The Colorado College Tigers begin postseason action as the top seed in the Mountain West postseason tournament, looking for revenge against Air Force who defeated CC 1-0 in the regular season meeting.
ON TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN WEST
The Colorado College Women's Soccer team claimed their first regular season championship since 2013 when they won the title in Conference USA. The title is the Tiger's first as a member of the Mountain West. CC finished the conference schedule at 7-2-1. Air Force is the only postseason qualifying team that beat the Tigers in the regular season. CC finished the conference regular season with 22 points in the Mountain West, every other team in the four squad field finished with 19 points.
LAST TIME OUT
Colorado College finished the regular season with a trip to America's playground, taking on the UNLV Rebels on the road. The Tigers held possession for most of the first half, and kept the ball up the pitch as they had five corner kicks to just one for UNLV in the first 45. Despite the Tigers controlling play it was the Rebels that broke the ice as they took advantage of a loose ball off a broken CC play. Summer Pyles jumped on the opportunity to find Kaitlin Taylor who shot it home to give UNLV the lead in the 29
th minute. Despite the setback, Colorado College kept the pressure up throughout the match including a shot that rang off the crossbar in the second half. The Tigers couldn't break through to find paydirt, as they fell 1-0 in the final regular season match at UNLV.
A LOOK AT THE FALCONS
Annika Jost leads the Falcons as she owns nine goals and eight assists on the year having played and started all 18 matches for USAFA. Kendall Rippley and Chase Borntreger are tied for second in goals on the team, each with five strikes, as Addie Doyle is the other facilitator on the squad with five assists. Sydney Nelms is the expected starter in the net for the Falcons as she has started all 16 of her appearances on the season. Nelms enters the postseason with 17 goals allowed and a 1.10 goals against average, having saved 73 opportunities with a .811 save percentage. Laura Busby is the bench boss for the Falcons as she is in her fifth season as the leader of the Air Force Women's Soccer program. Busby is 37-38-16 at the helm at the Academy.
SERIES HISTORY
The Tigers face the Falcons for the 14th time in program history on Wednesday. CC has controlled the all-time series with a 9-2-2 record over Air Force.
HOW TO FOLLOW ALONG
Wednesday's match will be broadcast on 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
The winner of Wednesday's match will take on the winner of Hawaii vs Wyoming on Saturday at 2 pm.