Mines clinches first round RMAC Tournament game with a 1-0 win over CSU-Pueblo

GOLDEN, Colo. – The Colorado School of Mines women’s soccer team closed out the 2010 regular season with a 1-0 victory in RMAC women’s soccer action against CSU-Pueblo on Sunday afternoon at the CSM Soccer Stadium.

Anna Evans was on the attack early cutting back across the box and firing a shot far post in the sixth minute that skipped just wide. Evans created space hitting a shot from the top of the box in the eighth minute but CSU-Pueblo goalkeeper Katie Martinet came up with the diving save.

Kat Murphy’s header off a Mines corner in the 27th minute was cleared off the line. Both Evans and Murphy had chances in the 33rd minute as Evans’ shot rocketed off the post to the feet of Murphy with an open net but CSU-Pueblo goalkeeper Savannah Thompson dove back and knocked Murphy’s shot out of the goal.

Aubrey Bagley sent a curving ball far post in the 36th minute but Thompson made punched the ball away and Megan Woodworth’s free kick sailed just high in the 38th minute.

Mines out-shot the ThunderWolves 12 to four in the first half and attempted four corner kicks but the Orediggers were unable to find the back of the net in the first 45 minutes. CSU-Pueblo’s best chance came in the 45th minute when Katie Thiebaut drilled a shot that hit the post.

Woodworth sent a cross from the right side into the box far post and Evans hit the ball on the ground hard towards the corner in the 55th minute barely missing again.

CSM broke through in the 62nd minute as Evans chased down a ball into the box, staying with the play and emerging on the other side of the CSU-Pueblo goalkeeper for her team-leading eighth goal of the season.

Briana Schulze collected her 26th career shutout moving her into sole possession of fourth-place on the RMAC women’s soccer all-time career shutout list. Schulze made three saves while the Mines defense held the ThunderWolves to just five total shots in the match on only one shot in the second half.

The Orediggers (10-5-3, 9-4-1 RMAC), the fourth-seed in the RMAC Tournament, will host the fifth-seed Metro State on Wednesday, Nov. 3rd at 3:00 pm in the quarterfinal round. The winner will advance to the semifinal round to be played on Friday, Nov. 5th in Durango at host school Fort Lewis College.