Colorado College is mourning the Sept. 19 death of Chris Quon, a member of the men's soccer and
men's lacrosse teams. Quon graduated in May with a degree in economics.
"Chris's passing has devastated the Colorado College athletics community," said Horst
Richardson, coach of the men's soccer team.
A quick roundup of the weekend's games for Colorado's college soccer teams:
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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 Friday's action in Colorado college soccer:
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Denver 2, Kansas 1: Freshman midfielder Katy Van Lieshout hit a game-winning goal
on a free kick from 28 yards out to give the Pioneers a victory over No. 13 Kansas in the Colorado
College Invitational at Stewart Field in Colorado Springs.
A roundup of college soccer in Colorado from Sunday:
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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.
This week, there are two women's teams from Colorado in the Division 1 Top 25, as voted on by
the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. And Colorado College received some votes. Here
are the polls:
DIVISION I WOMEN
1 North Carolina
2 Portland
3 Stanford
4 UCLA
5 Florida State
6 Boston College
7 Florida 0
8 Wake Forest
9 California
10 Virginia
11 Purdue
12 Santa Clara
13 South Carolina
14 Notre Dame
15 Georgia
16 Rutgers
17 Texas A&M
18 San Diego
19 Central Florida
20 Maryland
21 Denver
22 Indiana
23 Colorado
24 Oklahoma State
25 Ohio State
Also receiving votes: Illinois 79, West Virginia 72, Pepperdine 67, Arizona State
62, Kansas 54, St.
A roundup of Sunday's college soccer action involving teams from Colorado:
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Santa Clara 1, Colorado 0 OT: At Palo Alto, Calif., the Buffaloes dropped their
second contest in the Stanford?Nike Invitational. Linder would be tested two more times in a
one-minute span, coming up with the saves on both attempts, however with less than two minutes to
play in the first overtime period, Santa Clara would seal the deal and finally sneak past Linder
for the win.
Recaps of Friday's games involving teams from around the state:
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Colorado College 4, New Hampshire 0: The Tigers cashed in on a pair of corner
kicks early in the match and never looked back. Sophomore defender Beth Wright scored a goal and
assisted on another in the opening 13 minutes of play at Stewart Field in Colorado Springs.
Random notes from the world of soccer in Colorado:
TIGER TOURNAMENT: The Colorado College women's soccer team hosts the University
of Denver, Kansas and Texas Christian on Friday and Sunday. CC faces TCU at 4 p.m. Friday and
Kansas at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. The Pioneers meet the Jayhawks at 1:30 Friday and Texas Christian at
noon Sunday.
Nick Thomas of WeWantRapidman and yours truly were guests on a podcast by Robert Jonas of Center
Line Soccer as the Bay Area Web site previewed the two upcoming games between the San Jose
Earthquakes and the Colorado Rapids.
Nick focused very precisely about the Rapids' current manpower situation, we both talked a bit
about Coach Gary Smith's influence on the team since taking over a year ago.
