St. Mary's defender Erin Kearney tries to strip the ball from University of Denver
senior Kelli Breidenbach on Friday night at DU's new soccer stadium. (photo by Tom
Auclair/ColoradoSoccerNow.com)
It was the first time that the University of Denver women's soccer team played on the turf of
their new stadium.
A quick roundup of the weekend's games for Colorado's college soccer teams:
WOMEN
UNIVERSITY OF DENVER 1, COLGATE 0 2OT: Senior midfielder Kelli Breidenbach scored on an
assist from Mariah Johnston in the second overtime Sunday afternoon in the Colorado Soccer Classic
at Prentup Field in Boulder.
A roundup of college soccer in Colorado from Sunday:
WOMEN
Metro State 1, Colorado State-Pueblo 0: What a big difference from Friday. After pummeling
the Colorado School of Mines at home two days earlier, the Roadrunners managed only a 1-0 victory
over Colorado State-Pueblo 1-0 on the road Sunday.
The No. 13 Metropolitan State College women's soccer team, led by Becca Mays' three goals,
cruised to a 5-1 victory over Colorado-Colorado Springs on Friday evening in Colorado Springs. The
Roadrunners improved to 8-1-0 overall and 5-0-0 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, while
UCCS dropped to 2-4-0, 1-4-0 in conference.
Freshman forward Kaitlin Bast scored two goals as the University of Denver women's soccer team
defeated Troy 3-0 in the first round of the Sun Belt Conference tournament on Wednesday in Boca
Raton, Florida.
The second-seeded Pioneers (15-5-1) scored what proved to be the winner a little more than 31
minutes into the contest, when Bast headed in a pass from senior midfielder Mariah Johnston.
The University of Denver women's soccer earned its fourth-straight Sun Belt Conference title,
beating the University of Arkansas-Little Rock 1-0 in the finals of the league's tournament on
Saturday in Boca Raton, Fla.
The Pioneers earned a trip to the NCAA tournament as a result of the victory; the 64-team
bracket will be unveiled at 6 p.
