PUEBLO, Colo. – Colorado Mesa women's soccer waited until the game's final four minutes to find the net in Friday's win. That was not the case on Sunday against Newman.
The Mavs struck early and often, rolling to a 7-0 victory over the Jets. The seven-goal margin of victory is the biggest for the program since CMU beat New Mexico Highlands 8-0 last October and is the largest margin of victory over a non-conference Division II opponent since the Mavs beat Montana State Billings 9-0 back in 1998.
Adessa Correa scored twice in the match's first 25 minutes to lead the offensive attack for CMU.
Sauvelyne Randel found the net for the first time in as many games and scored her first goal from open play after converting penalty kicks in each of the previous two matches.
Isabel Schauber,
Madison DeHerrera,
Mikayla Eccher and
Tatum Pfalmer all scored their first goals of the season to complete the rout.
It was the first career college goal in 10 appearances for Schauber, a sophomore midfielder out of Billings, Montana. It was the first Maverick goal in 18 appearances for DeHerrera, a redshirt junior from Arvada, Colorado who scored once in 22 appearances for Southern Utah (NCAA Division I).
The Mavericks were completely in control from start to finish. Colorado Mesa outshot Newman 27-2 and also had lopsided edges in shots on goal (8-0) and corner kicks (7-0). Correa, Eccher and
Kylie Wells each had a team-high four shots for the CMU attack.
Keely Wieczorek started her third consecutive game in goal for the Mavericks, but only played 45 minutes with the game well in hand at halftime. That led to a 2023 debut for redshirt junior
Chloe Dody, who started 18 of 19 matches last season. Each goalie spent one half between the sticks for CMU and neither was required to make a save.
The win improves Colorado Mesa's record to 3-0. Challenging games are ahead, however, as the Mavs will face Angelo State and West Texas A&M next Thursday and Saturday in neutral site games at Fort Lewis. Angelo State and WTAMU were picked to finish second and third, respectively, in the 13-team Lone Star Conference.
