Regis is the team to beat in all sports
Donald Smith
Sports Columnist
I can't believe it! I remember talking to Metro men's soccer 'keeper David McReavy early in the season and hearing how optimistic he was about this year's squad. And at 13-3-1, I understand now what he was so positive about. At the same time, the women's soccer team had probably thought positively of their transfer sophomore and the 22 goals and 53 points Kylee Hanavan has had. Her phenomenal season has even been better than her counterpart and former leading scorer Amy Leichliter's. Both of these teams have been great all season and will have one more thing in common on Oct. 27: they both will have seemingly everything on the line when they face Regis.
No. 2 Women's Soccer (16-1, 11-0-0 RMAC) and
Men's Soccer (13-3-1, 7-2-1 RMAC)
Both of these squads will be facing Regis on the same day, two hours apart and with everything on the line. The women's soccer team will have to beat the No. 10 Rangers women's soccer team in order to win the conference and the region. This team will have to have big games from its stars, sophomore forward Kylee Hanavan, junior striker Amy Leichliter and seniors Ymara Guante, Adrianne Almaraz, Elin Otter and Meisha Pyke, if they want to hold the regular season Championship trophy and host the RMAC and-if they win the conference tourney-the regional tournament.
If the men want the regular season title, they will have to earn it. The team must beat the Rangers men's soccer team for one reason: if the Roadrunners win, they'll be in a position to lock down at least the second seed in the conference. What the Roadrunners have going for them is that sophomore striker Antonio Porras has been lighting teams up while not being at 100 percent, and he's almost healthy.
Next, the fact that they have been on the attack in most of their matches and with players like forward Michael-I mean Phillip Owen, speedy midfielders David Gordon and Preston Borrego to compliment a possession midfielder in Aldo Alcaraz-Reza, Metro might just win two tournaments again. Now, how's that for dominance?
Volleyball (14-11, 11-4 RMAC)
You made Northern Colorado happy by allowing them to beat you and still have enough time to get back to campus and catch up on their homework, the working staff the ability to sweep up and still catch the nine 'o clock news and me the opportunity to finally get some sleep. By losing to the Bears in an hour and fifteen minutes, everyone was able to go home in time to enjoy the rest of their evening. Thanks.
After that wake-up call, the 'Runners volleyball team decide it liked winning better, and beat the next two teams in a little under four hours, including a quick game of their own as they beat Regis in an hour and a half.
Now it's time to face another opponent that embarrassed them at home, Nebraska-Kearney. The Lopers beat Metro in just under 90 minutes. As of right now, Metro needs to go into Kearney, not just to try to do something no one's done this season-beat them-but to try to make them remember the Roadrunners come playoff time, because, as of right now, everything in the conference will go through Loper country. |
