SALT LAKE CITY - Westminster women's soccer (9-2-4, 6-2-3 RMAC) is riding a stretch of seven consecutive games without a loss and four straight wins as it gets set to host its regular season finale at Dumke Field on Wednesday night at 6 p.m. against Colorado Mesa (RV) (13-2, 10-1 RMAC) at Dumke Field.
Match Info:
- The Westminster women's soccer program will honor its ten graduating seniors (
Sami Black,
Brynnae Braun,
Kelsea Cracroft,
Dominique Estrada,
Abree Hill,
Abby Keeley,
Aimee Kurfurst,
Alexa Maple,
Megumi Takushi and
Rebecca Wheeler) prior to Sunday's match at Dumke Field.
- Tickets for all women's soccer home matches can be purchased at
westminstergriffins.com/tickets.
- General admission into Dumke Field is $8.
- Current Westminster College students, faculty and staff are offered free admission into all WC home events but are required to present an active Westminster Identification Card to gain entry.
- All Westminster women's soccer matches are available for FREE streaming on the RMAC Network. Viewers can watch live or on-demand online at rmacnetwork.com/Westminster or on the RMAC Network app which is available from all major app stores.
Senior Day 2021:
- Sami Black - Forward - Salt Lake City, Utah
- Has started 12 games on her senior campaign with her first goal of the season and third career goal at Western Colo. on Oct. 15.
- Has appeared in 47 career games making her collegiate debut as a true freshman vs BHSU on Sept. 21 2018.
- Committed to the women's soccer program in May of 2018 after attending East High School in Salt Lake City and is pursuing a degree in accounting at Westminster.
- Brynnae Braun - Midfielder - Sandy, Utah
- All-RMAC Honorable Mention (2019)
- RMAC All-Academic First Team (2020-21)
- RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll (2019)
- WC 2018 Freshman of the Year
- Was recognized on the Spring 2021 RMAC Women's Soccer All-Tournament Team.
- Has appeared in 61 career games with 41 career starts scoring six goals with four assists as a Westminster midfielder.
- A graduate of Brighton High School, Brynnae is majoring in Public Health with a 3.969 cumulative GPA and hopes to become a physician's assistant following graduation.
- Kelsea Cracroft - Goalkeeper - Logan, Utah
- Currently on a stretch of six-straight matches without a goal allowed as she owns a 9-2-2 record in net and is credited with three shutouts this season.
- Named RMAC Goalkeeper of the Week back on Sept. 28 as she began the season with five-consecutive games without a goal allowed.
- Appeared in eight matches in a condensed Spring 2021 schedule, starting every game in net during the Griffins' postseason run to RMAC Championship.
- A graduate of Sky View High School, Cracroft committed to Westminster after spending the 2018 and 2019 seasons at Salt Lake Community College.
- Dominique Estrada - Defender - West Jordan, Utah
- Estrada started the first six games of her senior season after starting the final 10 games of her first season at Westminster in the Spring of 2021.
- Committed to Westminster in Spring of 2020 after attending Salt Lake Community College for two years.
- At SLCC, earned SWAC First Team accolades in addition to being named SWAC All-Academic
- Estrada graduated from Copper Hills High School and is pursuing a degree in management at Westminster.
- Abree Hill - Midfielder - Casper, Wyo.
- Hill as appeared in a pair of matches on her senior campaign.
- A native of Casper, Wyo., she transferred to Westminster from Laramie County Community College where she finished her career with a pair of goals and six assists over 37 career matches.
- A graduate of Kelly Walsh High School, Hill is pursuing her degree in nursing.
- Abby Keeley - Forward - Boise, Idaho
- RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll (2019)
- Has appeared in 61 career games with 23 career starts for Westminster.
- Has started all 15 games for a Griffins defense that has allowed the second-fewest goals (9) and has the second-lowest goals against average (.56) in the RMAC so far this season.
- Started seven games in the Spring of 2021 and logged the majority of her minutes on the field as the Griffins' made their postseason run to the RMAC Championship.
- A graduate of Boise High School in Boise, Idaho, Abby is pursuing a degree in public health at Westminster.
- Aimee Kurfurst - Forward - Vancouver, Wash.
- Second Team All-RMAC (2018)
- First Team Academic All-RMAC (2021)
- RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll (2020-21)
- Has scored 24 goals with three career assists and finished with the fifth most goals in the RMAC (9) as a sophomore back in 2018.
- Has appeared in 80 career matches with 55 career starts.
- A graduate ofPrairie High School in Vancouver, Wash., she graduated with a degree in Elementary Education and is now pursuing her Master's in Education.
- Alexa Maple - Midfielder - Farmington, Utah
- Second Team All-RMAC (2020-21)
- Two-time RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll (2019 & 2020-21)
- She is tied for the team lead in assists (4) and is the Griffins' leading goal scorer (6) in her final season at Westminster.
- Was named RMAC Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 26 after a three-goal, one-assist weekend that included one of her several long-range scoring efforts on the season from outside the penalty area.
- She had six goals in the Spring of 2021 as she helped lead the Griffins to their first-ever RMAC Championship.
- Has appeared in 63 career games with 27 starts.
- Megumi Takushi - Defender - Pearl City, Hawai'i
- Has appeared in 34 career games with her first-six career starts on the Westminster back line earlier this season.
- Made her collegiate debut as a true freshman against Texas A&M Commerce back on Sept. 1, 2018.
- Committed to Westminster while attending Pearl City High School in Pearl City, Hawaii, as the third-ranked soccer player from the state at her position in the class of 2018.
- Megumi is a premed student who is set to graduate with a bachelor's degree in biology.
- Rebecca Wheeler - Forward - Portland, Ore.
- Scored two goals in Westminster's 3-0 win at N.M. Highlands last weekend.
- Has a team-leading four assists to go along with three goals in 11 starts during her senior season.
- Played in all 11 games during the spring and scored her first goal for Westminster in a 3-1 win over MSU Denver.
- Committed to Westminster in June of 2020 after spending two seasons at Columbia Basin College where she was named Northwest Athletic Conference All-Star in 2019 and 2018 All-Region (Eastern).
- A former Academic All-Conference honoree, she will graduate with a degree in nursing from Westminster.
About the Griffins:
- Westminster women's soccer stayed at No. 7 in this week's NCAA DII South Central Region rankings. The top-six teams in the final region rankings of the year will automatically qualify for the NCAA DII Women's Soccer Tournament.
- Westminster was one of three RMAC schools in the latest South Central Region poll with Colorado Mesa (6), Colo. School of Mines (3) and UCCS (2) currently sitting in automatic qualifying spots heading into the final day of the regular season.
- The Griffins went 2-0 last weekend, clinching their postseason spot in the RMAC Tournament with a 1-0 win over Adams State on Friday followed by a 3-0 win at N.M. Highlands.
- Westminster has won four straight and five of its last six with seven-consecutive matches without a loss. Its last loss was a 1-0 defeat back on Oct. 8 to Regis.
- Excluding the COVID-19-shortened Spring 2021 season, Westminster has won at least 10 games in all but one season (2017) since joining the RMAC in 2015. The Griffins begin the week just one win shy from hitting double digits this fall.
- Westminster has allowed the second fewest goals (9) and has the second-lowest goals against average (.56) in the RMAC this season with eight total shutouts. The Griffins begin the week on the heels of four-straight shutout victories and five straight matches without a goal allowed.
- While they begin the week at No. 6 in the RMAC women's soccer standings, Westminster held leads and went into extra time in its matches against second-place Colo. School of Mines, third-place UCCS and fourth-place CSU Pueblo.
About the Mavericks:
- Colorado Mesa (RV) begins the week at No. 6 in the latest NCAA South Central Region poll and have won nine straight heading into the final day of the regular season.
- The Mavericks, which have won their last three matches each by a single goal on only lead second-place Colorado School of Mines by two points, will still need full points in order to lock up the regular-season RMAC Championship and top spot in the RMAC Tournament.
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Lila Dere leads the conference with 15 goals in 15 matches for Mesa.
Dere has not scored in three matches but still has 10 goals in the month of October including a four-goal effort against Regis on Oct. 10.
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Dere's 3.27 shots on goal per game are also the most in the conference and teammate
Sophia Beames sits in fourth in the RMAC with seven assists.
- Goalkeeper
Chloe Dody is third, one spot behind Cracroft, in the RMAC with a .742 goals against average.
Dody has been credited with four shutouts and owns an .807 save percentage so far this season.
- After racking up 18 goals through the first seven matches of the month, Colorado Mesa has scored just four in its last three games.
Series History:
- Westminster is 6-1-1 all-time against Colorado Mesa after suffering its first-ever loss to the Mavericks at home last spring.
- The Griffins won the first five matchups since joining the RMAC in 2015 and have gone 3-1 against CMU at Dumke Field.
- Westminster has outscored CMU 14-9 in the eight matches since 2015.
RMAC Women's Soccer Standings (As of 11/2)
USCA DII South Central Region Rankings (11/2)
| Rank |
School |
Prev |
W-L-T |
| 1 |
Dallas Baptist University |
1 |
15-2-0 |
| 2 |
University of Colorado-Colorado Springs |
2 |
14-3-0 |
| 3 |
Colorado School Of Mines |
3 |
12-2-3 |
| 4 |
Angelo State University |
5 |
12-2-2 |
| 5 |
West Texas A&M University |
6 |
11-5-0 |
| 6 |
Colorado Mesa University |
4 |
13-2-0 |
| 7 |
Westminster College (Utah) |
7 |
9-2-4 |
| 8 |
Texas Woman's University |
8 |
11-3-2 |
| 9 |
Midwestern State University |
10 |
10-3-3 |
| 10 |
Texas A&M University-Commerce |
9 |
7-7-2 |
Up Next:
Westminster, which is locked into its No. 6 seed in the RMAC Tournament, will await the final day of RMAC women's soccer results to determine its RMAC quarterfinal matchup. The RMAC quarterfinal round will be hosted at the home field of the higher seeds this Sunday, Nov. 7.
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