CU's soccer future just got a lot brighter.

On Monday, the University of Colorado lured Danny Sanchez back to the Front Range to take over an underachieving Buffs team that stumbled badly in its first season in the Pac 12.

Sanchez, who spent the past several years turning the University of Wyoming into a winning program, has a history of winning at every level.

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.

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.

The Metro State Roadrunners and Regis Rangers met in two games on Wednesday, with the underdog prevailing in both matches at Regis.

In the end, it was the unranked Roadrunner men delivering a 4-0 thrashing of No. 16-ranked Regis, while the No.6-ranked Roadrunner women fell to the Rangers for their first loss of the season.

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.

No one is comparing them to the 2006 National Champions, but the Metro State Roadrunners are doing just enough to get off to the team's best start since that championship season.

On Sunday, the 'Runners improved to 6-0-0 with a 1-0 victory over New Mexico Highlands. Metro State hasn't gone without a blemish this far in the season since the '06 squad won its first 12 matches of the year.

No. 11 Metro State opened Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference play with a 5-1 victory over Adams State at home on Friday.

The Roadrunners improved to 5-0-0 overall, while ASC fell to 3-2-0.

The Grizzlies came out on fire, with Autumn Boyer giving Adams State a 1-0 lead at 3:18.

Metro State rallied to take a 2-1 lead at halftime, tying the game at 38:19 on an own goal after Nicole Pollack's shot from the top of the box was deflected into the net by an ASC defender.

Colorado Springs sides faced some extra work on Sunday, as the Mountain Lion men faced a naitonal power from Texas, while the women went into overtime against a side from Kansas.

For the men, a pair of penalty kicks was too much to overcome as Colorado Colorado Springs was beaten 2-0 by the No.

The Metro State men enjoyed a Friday rout, but settled for a tie on Sunday, while the Roadrunner women got a narrow victory on Friday and followed it with a goal explosion on Sunday.

Metro State men 2, University of Mary 2: Nikola Nikolic headed in a throw-in with 25 seconds left in regulation to force a tie for visiting University of Mary (N.

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.

Steven Emory makes a scissors stop while practicing with the Rapids on Feb. 25, 2011, in Commerce City. Emory, the two-time RMAC player of the year, became the first former Roadrunner to make it to the MLS. (Photograph by Joel Baud/ColoradoSoccerNow.com.)

Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Player of the Year, Steven Emory, became the first Roadrunner to make it into the top flight of U.

The Rapids have given an update on the status of the 8 trialists that traveled with the team to Arizona. First-round draft pick Eddie Ababio, Metro State trialist Steven Emory, and former Rapids player Michael Holody have all been offered contracts. The team has also started negotiations with Irish international Caleb Folan.

The Rapids left yesterday for preseason training in my old home of the Phoenix metro area. They released the roster for the trip today which includes all 23 players under contract except for Mac Kandji who's remaining in Denver to continue rehabbing from his ACL injury he suffered forcing the MLS Cup wining goal.

Some news today out of Rapids camp about a number of trialists. The big news is that Irish striker Caleb Folan will be trialling with the team on the Arizona trip. Folan is currently with Championship side Hull City, but with their current financial difficulties they are looking to off-load salary and would be willing to let Folan out of his contract.

The team reported to Commerce City yesterday for the official start of pre-season. The first few days are physicals and fitness tests, including concussion tests. They'll hit the fields for the first time on Thursday.
The Rapids open camp with a 23 man roster and 4 draft picks. Rosters this year are 30 players, but there are restrictions on the salaries and availability of spots 21-30.