LAS VEGAS, N.M. - First-half goals by Emily Townsend and Hannah Stoner were all #7 Colorado School of Mines needed as it cruised to a 2-0 win at New Mexico Highlands.

The Orediggers (7-1-1, 4-0-0 RMAC) remained perfect in league play as an aggressive offensive attack helped them outshoot the Cowgirls (0-7-0, 0-4-0 RMAC) by a 29-4 margin and dominate possession throughout the game.

Mines peppered NMHU goalkeeper Karina Vega early and often, but their opening goal came off a set piece in the 17th minute when Dominique Rivera teed up a corner kick for Emily Townsend to head home. The second goal came in the 39th minute as a long clearance from the back by Giselle Sawaged fell to the feet of Hannah Stoner, who dribbled through traffic and beat Vega for the 2-0 lead.

The visitors couldn't add to the lead despite 15 second-half shots, but the defense allowed just one long-range look to the Cowgirls to preserve the shutout.

NOTABLES
- Mines' 29 shots and 10 shots on goal were both season highs. Nicole LaTourette led Mines with five shots while Jennifer Kendall had four; Acacia Ortiz, Taylor McRae, and Eliot Edwards took three each.
- Both Townsend and Stoner scored their second goals of the year.
- Shannon Mooney didn't have much to do as the Orediggers dominated possession, but made one save to pick up her seventh shutout of the year and the 20th clean sheet of her career.
- Mines is unbeaten against New Mexico Highlands in their last 10 matches (9-0-1). 
- It is the fifth time in program history that Mines has started the RMAC season 4-0, joining 2007, 2013, 2014, and 2016. 
- Mines ends its five-game road trip 4-1-0. The Orediggers' trip covered 3,830 miles, three states, and two time zones in a nine-day span.

NEXT UP
Mines plays at home for the first time since Sept. 9 as it hosts Fort Lewis Friday at 5 p.m. to kick off Homecoming Weekend.