Las Vegas N.M.- New Mexico Highland's Women Soccer team return home to play against #3 Colorado School of Mines on Friday Sept. 30
th, 2016 at 7pm and Colorado Christian University on Sunday Oct. 2
nd, 2016 at 1pm in Perkins Stadium. Your Cowgirls hold an overall record 1-5-1 and 1-2 RMAC.
NMHU Cowgirls:
The Cowgirls will head into the weekend shining with confidence as they come off of a convincing victory against Black Hills State (7-2). The shots were flowing as five different Cowgirls found the back of the net. Freshman
Daniela Fonseca comes into the weekend having scored twice against BHSU. Junior
Haley Velez also chipped in two goals. This win could not have come at a better time, as they will look to continue this balanced attack when they take on Colorado School of Mines and Colorado Christian University.
 Top players:
Senior
Anyssa Dagnino: 2 Goals 9 SOG 81%
Freshman
Daniela Fonseca: 2 Goals 5 SOG 46%
Freshman Goalkeeper
Katherine Scott: 26 Saves 76%
Colorado School of Mines Orediggers:
The #3 Orediggers played Colorado Christian University on September 25
th, and narrowly escaped with the win (1-0). This brought their overall record to 8-0, and 3-0 in RMAC play. Â They will look to shoot frequently, as they have taken 43 more shots than the Cowgirls have throughout the season. The Cowgirls defense will have to smother the Orediggers and take away any clean shot they may have, as they will not hesitate to take an open look. Senior goalie Sam Zumbro will look to keep the ball out of the net as she continues her hot streak as she has only allowed one goal to this point in the season. Sophomore defender Emily Townsend will look to continue making Zumbro's job easy as she was named the RMAC Defensive Player of the Week on 9/27/16.
Top players:
Sophomore Emily Townsend: 4 Goals 6 SOG 40%
Senior Goalkeeper Sam Zumbro: 15 Saves 94%
Colorado Christian University Cougars:
The Cougars played Colorado School of Mines on September 25
th, and dropped that contest (0-1), bringing their overall record to 5-3 and 2-1 in RMAC competition. The Cougars are being outshot by the Cowgirls 87-94 at this point in the season. They only attempted 3 shots against the Orediggers, so they will look to test Cowgirl goalkeeper
Katherine Scott when given the opportunity. Junior Kielli Jordan will look to get the ball rolling as she has 3 goals on the year.
Top Players:
Junior Kielli Jordan: 3 Goals 10 SOG 56%
Junior Goalie Mallory VanVoorhis: 11 Saves 64%
Live Stats and Broadcasting will be available online.
GO COWGIRLS !!!!
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