#1 Mines (3-0-0, 0-0-0 RMAC) at Western Oregon (2-1-1, 0-0-0 GNAC) – 4 p.m. PT – Monmouth, Ore. [Live Stats] [GNAC Network PPV]
#1 Mines (3-0-0, 0-0-0 RMAC) at #20 Seattle Pacific (1-1-1, 0-0-0 GNAC) – 12 p.m. PT – Seattle, Wash. [Live Stats] [GNAC Network PPV]

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RETURN TO THE ROAD
After a single match at home last weekend, the #1 Colorado School of Mines Orediggers head back on the road this weekend as they head to the Pacific Northwest for a pair of matches Thursday evening and Saturday afternoon against Western Oregon and #20 Seattle Pacific.
 
LIVE COVERAGE
This weekend's matches will streamed on a pay per view basis on the GNAC Network. Single-match access is priced at $12.66 which includes retail price, taxes and fees. Free live stats will be available as well. Links for video and stats can be found on minesathletics.com.
 
WEEK TWO RECAP
Mines made their 2025 home debut last Wednesday against Western Washington and posted a thrilling 3-2 win. After falling behind early, Caelan Debolt scored the first goal of her career to equalize in the 15th minute. WWU then retook the lead in the 52nd minute before the Orediggers rallied and leveled the score again thanks to Bella Campos, who scored her fourth goal of the season on a misplay by the goalie. Then in the 72nd minute, it was freshman Natalie Mezarina off the bench who scored the game-winner for the first goal of her career to claim the win.
 
AT THE HELM
2025 marks the 16th season leading Mines for boss Kevin Fickes, the program's winningest head coach. With a career mark of 247-42-40 (.812), he ranks sixth in all of the NCAA and third in Division II among head coaches with at least five years of experience when it comes to winning percentage. One of two RMAC coaches with 200 career victories, under his direction Mines has overseen 39 All-America selections, 19 Academic All-America selections, 87 all-conference honorees and 32 RMAC major award winners. Fickes has also guided Mines to seven RMAC regular season titles and 10 RMAC Tournament crowns and made 16 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances.
 
THE CAPTAINS
After having the same trio of captains for each of the last two seasons, a new group will be wearing the "C" for the Orediggers in 2025 as Callie Fuhr, Natalie Rouse and Bella Campos will lead the way this fall.
 
Fuhr, a fixture on the Orediggers' back line since 2022, has started 53 consecutive matches going back to October of her debut season and enters this fall with seven career points thanks to a goal and five assists. Across 67 matches in her career, she's clocked more than 5,250 minutes and in 2024 led the team with 2,064 minutes of action.
 
Rouse, the 2023 RMAC Defensive Player of the Year in her debut season in Golden, returns to action in 2025 after missing the final 21 matches of 2024 due to injury and will lineup alongside Fuhr to anchor the Mines defense at center back. The former All-America selection has started all of the 24 career matches in her career as an Oredigger and owns seven goals and an assist for 15 points in more than 2,100 minutes of action.
 
Campos, the latest prolific striker to come through Mines, already sports her name in the program record books in numerous places. The 2023 RMAC Freshman of the Year and 2024 RMAC Co-Player of the Year as well as a two-time All-American, Campos looks to step into a larger role in 2025 as an everyday starter. Despite just making 16 starts in her first 45 career matches, Campos has been a prolific producer on offense regardless of her role with 30 goals and 11 assists for 71 points in just over 2,100 minutes played.
 
A veteran and experienced group that has plenty of RMAC and NCAA Tournament experience, this trio will look to make an impact as leaders of the program heading into this fall.
 
IN THE POLLS
In the RMAC preseason coaches poll released in early August, the Orediggers were picked to repeat as league champions behind nine first place ballots of the 13 head coaches in the league. UCCS earned three first place ballots and was picked second with Colorado Mesa, MSU Denver and Fort Lewis rounding out the top five.
 
In the national rankings, the Orediggers remained the #1 team in the nation again this week while there continued to be movement behind them in the Top 25. The top four in the poll this weekend remained the same with defending national champions Cal Poly Pomona in second followed by Minnesota State and Grand Valley State. Dallas Baptist rounded out the top five this week after moving up two spots from seventh. Saturday's opponent Seattle Pacific is up one spot to #20. Around the RMAC, Colorado Mesa advanced three spots to #15 this week while UCCS was up five spots to #19. Westminster remained ranked this week as they also were on the move up to #23. Regis received votes for the second week in a row, while Fort Lewis dropped from consideration.

NOW INTRODUCING
Seven newcomers have joined the Orediggers for the 2025 campaign, as six freshmen and a Division I transfer round out the 29-player roster. Kate Hendrickson, Taylor Johnson-Balding, Avery Kelley, Lauren Koehler, Natalie Mezarina and Demi Woods make up the group of first-year players, while Baylor transfer Caelan DeBolt joined the team in January. The newcomers will all look to make their mark on the program this fall as they compete for playing time. Learn more about each of the newcomers here.
 
PRESEASON HONORS
Bella Campos earned Preseason All-RMAC honors heading into 2025. The junior standout heads into her third year in Golden coming off a 2024 season that saw her named RMAC Co-Player of the Year to follow up a debut season in which she took home Freshman of the Year laurels. Alread a two-time All-American in her career, Campos enters this fall fifth all-time in program history in scoring with 30 goals and is the fifth player all-time to reach that mark. She also ranks fifth all-time with 71 points while her eight game-winning goals are seventh in the record books. Through two seasons she has been a part of 41 goals, more than one-third of the goals scored by the Orediggers since she joined the program in 2023 and looks to take on a larger role in 2025 as she will likely transition into an everyday starter.
 
CLIMBING THE RANKS
Bella Campos' scorching start to 2025 has seen her continue her march up the program statistical leaderboards. She continues to close on Megan Woodworth (2009-12) for fourth all-time in scoring, trailing by four with 34 goals. She's also up to 80 points and still has a fair ways to go to catch Woodworth for fourth there at 120, but the season is still young. Campos is now also tied for sixth in game-winners with Nicole LaTourette (2016-19) with nine in her career.
 
Between the pipes, classmates Allie Lundgren and Sadie Wolf have made names for themselves as two of the top keepers in program history. Lundgren presently ranks fifth in all-time goals against average at 0.61 in more than 2,300 career minutes in goal. She's also seventh in career shutouts with 10 and is tied for eighth in career saves with Jenny Gradishar (2006). Wolf meanwhile is fourth all-time in GAA with a 0.58 mark in more than 2,900 minutes of action and ranks fourth in career shutouts with 18 and seventh in saves with 87.
 
"I AM INEVITABLE"
"Dread It. Run from it. Destiny arrives all the same." Regardless of how one feels about the Mad Titan Thanos, with some beings come a certain air of inevitability. Here on Earth 616, of life's inevitabilities is seeing Bella Campos put the ball in the back of the net. Three matches into the Orediggers' 2025 season, Campos has scored four times and is tied with Abby Stassi and Kylie Wells of UCCS and Colorado Mesa respectively for the early lead in the RMAC in goals. She also added her first assist of the season and is also tied for the RMAC lead in points with nine. Of course, looking back even further to last fall, Campos has scored in 12 of her last 15 matches played with 14 goals in that period along with four assists. She's also logged at least one point in 15 of her last 19 matches. Now up to 34 career goals in her career, "Bella Thanos"'s prolific scoring ability seems like the latest unavoidable certainty in the universe.
 
KEEPING IT KOEHLER
Katie Koehler's five-year career with the Orediggers came to an end last season and while she may longer be donning the #2 kit in 2025, it will remain in the family. Younger sister Lauren Koehler was a part of this year's incoming signing class and will inherit her older sister's uniform. Academically, there's a striking similarity between the sisters as well as Lauren will follow in Katie's footsteps and pursue a degree in Electrical Engineering. And while she may not see time this season as she recovers from an injury suffered in her senior season of high school, when Lauren debuts in a Mines uniform, it'll be in a similar place as well, helping anchor the Orediggers' back line.
 
CHECKING THE STATS
Bella Campos leads the team and is tied for the top spot in the RMAC in goals this year with four and also added her first assist last week for nine points in three matches. Caelan DeBolt, Natalie Mezarina and Natalie Rouse each have one goal apiece to round out the scoring. Kaitlyn Manalili meanwhile has a team-leading three assists while Afton Rasco has a pair and Jordan Bowermaster has one.
 
In goal, Allie Lundgren has started all three matches and played all 270 minutes this season. The senior is 3-0-0 with one shutout and against 46 shots, has made 12 saves and allowed three goals for a .800 save percentage and a 1.00 GAA.
 
Collectively, Mines is +4 in scoring at 7-3 and averages 2.33 goals on 13.3 shots per match while opposing teams average 1.00 goals on 15.3 shots. The Orediggers have seven assists on their seven goals and have made 13 saves defensively. They have taken 11 corner kicks, whistled for 20 fouls and assessed one yellow card.
 
SCOUTING WESTERN OREGON
The Wolves are 2-1-1 to open the fall and close out non-conference action this week against the Orediggers. Last time out, WOU earned a 3-0 win over Eastern Oregon to rebound from a 1-0 loss to Cal Merced.
 
Four different players have scored for the Wolves in their first four matches led by Olivia Boger who has two goals and an assist for a team-leading five points. Maya Courtney has come off the bench in each match so far and has a goal and an assist for three points, while Cici Garcia and Lillian Mickel have one goal apiece. Ally Beavers and Kaitlin Taylor are the last two players with a point this season by way of an assist apiece.
 
In goal, Bella Lopez has started each of the four matches for WOU so far this season and logged 337:40 in goal and posted superb numbers. Against 31 shots faced, she has recorded 13 saves and allowed just one goal and has a .929 save percentage and a 0.27 GAA on her way to a 2-1-1 record and two solo shutouts. Xeyana Salanoa has appeared once for 22:20 and has faced just one shot while not yet recording any stats. She combined with Lopez for a shutout against EOU.
 
On the season, Western Oregon is +4 in goal differential at 5-1 and averages 1.25 goals on 9.3 shots per match while opponents average 0.25 goals on 8.0 shots. WOU has tallied four assists on their five goals and registered 13 saves in goal. They have attempted 11 corner kicks, been whistled for 37 fouls and assessed two yellow cards.
 
SCOUTING SEATTLE PACIFIC
The Falcons have experienced a little of everything when it comes to results in 2025, winning on opening night over #9 Point Loma before a 1-1 draw against MSU Denver and a 2-1 loss to Regis. SPU is set to host Cal State East Bay Thursday evening before welcoming the Orediggers Saturday.
 
Three players account for the three goals Seattle Pacific has scored so far this season. Grace Gouran, Taylor Krueger and Nora Patterson have all found the net while Andie Buckley has the team's lone assist.
 
In goal, SPU has used two goalkeepers with Mercedes Cullen has started all three matches and played 180 minutes. She's faced 22 shots and made six saves against two goals allowed for a .750 save percentage and a 1.00 GAA on posted a 1-0-1 record with one shutout. Landry Schoennauer has made two appearances for 90 minutes in relief and is 0-1-0 and against six shots, has one goal and one save for a .500 save percentage and a 1.00 GAA.
 
For the year, the Falcons are even in scoring differential at 3-3, averaging 1.00 goals on 9.0 shots per match while opponents average 1.00 goals on 9.3 shots. SPU has one assist as a team and has registered eight saves defensively. The have taken 10 corner kicks, been whistled for 15 fouls and assessed one caution. SPU is also 1-1 on penalty kicks this season.

SERIES HISTORY
Thursday evening will be the first meeting between the Orediggers and Wolves, marking the 61st different opponent in program history.
 
Saturday afternoon will be the third all-time matchup between Mines and Seattle Pacific, with the team splitting each of the first two meetings and winning on the each other's home pitch. The team last met in 2023 in Golden which resulted in a 2-1 win for SPU, while the Orediggers posted a 2-0 win in Seattle in 2022.
 
UP NEXT
Mines is back home next weekend for a single match to start Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference play against Fort Lewis on Sunday September 28 at 1 p.m.
 
Fans can keep up with Mines women's soccer on X and Instagram at @mineswsoc. They can also keep up with Colorado School of Mines Athletics all year long on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram using the handle @MinesAthletics.