The Colorado Rapids faced the Colorado School Of Mines yesterday at the Dick in one last preseason friendly before Saturday's season opener. Not surprisingly the side in burgundy didn't find much of a challenge against a Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference school, winning 4-0. Here's the starting XI:
Cascio - Cummings - RiveroLarentowicz - Castrillon - MastroeniZapata - Marshall - Wynne - KimuraPickens
Subs:
Amarikwa for Cummings at half
Mullan for Rivero at 58
Thompson for Cascio at 63
Akpan for Castrillon at 68
Palguta for Wynne at 70
Yamada for Larentowicz at 75
The only regular not to play was Moor, who I'm guessing got the day off to rest his tweaked hamstring.

Two Wisconsin natives are off to the NCAA Division II women's soccer Final Four.

Senior defender Kelli Bahr (Middleton) and seventh-ranked Armstrong Atlantic State qualified for the national semifinals for the first time, slipping past No. 21 Tampa 2-1 on its home field Sunday afternoon in Savannah, Ga.

Carly Nelson, left, makes an leaping effort to connect with the ball against Skyhawk Sara Egbom during an Oct. 9 match in December. Metro State and Fort Lewis each made it into the women's NCAA Division II tournament. (Photograph by Joel Baud/ColoradoSoccerNow.com)

The NCAA Division II soccer tournament will have plenty of Colorado representatives after announcing the brackets for the men's and women's tournaments on Monday evening.

Carly Nelson, left, makes an leaping effort to connect with the ball against Skyhawk Sara Egbom during an Oct. 9 match in December. Metro State and Fort Lewis each made it into the women's NCAA Division II tournament. (Photograph by Joel Baud/ColoradoSoccerNow.com)

The NCAA Division II soccer tournament will have plenty of Colorado representatives after announcing the brackets for the men's and women's tournaments on Monday evening.

After two straight losses, the Colorado School of Mines squad made sure that senior night included a win to remember.

Five players scored as the Orediggers pounded the Adams State Grizzlies 8-1 on Friday night in Golden. Tesho Akindele led the assault, scoring his first goal in the fifth minute, en route to his sixth career hat trick.

After two straight losses, the Colorado School of Mines squad made sure that senior night included a win to remember.

Five players scored as the Orediggers pounded the Adams State Grizzlies 8-1 on Friday night in Golden. Tesho Akindele led the assault, scoring his first goal in the fifth minute, en route to his sixth career hat trick.

The Colorado School of Mines men's soccer team down 2-1 at the half rallied back to scoring three second-half goals on its way to a 4-2 victory over Colorado Mesa in RMAC action on Sunday afternoon.

A penalty kick by Alex Nass, his fourth goal of the season, put Mines on the board in the 20th minute of the match.

The Colorado School of Mines men's soccer team down 2-1 at the half rallied back to scoring three second-half goals on its way to a 4-2 victory over Colorado Mesa in RMAC action on Sunday afternoon.

A penalty kick by Alex Nass, his fourth goal of the season, put Mines on the board in the 20th minute of the match.

After playing even for a half, Fort Lewis College erupted for three second-half goals and cruised to a 4-1 win over the Colorado School of Mines in Golden on Friday.

The Skyhawks scored first when Artur Piperkov connected for his first goal of the season 10 minutes into the match. Piperkov banged his shot in from 15 yards out.

After playing even for a half, Fort Lewis College erupted for three second-half goals and cruised to a 4-1 win over the Colorado School of Mines in Golden on Friday.

The Skyhawks scored first when Artur Piperkov connected for his first goal of the season 10 minutes into the match. Piperkov banged his shot in from 15 yards out.

Marc Herschberger scored 3:44 into the first overtime as Metro State upset No. 11 Colorado Mines 2-1 on Sunday at home.

It was the second win over a top-25 team in the past week for the Roadrunners, who improved to 6-2-1 overall and 4-1-0 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. CSM fell to 6-2-0 and 4-1-0.

Metropolitan State College of Denver and the Colorado School of Mines played into the dark and into a second overtime period before someone finally found a goal on Friday night.

The game, which started in Golden at 7:30 p.m., looked like it could stretch into days before someone found a difference maker.

Metropolitan State College of Denver and the Colorado School of Mines played into the dark and into a second overtime period before someone finally found a goal on Friday night.

The game, which started in Golden at 7:30 p.m., looked like it could stretch into days before someone found a difference maker.

The Colorado School of Mines women's soccer team scored four-plus goals for the second straight game defeating Colorado Christian by a score of 5-0 on Wednesday evening in RMAC action at the CSM Soccer Stadium.

The two teams shared possession in the middle of the field for the first 20 minutes until Erin Onat put Mines on the board in the 24th minute.

The Colorado School of Mines women's soccer team scored four-plus goals for the second straight game defeating Colorado Christian by a score of 5-0 on Wednesday evening in RMAC action at the CSM Soccer Stadium.

The two teams shared possession in the middle of the field for the first 20 minutes until Erin Onat put Mines on the board in the 24th minute.

The Colorado School of Mines women's soccer team scored four first-half goals on its way to a convincing 4-0 win over UC-Colorado Springs in RMAC action on Sunday afternoon at the CSM Soccer Stadium.

Mines broke through in the 26th minute when Dani Hering played a ball far post that looked like it was on its way out of bounds when Erin Onat back heeled the ball in to give CSM the lead.

The Colorado School of Mines women's soccer team scored four first-half goals on its way to a convincing 4-0 win over UC-Colorado Springs in RMAC action on Sunday afternoon at the CSM Soccer Stadium.

Mines broke through in the 26th minute when Dani Hering played a ball far post that looked like it was on its way out of bounds when Erin Onat back heeled the ball in to give CSM the lead.

The University of Colorado Colorado Springs men's soccer team answered the No. 13-ranked Colorado School of Mines Orediggers twice Sunday, but ran out of time in its search for a third reply in a 3-2 defeat at CSM Soccer Field.

The Orediggers took leads at 1-0 and 2-1, but the Mountain Lions tied the match shortly afterward each time.

The University of Colorado Colorado Springs men's soccer team answered the No. 13-ranked Colorado School of Mines Orediggers twice Sunday, but ran out of time in its search for a third reply in a 3-2 defeat at CSM Soccer Field.

The Orediggers took leads at 1-0 and 2-1, but the Mountain Lions tied the match shortly afterward each time.

Fort Lewis scored in the second minute, added some second half insurance, then withstood a furious rally to defeat No. 8 Colorado Mines 2-1 on Sunday at Dirks Field.

Freshman Kosta Kordistos started the scoring early, slipping a shot past CSM goalkeeper Manville Strand and inside the far post just 1:43 into the game.

The Colorado Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference women's soccer teams had a flawless Friday as six teams took the pitch for nonconference matches and all six notched wins.

The day included overwhelming triumphs from Colorado School of Mines and Adams State College, and nailbiters for Metropolitan State College of Denver and Colorado Christian.

Follow the bouncing ball. It's time for another college soccer, only this one will be without Steven Emory, the two-time RMAC player of the year, who moved up to the MLS. (Photograph by Jessica Taves/ColoradoSoccerNow.com)

For The Thursday List, we took a look back at past RMAC soccer champions and a look ahead to the coming season as we considered the top picks to take men's and women's crowns this season.

Colorado School of Mines and Regis University were each ranked in the top 25 men's NCAA Division II preseason poll.

The Orediggers and Rangers (No. 18) were the only RMAC men's teams included in the preseason ranks.

Mines men's soccer team ranked ninth in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Division II Pre-Season Poll.

The University of Denver men's soccer team's spring schedule includes 2011 NCAA Tournament participant Tulsa at home, as well as road games against Major League Soccer's Colorado Rapids and MPSF foe New Mexico, head coach Bobby Muuss announced.

"With so much of our team returning, we wanted to put together a very challenging spring schedule, and I believe what we were able to put together will really benefit our program in our continued development," Muuss said.