Women’s soccer wins over CSU, loses against Wyoming in overtime

Hannah Westerman

Staff Writer

This weekend, the women’s soccer team played the final two of four consecutive road games. The Tigers traveled to Laramie, Wyo. to play against University of Wyoming on Friday, Oct. 10.

Senior forward Rachel Herron scored the first goal of the game during the 26^th minute. She collected a punt from freshman goalkeeper Rowan Frederickson and made a shot to the lower right corner, blasting past UW’s goalkeeper. It was the only goal of the first half.

In the second half, less than three minutes in, UW player Alison Clarke finally put her team on the board with a free kick. Thirteen minutes later, she scored again on another free kick, putting UW in the lead 2-1.

UW maintained the lead until the 77^th minute, when senior midfielder Jessie Ayers scored the tying goal on a penalty kick. With this goal, Ayers moves up to 8^th place in Colorado College’s women’s soccer program’s career points list with 64 points.

Ayers’ goal sent the game into overtime. Neither team scored, so the teams faced off in a second overtime. The tie was finally broken when UW scored 2:26 into the second overtime. CC lost 2-3. This is the first time UW has defeated CC in eight tries.

The Tigers were back a bit closer to home on Sunday, Oct. 12. They played against Colorado State University in Fort Collins.

Neither team scored during the first half. CSU finally broke the standstill 3:21 into the second half with a rebound goal. CSU held the lead until senior midfielder Mary Bowman tied the score 1-1 with a header.

“CSU was actually much more aggressive out of the back (the defense) than we had expected them to be. We managed to generate quite a few scoring opportunities during the first half, but we were simply unable to put the ball in the back of the net,” said Bowman.

Bowman continued, “I think the difference between the first half and the second was not only that we created far more scoring opportunities, but that those chances were more dangerous. We were really pulling-apart their defense – we had players dribbling along the end line and slotting balls back across the eighteen-yard-box (front of the goal), we had several shots from the top of the box, and a lot of great balls served-in from our wide and defensive players.”

Senior midfielder Kaeli Vandersluis put CC in the lead with a goal in the 76^th minute. Vandersluis moved up to tie for ninth place in the program’s career points list with 63 points. She is now part of only five Tigers who have ever been ranked in the women’s program’s top 10 in all three statistical categories.

CSU tied up the game again less than three minutes later. It looked like the game might be going into overtime until junior midfielder Sarah Schweiss scored the winning goal with only 57 seconds remaining.

“The team did a great job fighting until the last second of the game, and it paid off for us,” said Schweiss. “All I remember after the goal is being at the bottom of a dog pile with my teammates having huge smiles on all of our faces. After going into overtime on Friday, we didn’t want to have to again on Sunday. Overtime adds a lot more playing to the game and we were relieved we wouldn’t have to do that for a second time.”

CC’s 3-2 victory against CSU makes Head Coach Geoff Bennett the winningest head coach in program history. Since becoming the head coach in 2004, Bennett has led the Tigers to 120 victories, beating the previous record of 119 set by Dang Pibulvech (1983-1990).

The Tigers finally return to Stewart Field to play a home game on Friday, Oct. 17 at 3 p.m. against the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Hannah Westerman

This weekend, the women’s soccer team played the final two of four consecutive road games. The Tigers traveled to Laramie, Wyo. to play against University of Wyoming on Friday, Oct. 10.

Senior forward Rachel Herron scored the first goal of the game during the 26^th minute. She collected a punt from freshman goalkeeper Rowan Frederickson and made a shot to the lower right corner, blasting past UW’s goalkeeper. It was the only goal of the first half.

In the second half, less than three minutes in, UW player Alison Clarke finally put her team on the board with a free kick. Thirteen minutes later, she scored again on another free kick, putting UW in the lead 2-1.

UW maintained the lead until the 77^th minute, when senior midfielder Jessie Ayers scored the tying goal on a penalty kick. With this goal, Ayers moves up to 8^th place in Colorado College’s women’s soccer program’s career points list with 64 points.

Ayers’ goal sent the game into overtime. Neither team scored, so the teams faced off in a second overtime. The tie was finally broken when UW scored 2:26 into the second overtime. CC lost 2-3. This is the first time UW has defeated CC in eight tries.

The Tigers were back a bit closer to home on Sunday, Oct. 12. They played against Colorado State University in Fort Collins.

Neither team scored during the first half. CSU finally broke the standstill 3:21 into the second half with a rebound goal. CSU held the lead until senior midfielder Mary Bowman tied the score 1-1 with a header.

“CSU was actually much more aggressive out of the back (the defense) than we had expected them to be. We managed to generate quite a few scoring opportunities during the first half, but we were simply unable to put the ball in the back of the net,” said Bowman.

Bowman continued, “I think the difference between the first half and the second was not only that we created far more scoring opportunities, but that those chances were more dangerous. We were really pulling-apart their defense – we had players dribbling along the end line and slotting balls back across the eighteen-yard-box (front of the goal), we had several shots from the top of the box, and a lot of great balls served-in from our wide and defensive players.”

Senior midfielder Kaeli Vandersluis put CC in the lead with a goal in the 76^th minute. Vandersluis moved up to tie for ninth place in the program’s career points list with 63 points. She is now part of only five Tigers who have ever been ranked in the women’s program’s top 10 in all three statistical categories.

CSU tied up the game again less than three minutes later. It looked like the game might be going into overtime until junior midfielder Sarah Schweiss scored the winning goal with only 57 seconds remaining.

“The team did a great job fighting until the last second of the game, and it paid off for us,” said Schweiss. “All I remember after the goal is being at the bottom of a dog pile with my teammates having huge smiles on all of our faces. After going into overtime on Friday, we didn’t want to have to again on Sunday. Overtime adds a lot more playing to the game and we were relieved we wouldn’t have to do that for a second time.”

CC’s 3-2 victory against CSU makes Head Coach Geoff Bennett the winningest head coach in program history. Since becoming the head coach in 2004, Bennett has led the Tigers to 120 victories, beating the previous record of 119 set by Dang Pibulvech (1983-1990).

The Tigers finally return to Stewart Field to play a home game on Friday, Oct. 17 at 3 p.m. against the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.