Mines (8-2-3, 4-1-2) at Colorado Mesa (8-3-1, 6-1-0) – Friday, 7 p.m. – Grand Junction, Colo. [Live Stats] [RMAC Network] [Tickets]
Mines (8-2-3, 4-1-2) at Westminster (5-3-2, 3-2-2) – Sunday, 12 p.m. – Salt Lake City, Utah [Live Stats] [RMAC Network] [Tickets]

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HEADED WEST
The Colorado School of Mines women's soccer teams wraps up a two-week stretch away from home this weekend as they'll head to two of the westernmost schools in the RMAC. Friday night they'll head to Grand Junction for a rematch of the 2025 RMAC Women's Soccer Championship match against Colorado Mesa before they close the weekend Sunday in Salt Lake City against Westminster.
 
LIVE COVERAGE
This weekend's matches will be available to watch with a subscription to the RMAC Network. Free live stats will be available as well. Links for video and stats can be found on minesathletics.com.
 
RMAC NETWORK 
The RMAC Network continues to have a pay-per-view model for all events. 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 $12.50, which grants access to a single game for 24 hours. For technical support questions, fans can contact Hudl Support or email the RMAC directly (rmac@rmacsports.org). For further support, fans can visit the RMAC Network Help page.
 
WEEKEND FORECAST
Friday's forecast in Grand Junction calls for a high of 66 during the day with clear skies and winds out of the northeast at seven miles per hour. Sunday in Salt Lake City looks to be pleasant as well with more clear skies and a high of 69 bolstered by southwest winds at seven miles per hour.
 
AT THE HELM
2026 marks the 17th season leading Mines for Kevin Fickes, the program's winningest head coach. With a career mark of 265-46-48 (.806), he ranks eighth in all of the NCAA and fourth 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 41 All-America selections, 21 Academic All-America selections, 93 all-conference honorees and 34 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.
 
WEEK 7 RECAP
Mines went 1-0-1 to open their two-week stint on the road against UCCS and Western Colorado. Against the Mountain Lions, Mines fell behind in the 10th minute after ceding a goal off a corner kick. Bella Campos netted the equalizer right before halftime in the 43rd minute with help from Finley Ewald, while the Mines defense dug in their heels against 16 second half shots by UCCS as part of 23 in the match while just four were on frame.
 
Sunday against Western Colorado, Campos stole the show with three goals. After Western Colorado scored first on a long-range volley, Campos scored in the 26th, 42nd, and 68th minutes from Bella Torres, Gaby Guerrero and Allyson Townsend on the way to the winning result.
 
THE CAPTAINS
A seasoned group of veterans will be wearing the "C" this fall for the Orediggers. Bella Campos and Natalie Rouse enter their second seasons as captains, while Gaby Guerrero rounds out the on-field leadership group. Campos is coming off her second consecutive RMAC Player of the Year award after scoring 20 goals with four assists for 44 points. Rouse, who missed most of 2024 with injury, returned in 2025 to earn her second RMAC Defensive Player of the Year award after scoring five times from her center back position and anchoring a defense that posted nine shutouts. Guerrero was named Honorable Mention All-RMAC last fall as a standout midfielder who scored twice with an assist.
 
IN THE POLLS
Mines topped August's RMAC Preseason Coaches' Poll followed closely by Colorado Mesa and UCCS. Fort Lewis and Regis rounded out the top five followed by Westminster, MSU Denver, Colorado Christian, CSU Pueblo and Western Colorado in the top 10. Adams State, Black Hills State and New Mexico Highlands rounded out the 13-team rankings.
 
The first regional NPI rankings released this Monday, and saw Mines ranked sixth in the south Central. The Lone Star Conference trio of Dallas Baptist, Midwestern State and Texas Woman's led the way followed by Regis, UCCS, Mines, Black Hills State, Colorado Mesa, Fort Lewis and Lubbock Christian.
 
FIVE YEARS OF ELIGIBILITY PASSES
In early August, NCAA Division II passed a sweeping change to eligibility rules that now gives all student-athletes five seasons of eligibility in a five-year span, and eliminates redshirting. It will apply to this year's incoming freshmen, and returning players can either convert to the new rule or be grandfathered into continuing with the old four-year model, whichever is more beneficial. The new rules supersede the previous freshman rule that allowed them to play in up to four games while still redshirting. 
 
NCAA CHANGES POSTSEASON PROCESS
Another significant change coming to NCAA Division II is how they select the postseason championship field. Playoff selections will now be handled solely by the NCAA Power Index (NPI) instead of regional committees, removing the human element from the process; NPI takes into account winning percentage and strength of schedule, quality wins, and home/away weights, rewarding challenging schedules and road wins more so than in years past.
 
NCAA ACTIVE CAREER SCORING LEADER
Heading into week eight of the season, Bella Campos continues to lead all levels of NCAA soccer in both goals scored and points. Campos is now one of two players in the entire country with more than 50 career goals, as her 65 leads the nation by 14 over Catawba's Bree Ehmer who is second with 51. Eowyn Lapp of Division III Gordon is third with 50 goals, while Alabama's Larkin Thomason is the top Division I player with 45 goals and is tied for eighth on the active scoring list.
 
Shifting to look at points, Campos is also the only active player with more than 150 points as she sits with 151. Gannon's Brooklyn Respecki is second with 124, while Lapp leads DIII with 119 points. The first DI player on the list is once again Thomason, who has 106 points to tie for 10 with Olivia Clemons of DIII Washington and Aubree Caya of DII Wisconsin-La Crosse.
 
Campos also headlines an even smaller list of active players with 30 or more career goals and 20 or more career assists. Respecki is second on the list with 44 goals and 36 assists with Lange in third with 43 and 31 respectively. Ohio State's Amanda Schlueter is the first DI player on that list with 41 goals and 27 assists for 109 points. At the time of writing, just 15 players can find their name on this list.
 
ONE OF THE BEST
Bella Campos has long since cemented herself as one of the greatest offensive players in Mines program history. After logging her fourth career hat trick Sunday, Campos now has 65 career goals to go along with 21 assists and became the second player in program history along with Kayla Mitchell (2006-09) to register 150+ points in a career in addition to being the only two players with more than 60 career goals. Campos is also fifth all-time in assists, having passed former teammates Reese McDermott (2021-24) and Kaitlyn Manalili (2022-25) earlier this fall. She remains one back of Acacia Ortiz (2015-18) for fourth and two behind Anna Evans (2010-13) for third. Additionally, Campos's 305 shots rank third all-time. Perhaps the most impressive number is the fact that Campos has scored on 65 of the 143 shots on goal she's taken in her career. That latter number is now third all-time, having passed McDermott and her total of 141. For those keeping track at home, that is a .469 scoring rate in her career when Campos puts a ball on frame.
 
HATS OFF
Sunday's performance against Western Colorado was the fourth career hat trick by Bella Campos, giving the prolific striker one such performance in each year of her career. Campos first accomplished the feat as a freshman in the 2023 RMAC quarterfinals against Fort Lewis, before doing so against Adams State in 2024 and 2025, the latter of which was again in the RMAC quarterfinals. Her four hat tricks are the third-most in program history, trailing none other than Kayla Mitchell who did so eight times and is the owner the of the only four-goal performance in program history. Campos also owns two of the three postseason hat tricks in Mines history, with Jackie Knott accounting for the third in the 2016 RMAC quarters against Western Colorado. Of the 23 hat tricks in program history as of the time of writing, Campos (4), Mitchell (8) and Reese McDermott (3) account for 15 of them.
 
WEEKLY AWARD WINNER
For the third time this season and fifth time in her career, Bella Campos has been named RMAC Offensive Player of the Week after helping lead the Orediggers to a 1-0-1 start their current road trip against UCCS and Western Colorado. Read more about Campos' award-winning performance here.
 
CHECKING THE STANDINGS
Regis became the first team to clinch a spot in the postseason this week as they remain the league leaders with a mark of 8-0-0 and 24 points. Upstart Black Hills State is continuing their best-ever season with a record of 6-1-1 in league play and 19 points. The two sides are poised to meet one another in Spearfish in the regular season finale for each team on October 28. Colorado Mesa is third with a mark of 6-1-0 and 18 points ahead of UCCS at 5-2-1 with 16 points. Fort Lewis is fifth at 5-2-0 and 15 points while Mines remains in sixth at 4-1-2 with 14 points. Westminster is seventh at 3-2-2 with 11 points while Western Colorado holds the final playoff spot with a mark of 2-4-1 and seven points. CSU Pueblo (1-5-1), Colorado Christian (1-6-1) and MSU Denver (1-6-1) are all tied for ninth with four points while Adams State is 12th with three points and a record of 1-6-0. New Mexico Highlands brings up the rear at 0-7-0 in league play as they are still seeking their first in of the fall.
 
CHECKING THE STATS
Bella Campos leads the Orediggers and the RMAC with 15 goals in addition to six assists for 36 points. Bella Torres has three goals and three assists in her debut season, while Allyson Townsend has three goals and an assist. Caelan DeBolt, Annelise Rojo and Natalie Rouse have all scored twice while Gaby Guerrero, Finley Ewald, Natalie Mezarina and Molly Elder have all scored once. Guerrero is second to Campos with four assists along with Lindsay Jeans, while Ewald, Mezarina, Ariana Ahumada, Jordan Bowermaster, Sam Forde and Taylor Johnson-Balding have all logged an assist this fall as well.
 
In goal, Keira Garcia has led the way the last three weeks. The senior has played 540 minutes this fall and against 65 shots, made 16 saves and allowed four goals for a 0.67 GAA and an .800 save percentage with three shutouts. Freshman Brekyn Davenport-Murrish started the first seven matches of the year and in 630 minutes, faced 66 shots, made 12 saves and allowed nine goals for a 1.29 GAA and a .571 save rate with a shutout.
 
This fall, Mines has outscored teams 31-13 and averages 2.38 goals and 19.5 shots per match while allowing 1.00 goals and 10.0 shots per match. They have 24 assists on their 31 goals and are 2-4 on penalties this fall. They have made 29 saves in goal and taken 77 corner kicks. Mines has been called for 69 fouls this fall and assessed nine yellow cards.
 
SCOUTING THE MAVERICKS
On the heels of a 1-1 draw with defending national champs Florida Tech and a 2-1 loss to Black Hills State, Colorado Mesa shutout New Mexico Highlands and Adams State 7-0 and 2-0 last weekend.
 
Eight players have scored for CMU this year led by Ellie Duncan and her six goals to go with two assists for 14 points. Parker Mairs has scored three times and leads the team with six assists for 12 points. Jenelle Arenibas, Olivia Bariao-Arce and Brooklyn Baird have also all scored three times while Katelyn Romano has scored twice. Sarah Dunn and Angelina Kazinec round out the scoring with one goal each. 11 total players have at least one assist for the Mavs this fall. Behind Mairs and Duncan, Arenibas, Shelby Lyon and Savannah Miller have two assists each while six others have one assist.
 
One of the best netminders in the RMAC over the last three-plus seasons, Keely Wieczorek has led the way and started all 12 matches and clocked 1,040:38 in goal. Coming off an injury in last year's NCAA Tournament, she's stared down 89 shots and made 39 saves and allowed six goals for a 0.52 GAA and an .867 save percentage with seven solo shutouts. Maddy Eggert has appeared twice in relief for 26:07 and against four shots, made one save while combining for an eighth shutout with Wieczorek. Brynnlee Williams has appeared once for 13:15 and made one save against three shots faced.
 
On the season, Colorado Mesa has outscored teams 22-6 and averages 1.83 goals and 17.1 shots per match against 0.50 goals and 8.0 shots by opponents. They have 20 assists on their 20 goals and are 0-1 on PKs this season. They have made 43 saves in goal and taken 52 corner kicks. The Mavs have been called for 95 fouls and issued nine cautions.
 
SCOUTING THE GRIFFINS
Westminster is riding high after their rebounded from a 1-0 loss to defending national champions #1 Florida Tech with 3-0 and 9-2 wins over Adams State and New Mexico Highlands last weekend. They'll play CSU Pueblo Friday night before taking on the Orediggers for their Senior Day Sunday.
 
A whopping 14 different players have scored this year for the Griffins, led by Adrianna Pulver with three goals. Natalie Cardin, Abigail Austin and Laine Romney have all scored twice, while 10 other individuals have scored. An own goal on opening day by Cal State East Bay completes the scoring for WU this fall. Eight different players have a single assist this year, led by Pulver and Cardin. Addison Gibbons, Skye Kennedy and Ella Schujter each have one assist and also one goal to their credit, while a further three Griffins have just one assist to their ledgers.
 
In goal, Marin Mackenzie has started all 10 matches for Westminster and played all but 23:35 in goal. Across 876:25, she's faced 69 shots, made 19 saves and allowed just six goals for a 0.62 GAA and a .760 save percentage with six shutouts. Rylee Cudney has seen time once and allowed one goal while making two saves against nine shots against New Mexico Highlands last Sunday.
 
One of the best defensive teams in the RMAC under new head coach Allie Lieshout, Westminster has outscored teams 20-7 this year and averages 2.00 goals and 16.0 shots per match while allowing 0.70 goals and a mere 7.8 shots per match to opponents. They have eight assists on their 20 goals and are 1-1 on PKs this fall. Westminster has made 22 saves in goal and taken 54 corner kicks. They have been called for 86 fouls and issued only two cautions.

SERIES HISTORY
Against Colorado Mesa, Mines is 21-6-3 with a mark of 10-2-1 including a 1-0 win in last season RMAC Women's Soccer Championship match despite having to play with 10 players for the last hour-plus of the match. In the regular season last fall, the teams played to a scoreless draw in Golden. Over the last 10 meetings going back to the spring 2021 season, the Oredigger are 5-3-2 against the Mavericks.
 
The Orediggers will head to Salt Lake City Sunday and stake an unbeaten record on the line against the Griffins. Mines is 9-0-2 all-time against Westminster with a mark of 4-0-1 on the road, and has won four in a row in the series. Last season the teams met in Golden and saw Mines come out on top 2-1. The last meeting in Salt Lake City came in 2023 and resulted in a 2-0 win. The teams drew twice in 2021, once in the regular season in double overtime 1-1 and once in the RMAC tournament 2-2 in double overtime with Mines advancing 3-0 on penalties.
 
UP NEXT
Mines ends the regular season with two of their final three matches at home. Their next match is at Stermole Stadium on October 23 against New Mexico Highlands before they head to Adams State Sunday October 25.
 
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, X and Instagram using the handle @MinesAthletics.