COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Westminster (6-5-3, 4-4-3 RMAC) fell 3-0 to UCCS (13-3-2, 9-2-1 RMAC) on Sunday at Mountain Lion Stadium. UCCS outshot the Griffins 18-10 and put 10 shots on target to two for Westminster. Marin Mackenzie made six saves, and Westminster won the corner kick battle 4-1.
Game Breakdown
First Half
Westminster started with a corner kick in the 4th minute, and Eva Christensen had a shot blocked in the same minute. Abby Stassi sent a shot wide right for UCCS in the 8th.
UCCS took the lead in the 12th minute when Stassi scored her ninth goal of the season, assisted by Taylynn Levi, at 11:28. The play-by-play logs a Levi shot saved by Mackenzie at the same time. Brooke Pavlich went wide right in the 18th, and Mackenzie saved a Casey Tadlock shot in the 22nd.
Westminster's only two shots on target of the match came in the 28th and 29th minutes. Chelsea Hartmann had a shot blocked, then put another on target that was saved. Ella Schutjer followed with a shot saved by Lucy Kapranos in the 29th. Kamryn Albeso sent a shot high for UCCS in the 31st.
UCCS made it 2-0 in the 37th minute, when Stassi converted a penalty kick for her 10th goal of the season at 36:36. Westminster trailed 2-0 at the break, with UCCS ahead 7-4 in shots and Westminster ahead 2-0 in corners.
Second Half
UCCS had the first chances of the half. Mackenzie saved a Regan Dare shot in the 48th minute, and Levi sent one wide right. Westminster won corner kicks in the 52nd minute, and Addison Gibbons had a shot blocked and Schutjer sent one high in the 52nd and 53rd. Stassi had a shot saved in the 55th.
Levi made it 3-0 in the 60th minute with her seventh goal of the season, assisted by Tadlock, at 59:56. Mackenzie then kept the margin there with saves on Ally Henry in the 67th, Charlize Ellsworth in the 70th, and Pavlich in the 80th. Stassi went wide left in the 71st and wide right in the 85th.
Westminster had late chances. Gibbons sent a shot wide left in the 75th, Madelyn Feick was blocked in the 76th, Abigail Austin went wide right in the 77th, and Ashley Cardozo was blocked in the 81st. UCCS outshot Westminster 11-6 in the half, and neither team scored after the 60th minute.
Griffin Performances
Mackenzie played all 90 minutes in goal and made six saves. Schutjer took two shots, one on target, in 90 minutes. Hartmann took two shots, one on target, in 71 minutes. Gibbons took two shots in 90 minutes.
Up Next
Westminster closes the season at Colorado Mesa on Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 7 p.m. MT in Grand Junction, Colo. Colorado Mesa is fourth in the RMAC standings at 7-2-2 (23 points). Westminster is seventh at 4-4-3 (15 points).
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