Sunday's start time was pushed back one hour as Metro State, including members of the administrative staff and baseball and softball teams, had to clear 7 inches of snow from the field after a winter storm buried Denver on Saturday night. (photo courtesy Metropolitan State College)

Becca Mays scored her second goal of the game with about four minutes remaining in overtime to give the No.

Kayla Mitchell scored twice as the Colorado School of Mines women's soccer team defeated RMAC tournament champion Fort Lewis 2-1 on Sunday at Dirks Field in Durango.

Mines (19-4-0) will face Metropolitan State College at noon Friday at Auraria Field in downtown Denver.

Mitchell, who finished the match with eight shots, scored the winning goal in the 40th minute, capitalizing on some miscommunication in the Fort Lewis defense.

The Fort Lewis College men's soccer team defeated West Texas A&M 3-1 in front of a loud and lively crowd Sunday in the second round of the Divison II playoffs.

Fort Lewis advances with a 21-1-0 record; the Skyhawks find out the location and opponent of their next match today (Monday).

FLC opened the scoring the 24th minute, when the Buffs attempted to clear the ball but it bounced to the top of the box.

On a cold wet day, the Fort Lewis College men's soccer team defeated the Colorado School of Mines 3-0 on Friday in the first round of the NCAA tournament in Durango. The game resembled a Slip 'n Slide because of pouring rain and freezing wind.

Fort Lewis advances to the second round and will face West Texas A&M at 1 p.

Kayla Mitchell scored her 28th and 29th goals of the season as the women's soccer team from the Colorado School of Mines defeated Regis University 2-1 on Thursday in Durango. The victory marked the first time Mines has won in the NCAA tournament.

The Orediggers (18-4) will play Fort Lewis College at 1 p.

The Fort Lewis College women's soccer team hoists the RMAC tournament trophy. (photo by Jonathan Ingraham/ColoradoSoccerNow.com)

DENVER — On Friday, after Fort Lewis College came from behind to win in the semifinals of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament, coach Damian Clark said his team is accustomed to playing with poise, even when trailing.

DENVER — On Friday, after Fort Lewis College came from behind to win in the semifinals of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament, coach Damian Clark said his team is accustomed to playing with poise, even when trailing.

He said the Skyhawks are confident that when they play a possession game the result will turn out in their favor.

Defender Fabian Kling scored the winning goal in the 40th minute as the Fort Lewis College men's soccer team won the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference tournament 3-1 against Metropolitan State College on Sunday in Durango.

Kling booted home a corner kick by Tom Settle as the Skyhawks took a 2-1 lead just before halftime.

Fort Lewis defender Laurel Reinhardt cleans up the mess after Kayla Mitchell, right, got the ball behind FLC goalkeeper Christine Schmelzle. (photo by Tom Auclair/ColoradoSoccerNow.com)

DENVER — Hayley Hollenga scored two goals, including the game winner with a little more than 6 minutes to play, as the Fort Lewis College women's soccer team knocked off the Colorado School of Mines 3-2 on Friday at Auraria Field in the semifinals of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference tournament.

Regis defender Heidi Boersma fights Metro State's Becca Mays for control of the ball. (photo by Tom Auclair/ColoradoSoccerNow.com)

DENVER — When the women's soccer teams from Metropolitan State College and Regis University met in mid-October at Auraria Field in downtown Denver, the Roadrunners went on a three-goal tear in the second half.

For the second time in three seasons, the Fort Lewis College men's soccer team ended Regis University's season in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference tournament semifinal.

The Rangers ran into a buzzsaw on Friday in Durango as the Skyhawks, ranked No. 2 in the nation, rolled to a 6-1 victory, dropping the Rangers to 9-6-4.

The first playoff match for the Colorado-Colorado Springs women's soccer program turned out to be a 3-0 loss to Fort Lewis. Hayley Hollenga, Sam Smith and Torrey Lawson scored in a span of less than four minutes in the first half on Wednesday in Durango in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference quarterfinals.

The Metropolitan State College women's soccer team remains at No. 4 in Division II this week. Fort Lewis, which tied Regis 2-2 and beat CSU-Pueblo 3-1 to slip to third in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference standings, dropped one spot in the national poll to 13th. Mines, which finished in second place in the RMAC's regular season, was at No.

Here are the matchups for the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference men's and women's soccer tournaments:

WOMEN
Wednesday
No. 6 Colorado-Colorado Colorado Springs at No. 3 Fort Lewis, 2:30 p.m.
No. 5 Mesa State at no. 4 Regis, 2 p.m.

Friday at Metro State
UCCS-Fort Lewis winner vs.

RMAC defensive player of the week Wally Fink punches the ball away from Fort Lewis striker Euan Purcell. (photo by George Tanner/ColoradoSoccerNow.com)

Jeff Nelson of the Colorado School of Mines was named Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference offensive player of the week for games played the weekend of Oct.

The Metropolitan State College women's team improved to 17-1 and climbed from No. 6 to No. 4 in the most recent poll by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. Fort Lewis moved up one spot in the rankings.

DIVISION II WOMEN
1 West Florida
2 Saint Rose (N.

Freshman Taylor White scored her first collegiate goal to help lead the Regis Universtiy women's soccer team to a 2-2 tie with No. 13 Fort Lewis College on Sunday in Denver. Sophomore Kari Taylor also scored for the Rangers.

Fort Lewis' Erika Shisler scored in the seventh minute after receiving the ball near the goal and kicking it into the lower left corner.

Fort Lewis College goalkeeper Zane Wells directs traffic in front of the Skyhawks' goal in a game this month against Regis University. (photo by George Tanner/ColoradoSoccerNow.com)

Fort Lewis College goalkeeper Zane Wells and Colorado School of Mines goal scorer Kayla Mitchell have been named the men's and women's academic soccer players of the year by the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.

The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference has announced that the 2009 RMAC women's soccer championship will be hosted by Metropolitan State College of Denver at Auraria Field in downtown Denver.

In previous years, the tournament host was not announced until after the regular season was concluded and was always held at the highest seeded team that wished to host in, almost always the regular-season champion.

Euan Purcell's treble and Byron Cephers' brace led the Fort Lewis College men's soccer team as it recorded an 11-0 victory against Colorado Christian University on Sunday in Lakewood.

Fort Lewis, ranked No. 6 in the nation, recorded 49 shots in the victory to improve to 13-1 overall, 10-0 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.

GOLDEN With a two-goal lead and a one-man advantage on the pitch, what did the Fort Lewis College men's soccer team learn on Friday against the Colorado School of Mines?

"We can't afford to let teams back in a game," Skyhawks coach Oige Kennedy said.

The Skyhawks scored twice in the first 30 minutes of Friday's match at the Colorado School of Mines Soccer Stadium.

Jeff Nelson of the Colorado School of Mines' men's soccer team was named Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference offensive player of the week.

Nelson, a senior forward from Laramie, scored four goals and tallied two assists to help Mines to a pair of victories last weekend. In Mines' 4-3 win at CSU-Pueblo on Friday, Nelson scored a pair of goals, including the winner, and added an assist.

Jamie MacArthur and Laurel Reinhardt had the goals and Hayley Hollenga had both assists as the Fort Lewis College women's soccer team shut out Mesa State College 2-0 on Wednesday in Grand Junction.

The Skyhawks, ranked No. 23 in Division II, improved to 11-2-1 overall and 6-2-1 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference with their 10th shutout of the season.

Once again, The Tuesday List examines the national rankings in Division II women's and men's soccer. No Colorado teams were among the top 25 in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America's weekly Division I poll.

DIVISION II WOMEN
1 West Florida
2 Saint Rose (N.

Rangers defender Ryan Brennan dives to head the ball away from the pack on Friday at Regis University in Denver. (photo by George Tanner/ColoradoSoccerNow.com)

DENVER — Before the Fort Lewis College men's soccer team took the field on Friday at the Regis Match Pitch, Coach Oige Kennedy could tell something wasn't right.

The Metropolitan State College women's soccer team (11-1) remained sixth in the nation after posting a pair of 5-0 victories during the weekend, on Friday against Adams State and Sunday against Nebraska-Kearney. Fort Lewis also had two games with the same score on Friday and Sunday: The Skyhawks (11-1-1) started the weekend with a 2-0 victory over CSU-Pueblo and followed it up two days later with a 2-nil victory over New Mexico Highlands.

The Metropolitan State College women's soccer team climbed from 13th to sixth in the nation in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America's weekly poll of coaches. Fort Lewis moved up from 18th to 11th.

DIVISION II WOMEN
1 Seattle Pacific (Wash.)
2 West Florida
3 Saint Rose (N.

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 UCCSÂ dropped to 2-4-0, 1-4-0 in conference.

In what's becoming a tradition around here, The Tuesday List examines the latest NSCAA polls. No Colorado teams were in the women's or men's Division I poll, although New Mexico (the big rival of the University of Denver's men's team) did receive some votes. Oklahoma State, which lost to Colorado this year, is 26th in the women's poll.

Aleah DeGeneres scored on a cross from Madison McQuilliams in the 103rd minute to give No. 20 Metro State a 3-2 victory over No. 11 Fort Lewis on Friday afternoon at Auraria Field. It was the first loss of the season for Fort Lewis and marked the first time the Skyhawks had allowed a goal in 2009.

Recaps of Friday's games involving teams from around the state:

WOMEN
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.

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 Tuesday List took a two-week vacation early in the college soccer season, but it's back today because the National Soccer Coaches Association of America has released its Top 25 lists. A few Colorado teams have made the Division II rankings, including the men and women from the Colorado School of Mines.

Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference coaches have predicted that Fort Lewis College will win the conference's men's soccer title.

The Skyhawks, who won the 2008 RMAC title and earned a bid to the Division II tournament, received six first-place votes and landed five players on the preseason all-conference team.