LARAMIE, Wyo. (March 9, 2021) – The Wyoming soccer team will open up a two-match road swing on Thursday against the Air Force Falcons followed by an afternoon match on Sunday against the Colorado College Tigers. Thursday's match is set for 2 p.m. MT while a 12:00 p.m. time is scheduled for Sunday. Both matches will be played in Colorado Springs. Initially, the match against the Falcons was scheduled for Friday but due to possible weather in the area it was moved up. Due to COVID and social distancing practices, there will be no fans allowed at either venue.
 
"The next pair of matches will be a great opportunity to bring some lessons learned from last weekend," head coach Pete Cuadrado said. "We found out a lot about our team with the ability to stay in games and even see one through for a win.  Obviously, we have a slightly shorter timeframe to prepare, but moving the match versus Air Force up should allow for better conditions and thus a better match from us.  We should match up well with both teams this weekend, and really need to clean up our passing and some finer points in our defending organization.  When we did well in those areas this past weekend, we created some very good opportunities.  So, having the team see those points in video and on the field at training will allow them to carry those adjustments to Thursday's match.  We're sitting in a good place and are hoping to gain some momentum this weekend." 

The Cowgirls enter the week with a 1-0-0 overall and conference mark after the first weekend of action. They split the opening weekend with a 1-0 shutout win over Utah State followed up by a tough 1-0 loss against New Mexico.  Against the Aggies, freshman Nikayla Copenhaver finished the match with her first career goal and two shots in her 64 minutes of action. Senior Rilee Castilla recorded a shot with one on goal. Goalkeeper Hannah Lee had two saves in her 45 minutes of action while Alex Daws recorded three saves.
 
Air Force enters the match with a 0-1-0 mark. Last time out, the Falcons dropped its season opener 1-0 to Colorado College. The Falcons return eight starters and 16 letterwinners to a team that went 10-7-1 overall and 5-6-0 in the Mountain West a season ago. They were picked to finish 11th in the Mountain West preseason coaches' poll. Air Force is coached by Larry Friend who is in his 12th season with the program.
 
This is the 25th meeting between the two teams. Wyoming leads the series 13-9-2. The last time the two teams met was Oct. 4, 2019 with the Falcons earning a 3-2 victory in Colorado Springs.
 
Colorado College comes in to Sunday's match with a 1-0-0 record and will play Colorado State prior to the Cowgirls.  Last time out, the Tigers earned a 1-0 win over Air Force.
 Forward Jacqui Hand is the lone goal scorer with one while Jordan Darrow and midfielder Abby Hubbard have an assist each. Goalie Ally Wakeman played all 90 minutes in goal.
 They return nine starters and 17 letterwinners to a team that went 10-7-0 and 5-6-0 in the league a season ago. They were picked to finish eighth in the MW coaches' poll. Colorado College is coached by Geoff Bennett who is in his 17th season.
 
This is the 15th meeting between the two teams. Colorado College leads the series 9-5-0, but Wyoming has won the last four meetings. The last time the two teams met was Oct. 6, 2019. The Cowgirls defeated the Tigers 3-2 in Colorado Springs.
 
Live stats and video will be available at GoWyo.com, along with live stats. Follow @Wyo_soccer on twitter for updates throughout the game.