Mines (2-6-4, 1-4-0 RMAC) at Adams State (1-11-1, 0-6-0 RMAC) – Thursday, 3 p.m. – Alamosa, Colo. [Live Stats] [RMAC Network PPV]
Mines (2-6-4, 1-4-0 RMAC) at #19 Fort Lewis (5-3-4, 1-2-2 RMAC) – Sunday, 1 p.m. – Durango, Colo. [Live Stats] [RMAC Network PPV]

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SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST
Just five matches remain in the regular season for the Colorado School of Mines men's soccer team as they hit the road for three of those dates starting this weekend when they travel south to take on Adams State Thursday before heading west to Durango for a Sunday bout with #19 Fort Lewis as they look to flip the script on their 2025 campaign.
 
LIVE COVERAGE
This weekend's matches will be available for purchase on the RMAC Network. Free live stats will be available as well. Links for video and stats can be found on minesathletics.com.
 
RMAC NETWORK CHANGES
As was announced on June 30, this fall the RMAC Network is moving to a pay-per-view model for all events beginning with the 2025-26 season.
 
RMAC fans can purchase monthly and annual subscriptions that will provide them access to all regular-season, championship, and archived broadcasts on the RMAC Network. A monthly subscription costs $25, and an annual subscription costs $130. Single-game passes are available for $10, which grants access to a single game for 24 hours. For technical support questions, fans may submit a support ticket with Hudl Support or email the RMAC directly (rmac@rmacsports.org). For further support, fans can visit the RMAC Network Help page.
 
WEEK SEVEN RECAP
Mines dropped their first two home matches of the season over the weekend to Westminster and Colorado Mesa on Thursday evening and Sunday afternoon by scores of 2-0 and 2-1. Against the Griffins, it was a pair of second half scores that proved to be the difference while against the Mavericks, the Orediggers rallied from a first half deficit thanks to a J McGill equalizer early in the second half, but an untimely PK in the final 30 minutes saw CMU come up with the result. 

THE SKIPPER
With a record of 98-41-24 (.675) overall and 68-15-10 in RMAC action at the helm in Golden, skipper Greg Mulholland has established himself as one of the top head coaches not just in Division II, but the NCAA as a whole. His career winning percentage ranks near the top among active Division II coaches with a minimum of five years of experience, and places him in the top 40 nationally across all divisions of the NCAA. An assistant with the Orediggers from 2007-2016 who served as interim head coach in 2017 before having the interim tag dropped in 2018, Mulholland ranks among the top 10 active Division II coaches with a minimum of five years on the job in winning percentage and is 15th across the entirety of NCAA Soccer. Under his direction, Mines has claimed a combined 11 regular season and postseason championships, running off six consecutive regular season crowns from 2017-22 and four tournament titles from 2017-20. Mulholland is also a four-time RMAC Coach of the Year and has twice headed up the United Soccer Coaches Regional Staff of the Year.
 
THE CAPTAINS
Prior to opening night against Azusa Pacific, the Orediggers announced their 2025 captains with two newcomers to the role and one returner. Caden Allaire returns for his second run wearing the armband as he's joined by Luka Hanna and Carter Jansen.
 
Allaire, a transfer from Casper College, heads into his senior season as the most experienced goalkeeper on the Mines roster. Over his first two seasons, he started 24 of 26 games he appeared in and registered 89 saves against 41 goals allowed in 2,135:58 between the pipes. For his career, he's netted six wins, four shutouts and has a .685 save rate to go with a 1.73 GAA.
 
Hanna, now in his third season with Mines after playing 2022 at Tulsa, appeared in 30 matches with 11 starts in his first two seasons, scoring a goal and taking seven shots in 1,272 minutes of action and enters this fall as a key figure in the Mines midfield.
 
Jansen, a third-year player who has been a fixture on the Mines backline since his arrival in Golden in 2023, appeared in 28 matches with 22 starts heading into his junior season and logged 1,828 minutes as an outside and center back.
 
IN THE POLLS
For the second season running, Mines was tabbed to finish fifth in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference men's soccer preseason coaches poll.
 
UCCS was voted the preseason favorite this fall with five of 11 first place votes followed by Fort Lewis in second with three and defending champion CSU Pueblo in third with two. Regis was just ahead of Mines in fourth while MSU Denver was picked to finish sixth to round out the projected playoff field.
 
In the national rankings, Lynn surrendered the top spot to Stanislaus State as they moved up a spot along with Charleston who took over second. Palm Beach Atlantic jumped two spots third, passing Anderson who remained fourth with Fort Hays State breaking into the top five in fifth.
 
CSU Pueblo rebounded from nearly falling out of the polls last week all the way back up to #11 this week while Fort Lewis dropped one spot to 19th. UCCS and MSU Denver meanwhile earned votes this week.
 
HELLO, MY NAME IS…
Another 13 newcomers join the Orediggers for the 2025 season and make up more than one-third of this season's 36-man roster. 12 first-year players and a transfer make up the group which features a wide range of talent across the field. Learn more about the newcomers for this season here.
 
JOINING THE STAFF
A new face will be roaming the Mines bench in 2025 as Ben Fredrickson joined the program in May as the program's top assistant coach. Prior to joining the Orediggers, Fredrickson served as Real Colorado's Assistant Academy Director and head coach of the organization's U16 MLS Next program. A well-traveled coach with experience at a variety of levels, the New Zealander is no stranger to the RMAC as he played collegiately at Regis from 2010-13. He also played in the United Soccer League's second division as well as New Zealand First Division club Team Wellington. Learn more about Coach Fredrickson here.
 
Additionally, a former Oredigger All-American returns to the bench this season as Lucas King makes his coaching debut at the collegiate level. A six-year member of the Mines program thanks to the 2020 pandemic, King was a three-time All-RMAC and All-Region selection from the United Soccer Coaches and D2 CCA as well. He started 84 times in 91 matches in his five seasons of action and logged 62 points on 13 goals and 36 assists, the second-most in program history. 12 of King's assists came in the fall 2021 season, as that mark is the third-best in a season all-time.
 
CHECKING THE STANDINGS
It appears to be a two-team race at the moment for the regular season title as UCCS leads the way with a 5-1-0 record and 15 points with MSU Denver hot on their heels with 13 points and a mark of 4-0-1. Colorado Mesa is 3-1-1 with 10 points followed by CSU Pueblo at 2-1-3 and nine points. Westminster is fifth with eight points and a mark of 2-1-2 with Colorado Christian (2-1-1) and Regis (2-2-1) tied for sixth with seven points each. Fort Lewis is eighth with five points at 1-2-2 followed by South Dakota Mines at 1-4-1 and four points. Mines is 10th with three points at 1-4-0 with Adams State bringing up the rear at 0-6-0.
 
LEAGUE LEADERS
Entering the final weeks of the regular season, a handful of Orediggers can find their names atop the RMAC statistical leaderboards. Kiernan DiBella leads the league in saves this fall with 49 and is fourth in save percentage at .681. Lucas Taitt meanwhile is tied for second with five assists in his debut season. Freshman Leo Santana is also on the cusp of breaking into top 10 in points this season with eight.
 
YOUTH MOVEMENT
Over the last two seasons, 22 first-year players have joined the Oredigger program and heading into 2025, make up nearly two-thirds of the 36-man roster. The expectation for new arrivals is high as the Silver and Navy look to reclaim their spot as one of the premier programs in the RMAC. Noah Roles, Kian Mueller, Smith Russell, Jaden Igarta and Josh Ary made good first impressions as they each contributed and tallied at least one point each in their debut seasons, while the rest of their class in Ethan Huet, Jake Macha, Brady Scheinfeld, Lucas Taitt and Dennis Polzin all eagerly await making their debuts after taking developmental years as freshmen. Meanwhile, this year's crop of newcomers looks to make a similar first year impact as two of the top prep goalkeepers in Colorado last year Kiernan DiBella and Zach MacDonald will seek to compete for playing time while the rest of the nine first-year field players will look to contribute as well.
 
WELL-TRAVELED VETERAN
It isn't any secret that the academic reputation of Mines brings folks from all points on the globe. Athletics just extends that reach farther as evidenced by Alaskan Simon Carricaburu. Carricaburu, a second-year Mines student, enters his first year with the varsity program after playing with the Orediggers' club program last year, is no stranger to playing at the collegiate level. After beginning his career in 2022 at Western Oregon and appearing in just three matches, he transferred to Santa Barbara City college and showed his potential, earning Second Team All-Region honors as part of a 10-7-5 season in which he tallied three points on a goal and an assist. Now back at the NCAA level, Carricaburu's experience will be something the Orediggers rely on to help bolster their defense.
 
THE BROTHERS LEVIN
Family ties are no stranger to the Mines community with multiple generations of families passing through the institution over the years. When looking at Mines athletics programs, family ties are regular occurrences. This season, a new family connection comes to Golden as Marc Levin and Avi Levin reunite in 2025. Natives of St. Louis and both graduates of Ladue Horton Watkins High School, the brothers never had an opportunity to play together at the varsity level as they'll have plenty of chances to do so over the next couple seasons.
 
Marc, a fourth-year junior, missed all of 2024 with injury but is a pivotal piece of Mines soccer history as he netted the game-winning penalty kick in the 2022 RMAC Men's Soccer Championship over CSU Pueblo. In 28 career matches, he's started 10 times and scored four times with two assists for 10 points in 722 minutes and will look to once again be a contributor as he eases his way back into the action.
 
Avi joins the program as a freshman this season after he earned a slew of high school accolades including a state championship.
 
They are the second pair of brothers to play concurrently for Mines along with Henry Saunders and Peter Saunders who joined the program 2023, and just the third pair of players with a shared last name since Baski Baker and Colin Baker (no relation) in 2013.
 
CHECKING THE STATS
Nine different players currently on the active roster have scored this fall led by freshman Leo Santana with three. The Houston native also has two assists to lead the team with eight points. Behind him, five Orediggers have scored twice this fall in the persons of Kian Mueller, Charlie Newberry, Abou Bakar Berthe, Brady Scheinfeld and J McGill. Lucas Taitt and Marc Levin round out the scoring with one goal each.
 
Taitt meanwhile leads the team and is tied for second in the RMAC with five assists in his first season of action. Mueller, Newberry and Tommy Jernigan all have two assists alongside Santana, while Bakar Berthe, Scheinfeld, Luke Hanna, Marc Levin and Avi Levin each have one.
 
Kiernan DiBella remains the leading man between the pipes this fall as he leads the RMAC with 49 saves and is fourth with a .681 save rate. The freshman has started all 12 matches and clocked 1,059:20 in goal and allowed 23 goals against 177 shots faced for a 1.95 GAA. He also has a shutout to go with his 2-6-3 record. Caden Allaire has played the remaining 20:40 this fall in his only action, allowing one goal on a PK against Cal Poly Pomona in mid-September.
 
For the season, Mines is now -7 in goal differential at 24-17 and averages 1.42 goals on 8.8 shots per match while ceding 2.00 goals on 15.2 shots per match. They have 18 assists on their 17 goals and have combined for 49 saves defensively. The Orediggers are 0-1 from the spot and taken 49 corner kicks this fall. They have been whistled for 121 fouls, issued 27 cautions and one ejection.
 
SCOUTING ADAMS STATE
2025 hasn't been kind to Adams State as they've lost eight-straight matches entering Thursday's contest with Mines. Last weekend they lost to #23 CSU Pueblo 4-2 before shutout 5-0 by #22 UCCS. In six RMAC matches so far this fall, ASU has been shutout four times and outscored 26-3 while for the season they have been shutout eight times and allowed four or more goals in 11 of 13 matches played.
 
Avery Richards leads seven Grizzlies who have scored goals this fall with six as he ranks tied for fifth in the RMAC. Eric Kidson has two goals while Tobias Sereinig, Jadon Fambro, Jett McTavish and Jonathan Vazquez-Morales each have one.
 
Six players have registered a single assist as Richards and Sereinig are joined by Caleb Avila, Gabriel Bowlin-Stacy, Tim Mietenkorte and Hayden Rogers.
 
In goal, three different men have seen action led by Josh Kropf with 10 starts in 11 matches for 844:34. In that time, he has faced 187 shots and allowed 39 goals while making 35 saves for a GAA of 4.16 and a save percentage of .473. Lars Ostermann has been the #2 this season, starting three times in six outings for 317:02. He's faced 87 shots and allowed 21 goals to 16 saves for a 5.96 GAA and a .432 save rate. Henry Huffstetler rounds out the room and has made one appearance for 8:24 and allowed one goal.
 
On the year, ASU is -48 in goal differential at 61-13 and averages 1.00 goals and just 5.8 shots per match while opponents average 4.69 goals and 19.5 shots per match. They have six assists on their 13 goals and have made 53 saves defensively. The Grizzlies are 1-2 on PKs this fall and have taken just 13 corner kicks. They have been whistled for 155 fouls, issued 21 yellow cards and four red cards.
 
SCOUTING FORT LEWIS
Picked to finish second in the RMAC's preseason coaches poll, Fort Lewis currently finds themselves two spots out of a spot in the postseason with three weeks left in the season and just five points in league play. Last weekend, the Skyhawks knocked off #22 UCCS 3-1 before being routed 5-0 in their second action of the weekend against #23 CSU Pueblo.
 
Nine different players have scored this fall for FLC headlined by 22-year-old freshman Lorenz Guintini who is second in the RMAC with nine goals. Another 22-year-old freshman Alessio Andreottola along with 19-year-old freshman Francisco Pinto each have four goals on the season while Andreottola leads the RMAC with 10 assists, five more than the two next closest players. The youth movement on offense continues for the Skyhawks with freshmen Yohann Fila and Mathias Valverde scoring three and two times respectively with returner Casey Stracher also adding two goals. Three other Skyhawks have one goal each.
 
10 total players have recorded assists for Fort Lewis this fall and behind Andreottola, Pinto has four with Fila and Quinn Bosanko each registering two while and additional six players have one assist to their ledgers.
 
Lucas Martin has been the man in goal for all 12 matches for FLC this fall, clocking all 1,080 minutes and posting a record of 5-3-4. Against 142 shots faced, he has made 35 saves and allowed 24 goals for a .593 save percentage and a 2.00 GAA.
 
For the season, Fort Lewis is +3 in scoring margin at 27-24 and averages 2.25 goals on 15.9 shots per match while opponents average 2.00 goals on 11.8 shots. They have 24 assists on their 27 goals and have combined for 36 saves defensively. The Skyhawks are 0-1 from the spot this fall and have taken 63 corner kicks. They have been whistled for 152 fouls, assessed 22 cautions and issued two ejections.
 
SERIES HISTORY
All-time against Adams State, Mines is 23-1-0 and enters Thursday on a 17-match winning streak. The Orediggers have never lost in Alamosa, posting a mark of 11-0-0 with their only loss in the series coming in a 1-0 decision in Golden back in 2013. In their last five trips to Alamosa going back to 2017, Mines has outscored ASU 14-2. Last season when the teams played in Golde, the Orediggers posted a 7-1 win on Senior Day.
 
Against Fort Lewis, the Orediggers are 26-33-8 in 67 all-time meetings and have won seven of the last eight contests going back to the spring 2021 season. Last fall, Mines picked up a 3-0 win at home as part of a six-match winning streak to upset a Skyhawks team that was ranked #13 at the time. When playing in Durango, the Orediggers are just 8-20-4 with their last trip in 2023 resulting in a 5-2 loss. Prior to that, Mines had picked up a pair of 1-0 wins in their previous two trips to Dirks Field.

UP NEXT
Mines is set to play their final home matches of the 2025 regular season next weekend at they'll welcome #11 CSU Pueblo and #RV UCCS to Stermole Stadium October 30 at 7 p.m. and November 2 at 2:30 p.m. Sunday's match with UCCS will be Senior Day for the members of this year's class who will be completing their careers at season's end.
 
Fans can keep up with Mines men's soccer on X and Instagram at @minesmsoc and @mines_msoc. They can also keep up with Colorado School of Mines Athletics all year long on Facebook, X and Instagram using the handle @MinesAthletics.