2014 Skyhawk Women's Soccer Game Day Notes - Oct. 14, 2014

In the Classroom
Five Fort Lewis College women's soccer student-athletes earned 2014 RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll: Carolyn Archer (3.47 GPA, Athletic Training), Shannon Harpham (3.39 GPA, Undeclared), Sophie Mancha (3.86 GPA, Engineering), Brooke Milliet (3.81 GPA, Exercise Science), and Ana Moran (3.74, Political Science).

Last Time Out
Junior goalkeeper Caitlyn Espinosa broke the school record for the longest shutout streak in a season.  Espinosa led the Fort Lewis College women's soccer team to a 2-0 shutout at University of Colorado Colorado Springs Friday night.
 
Espinosa's shutout streak has now been extended to 618 minutes.  She broke Christine Schmelzle's shutout record of 561:29 (Aug. 27, 2009-Sept. 18, 2009). Espinosa and the Skyhawks also recorded their sixth straight shutout of the season, tying the school record for most consecutive shutouts.  FLC has seven shutouts in 12 games.
 
Alicia Sanchez and Shannon Harpham each recorded their first goals of the season Friday night.  

For the fifth time in six home games this season, the Fort Lewis College women's soccer team played to a double overtime draw at Dirks Field.  This time the Skyhawks found the back of the net as they tied New Mexico Highlands University, 1-1 Sunday afternoon.  The other four double overtime games resulted in a 0-0 tie.
 
Alicia Sanchez snapped the Skyhawks 478 scoring drought at Dirks Field when she gave the Skyhawks a 1-0 lead at 19:42.  Brooke Milliet made a cross pass from the left side over to the far right corner of the goal where Sanchez finished from five yards out.
 
The Cowgirls Mallory Bostic knotted the game 10 minutes later when she dribbled the ball down the center of the field and went one-on-one with the Skyhawks goalkeeper Caitlyn Espinosa.
 
The goal was technically the first goal scored on the Skyhawks this year at home.  Fort Lewis defeated Texas Woman's University to a 2-1 in the season opening game on Sept. 4.  TWU's goal was scored as an own goal when the ball went off a Skyhawks defender.
 
Scouting the #4 Orediggers
Colorado Mines enters Friday's game ranked fourth overall in Division II.  The Orediggers are second in the league in points (53) and goals (20).  CSM has only allowed three goals all year.  They have a league best 0.24 goals against average and a league high nine shutouts.

Scouting the ThunderWolves
CSU-Pueblo ranks last in the league in shots (114).  They have scored the sixth most points in the RMAC (2.64), goals (12), and assists (5).  The ThunderWolves are seventh in goals allowed (13), eighth in goals against average, and second in saves (63).

About the Skyhawks
The Skyhawks have a new look this season under first year head coach Jimmy Hall.  Hall, who was a member of the men's soccer team from 2000-03, served as the Skyhawks women's soccer assistant coach the past three years.  On the field, the Skyhawks lost eight returning starters from last season and have 12 freshman (plus five redshirt freshman).

Fort Lewis is coming off a 16-6-0 season that saw them make their fifth NCAA Tournament appearance.  The lone "senior" on the team is Shea Haycock.  Haycock, who has one year of eligibility remaining, will graduate from Fort Lewis this December.

FLC, which was picked fourth overall in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference preseason poll by the league's head coaches, was ranked 24th in the NSCAA preseason poll.  After a 1-0-1 opening weekend, the Skyhawks dropped out of the top 25 but did receive votes in the poll.