfpack.
SERIES HISTORY
The Tigers face the Wolfpack for the 12th time in program history this weekend, holding a 9-2 record over Nevada.
HOW TO FOLLOW ALONG
Saturday's match will be broadcast on the MW+. Live statistics can be found online at CCTigers.com, while live updates will also be provided on the team's official X page at
@CCWSoccer.
UP NEXT
Colorado College returns home next week for a midweek match against New Mexico on Wednesday at 6 pm vs New Mexico. They finish the week in California against San Jose State, Sunday at 12 Pacific.
