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Cowgirls play final two home games, host Senior Day Sunday

THIS WEEK IN NMHU WOMEN'S SOCCER

New Mexico Highlands (1-10-1, 1-7-1) vs.
Dixie State (8-5-0, 4-5-0)
4 p.m. Friday, Sanchez Family Stadium, Las Vegas, N.M.
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New Mexico Highlands vs.
Westminster (10-3, 7-2)
12 p.m. Sunday, Sanchez Family Stadium, Las Vegas, N.M.
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LAS VEGAS, N.M. --- The New Mexico Highlands women's soccer team hosts its final two home games of the season as the Cowgirls face Dixie State 4 p.m. Friday and Westminster 12 p.m. Sunday - NMHU's senior day.

THE COWGIRLS HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND | SEASON STATS
The Cowgirls went 0-1-1 last week in a pair of home games - picking up a 1-1 draw against Colorado Mesa on Friday night and a 3-1 loss to Western State on Sunday. In Friday's tie, the Cowgirls fell behind 1-0 in the 61st minute, but scored the equalizer in the 79th minute when a loose ball in front of the goal on a corner kick was booted in by Janis Martinez for her first goal of the season. In Sunday's loss, a pair of penalties in the box led to two penalty kick goals for Western State as the Cowgirls as NMHU fell behind 3-0 before Alondra Gildo-Ceballos scored on a penalty kick in the 73rd minute to make the final 3-1. NMHU outshot WSCU 22-13 in the contest, including 9-7 in shots on goal.

Gildo-Ceballos and Nitza Rodriguez lead the team in scoring with three goals apiece while Breanna Fatten has two on the season. Briana Ruelas is the team's primary keeper this season and has a goals against average of 3.13.

ABOUT DIXIE STATE | SEASON STATS
The Trailblazers are coming off a 2-0 weekend at home last week, beating Adams State 4-0 on Friday and Fort Lewis 3-0 on Sunday. The wins broke a three-game losing streak with their wins last last weekend - a three-game streak that was capped with a close 1-0 loss on the road to fifth-ranked Colorado School of Mines. A Dixie State player earned RMAC Offensive Player of the Week honors last week as freshman Whitley Johns scored three goals and had two assists during the wins over Adams State and Fort Lewis.

On the season, Johns leads the team with seven goals to go along with three assists. Kelsey Cook has five goals on the year while Ambree Bennett has four. Kilee Lamb-Allsop leads the Trailblazers in assists with four. Nicole Rahman played keeper for the Trailblazers last weekend and posted two shutouts and is 5-0 this season and hasn't allowed a goal in 406 minutes (has only faced 16 shots). Dixie State's other keeper Felicity Tarr has more minutes this season (763) and has a 0.83 goals against average on the year.

ABOUT WESTMINSTER | SEASON STATS
The Griffins have won nine of their last 11 games with those two losses both 1-0 defeats to No. 5 Colorado School of Mines (on the road) and UC Colorado Springs (at home). Last weekend Westminster defeated Fort Lewis (2-0) and Adams State (5-1) at home.

Aimee Kurfurst leads the team in goals with six while Emmy Hyen has five, Allie Millerberg has four and Libby Dearden has three. Heyn has a team-best three assists while three players have two assists apiece. Hillary Weixler has played all but 12 minutes at keeper this season for the Griffins and has a goals against average of 0.83 with 48 saves while facing 118 shots.
 
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Players Mentioned

Breanna Fatten

#21 Breanna Fatten

F
5' 8"
Sophomore
Alondra Gildo-Ceballos

#5 Alondra Gildo-Ceballos

MF/D
5' 2"
Senior
Briana Ruelas

#99 Briana Ruelas

GK
5' 7"
Sophomore
Janis Martinez

#22 Janis Martinez

MF/F
5' 4"
Junior
Nitza Rodriguez

#9 Nitza Rodriguez

F
5' 4"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Breanna Fatten

#21 Breanna Fatten

5' 8"
Sophomore
F
Alondra Gildo-Ceballos

#5 Alondra Gildo-Ceballos

5' 2"
Senior
MF/D
Briana Ruelas

#99 Briana Ruelas

5' 7"
Sophomore
GK
Janis Martinez

#22 Janis Martinez

5' 4"
Junior
MF/F
Nitza Rodriguez

#9 Nitza Rodriguez

5' 4"
Freshman
F