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Last Updated: Oct 16th, 2008 - 19:45:28 |
The Metro women's soccer team won their 12th consecutive contest 4-0 against CSU-Pueblo Oct. 10 in Pueblo.
The Roadrunners haven't lost a game in over a month and are still undefeated in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.
"It's actually really exciting," midfielder Jaimie Stephenson said. "I think we're playing really well, and everything looks to be going really good."
Stephenson was responsible for half of the goals scored this weekend, as she tallied her sixth and seventh goals of the season. Both goals were only two minutes apart off assists from midfielder Ashley Munchiando and defender Gabby Klipp.
"She's doing fantastic," head coach Adrianne Almaraz said on Stephenson. "I'm very, very pleased with her efforts, and it's all credit to her and her hard work. Something another player had said is that she has one of the biggest hearts on the team, and you can definitely see it in the way she's playing this season."
Midfielder Madison McQuilliams and forward Jen Thomas connected with each other in the first 10 minutes of play as McQuilliams scored off Thomas' assist. Stephenson's back-to-back goals came 15 minutes later, giving the Roadrunners a 3-0 lead at halftime. Thomas finished the game off with her seventh goal of the season with five minutes left in the game, giving Metro the 4-0 shutout.
"I try to focus on what I need to do individually to help my team out," Stephenson said. "I try to do whatever I can to help my teammates. So I need to make sure I do what I can do to the best of my ability so that I'm helping everybody else out."
In the Roadrunners last 12 matches, they have outscored their opponents 38-4 with eight shut outs. Goalkeeper Becca Maloney had only been scored on three other times, before New Mexico Highlands scored on her Oct. 5. Maloney didn't let that stick in her head for too long, as she posted another shut out against CSU-Pueblo.
"I was pretty disappointed, but it's in the past," Maloney said. "I can't let it get to me, I just keep playing."
Almaraz and Co. have been training hard, for they have a big weekend ahead of them as they prepare to play against Colorado School of Mines Oct. 17. The Roadrunners are tied for first place with Mines, and tied each other in their last encounter 0-0. Almaraz feels this game is an important one as it can establish who will be the first place contender in the conference.
"It's huge, they're a tough team, and obviously it could mean hosting RMAC," Almaraz said. "At the end of the day, that's what we want to do. We want to host the conference tournament, win out the rest of the season. This game is huge because it could be the determining factor."
Metro is now 7-2-2 and 5-0-1 in the RMAC. They will play against Mines Oct. 17 and Colorado Christian Oct. 19, at Auraria Field.
"It's a huge game," Maloney said "They're (Mines) going to come out strong, and they want this, so we just have to want it more."
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