Colorado Christian vs. Colorado School of Mines
Thursday, October 14 | 7:00 PM
Golden, CO

• The Orediggers have never lost to the Cougars
• The last time Colorado Christian faced Colorado School of Mines they lost 1-0 with an early goal in the first half (Mar. 21)
• The Cougars have only tied The Orediggers once in 2006

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Colorado Christian vs. Regis University
Sunday, October 17 | 1:00 PM
Denver, CO

• The last time Colorado Christian played the Rangers they lost 4-0 (Mar. 11)
• In the past four years the Cougars have tied Regis twice
• Colorado Christian's last win was in 2016 (Nov. 16)

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Last Week Recap:

The Cougars ended last weekend successfully. They took the 3-0 victory against Fort Lewis for the first time since 2018 (Nov. 30). They were able to keep their shutout due to the 11 shots faced and six saves Ireland Van Dyke made. 

Capri Dewing scored her fourth goal of the season in the 25th minute of the game to give Colorado Christian the lead they needed. She slotted a left footed shot into the far back corner of the net. 

Saige Stock scored jsut six minutes later with a header directed to the back side netting, off a free kick assisted by defender Taya Starnes. Coming into the second half Stock decided to solidify the Cougars win by scoring the third goal of the game, unassisted, in the 53rd minute by curving a left footed shot into the upper 90.

Van Dyke became a stand out player in the game against Western on Sunday leading the team to a 0-0 tie by saving a penalty kick along with six other shots. 

Season Stats:

Colorado Christian has tallied 10 goals averaging 11 shots per game. They have kept their goals against the same number, 15, for two weeks racking up the shutouts. Cougars goalkeepers have notched 56 saves so far. 

The teams leading scorer is freshman Capri Dewing with four goal and eight points. Saige Stock is close behind with three goals and one assist with seven points. Defender Jensen Leivo has recorded two assists and co-defender Taya Starnes has registered one goal and one assist. 

Preseason Poll
 
The Cougars were voted to finish in the tenth slot in the RMAC preseason poll. Colorado School of Mines is predicted to finish in the first spot for the eighth time in the last eleven years.
 
2021 RMAC Women's Soccer Preseason Poll
1. Colorado School of Mines (7)-138
2. UCCS (3)-128
3. CSU Pueblo (3)-121
4. Westminster-110
5. Fort Lewis-95
6. Regis-87
7. Colorado Mesa-85
8. MSU Denver-66
9. Adams State-51
10. Colorado Christian-50
11. Western Colorado-33
12. Black Hills State-30

Head Coach – Tammy McPherson

Head Women's Soccer Coach Tammy McPherson was honored by the United Soccer Coaches by being named the National NCCAA DI Women's Soccer Coach of the Year in 2016. She is celebrating her 15^th year in total as the Head Coach of the Women's Soccer Program. 
 
Tammy McPherson started her career with Colorado Christian University as a student-athlete, graduating in 1999 as one of the most talented individuals to ever wear a Colorado Christian uniform. Over the course of her career, McPherson (formerly Wishard) would go on to earn the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) Freshman of the Year Award, as well as four first team RMAC All-Conference nods, while ranking first all-time at Colorado Christian in single season points, second in single season goals, second in single season assists, first in career points, first in career assists, and second all-time for career goals scored. Her records as a player remain intact to this day.
 
McPherson started her coaching career with the Cougars in 2003 when she moved from an assistant position to taking the entire women's soccer program under her wing. In those eight years with the Cougars, McPherson developed a competitive program that competed at a high level in the RMAC, as well as the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) with two NCCAA Regional Championship Titles, as well as her recent 2016 NCCAA National Championship Title.   
 
In 2011, McPherson made the hard decision to leave Colorado Christian and the coaching world in order to assist her husband with humanitarian work in Uganda, Africa.   However, after a four year absence, in 2015 McPherson was approached by Colorado Christian Athletics to return as the head women's soccer coach.   Once McPherson officially accepted the position she stated: "I missed coaching soccer and the atmosphere at Colorado Christian. I am excited to get back into the competitive environment of sport and even more excited about mentoring and training college athletes again."
 
In 2015 Colorado Christian Women's Soccer went 0-15-3.  However, the transition time did not take long, as the following season (2016) the Cougars went 13-8-3, the most wins in Colorado Christian women's soccer history, while also earning an RMAC Conference playoff berth and their first NCCAA National Championship Title.  McPherson said "the success of this season can be attributed to the hard work of the players and the coaching staff, but at the end of the day, it's nothing short of a miracle." Coach lead her Cougars back to the RMAC playoffs in 2018.

Coach McPherson also holds her United Soccer Coaches National, Advanced National, and Premier Licenses. To earn these levels of achievement, coach McPherson dedicated over 120 hours of class and field time.