Colorado Christian vs. Black Hills State
Friday, March 19  | 1:00 p.m.
Lakewood, CO
Up to 350 fans will be allowed

• The Cougars won their season opener against Black Hills State in double OT 2-1.
• The Cougars are undefeated at home against Black Hills State
• The Cougars have scored 15 goals in four games against the Yellow Jackets

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Colorado Christian vs. Colorado School of Mines
Sunday, March 21 | 1:00 p.m.
Lakewood, CO
Up to 350 fans will be allowed

• The Cougars have scored nine goals against Colorado School of Mines
• The Cougars had seven straight games against Colorado School of Mines decided by one goal.

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RETURNING STARTERS

Senior goalkeepers Ashleigh Maguire and Ireland VanDyke will be splitting time between the posts for the Cougars this season as Maguire has started two games this season and VanDyke has started one. Senior Celeste Ruelas will be holding down the middle for the Cougars as she has played 239 minutes in three games so far this season. The leading scorer for the Cougars this season is sophomore midfielder Kinley Sanders who has two goals in three games including the game winner over Black Hills State.

EXCITING NEWCOMERS

The Cougars have a handful of newcomers that will be playing a majority of minutes this season. Freshman Taya Starnes has started in every game, playing in 304 minutes and scoring a goal.

Emie Peterson is playing in her first season for the Cougars and has started every game on the attack this season with four shots and three shots on goal.

Freshman Abby Swanda has started every game at center back for the Cougars and has played in 291 minutes over the three games.

OVERTIME IS JUST LIKE HOME

The Cougars have already played in two double overtime games this season; each game has gone to under three minutes left in double overtime. The Cougars only played in two double overtime games all of last season.

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 will be in her sixth consecutive year and 14th total year 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 Lady 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.

SCHEDULE: The Cougars will be playing in nine games this season with five of the counting towards their conference record. The Cougars will be playing all their home games at Trailblazer Stadium, as long as Jefferson County allows fans, Trailblazer will allow a certain number of fans with social distancing measures in place.