GOLDEN, Colo. -
Eliot Edwards' early goal held up as #25 Colorado School of Mines advanced past Colorado Mesa with a 1-0 win in the RMAC Tournament quarterfinals.
The Orediggers (7-0-2) will advance to face CSU Pueblo, a 2-0 winner over Regis, on Friday in the semifinals. UCCS will be the host site for the weekend; match times are to be announced.
Mines wasted no time getting on the board when Edwards tallied just 3:40 into the match.
Hannah Rowan made a run up the left side and found Edwards near the top of the box, where she dodged a defender and launched a dropping ball to the upper right corner of the net for the 1-0 lead.
The Oredigger defense handled things from there despite intense pressure late in the first half by the Mavericks. CMU's best chance was at the end of a three-minute flurry of shots when Addie Randel's bouncing shot off a corner was cleared off the line by the defense.
Making her first career start in goal,
Dani vonLembke rose to the occasion with a four-save shutout as the backline of
Samantha Scott,
Colleen Tyrrell,
Karolina Sidebaeck, and
Ava Harman largely kept the Mavericks out of the box.
NOTABLES
- Edwards' goal was her career second in the postseason; she also scored in the 2019 RMAC Tournament final at UCCS. The junior leads Mines with six goals this season as she tallied for the 10th time overall in her career.
- Mines led 12-9 on shots and 5-2 on corners.
- VonLembke's shutout was the first of her career and her save total was a career best.
- Colorado Mesa goalkeeper Emily Signorio made four saves.
- Lila Dere led all players with six shots, all long-range efforts, for CMU.
Emma Peterson led Mines with five attempts.
- The Orediggers' incredible run of success at home in the RMAC Tournament continued as they improved to 19-0-1 all-time. Mines is also 8-0 in quarterfinal matches.
- Mines completed an unbeaten home schedule going 4-0-2 at Stermole Stadium this spring.
- Mines and CMU were meeting in the postseason for the first time since the 2011 RMAC Tournament final; the Orediggers are 3-0 against the Mavericks in the postseason.
- In other quarterfinal action, Westminster's late goal defeated Fort Lewis 1-0, while UCCS dropped Adams State 6-1.
NEXT UP
Mines will take on CSU Pueblo Friday at a time to be announced, at UCCS.
