United Soccer Coaches Top 25
 
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – With the NCAA Tournament set to begin this weekend, the Colorado School of Mines women's soccer team returned to the national rankings this week on the heels of their RMAC Tournament title and checked in at #19 in the Week 11 edition of the IWSOC/United Soccer Coaches Top 25.
 
Mines was ranked just once previously this season, when they were #12 in the preseason national rankings. All-time, Mines has now been ranked for 144 weeks since 2009 and 101 times since 2016.
 
The Orediggers (14-3-4, 8-2-2) played some of their best soccer of the season over the last five weeks, going 9-1-2 and outscoring teams 39-9 on their way to winning their 12th RMAC Tournament title Saturday night with a 4-3 shootout victory over Colorado Mesa. Leading the way were RMAC Player of the Year Bella Campos and RMAC Defensive Player of the Year Natalie Rouse along with All-RMAC selections Bella Torres, Gaby Guerrero, Sam Forde and Lindsay Jeans.
 
LSC Tournament champions Dallas Baptist (17-0-2) remained #1 while Nova Southeastern (11-0-6) surged all the way to #2 from #13 while Columbus State (15-3-2) moved up three spots to #3. Western Washington (16-2-3) also rose three spots to #4 while Washburn (16-1-3) rounded out the top five after ascending all the way from #21 last week. Regis (15-3-1) moved up one spot to #13 despite a loss in the RMAC semifinals while this weekend's regional host Texas Woman's received votes.
 
Mines makes their 18th consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance this weekend in the South Central Regional hosted by Texas Woman's University in Denton, Texas. The Orediggers enter this year's tournament as the #6 seed and will play #3 seed Midwestern State in opening round action Friday at 3 p.m. CT.
 
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.