COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – No. 9 University of Colorado Colorado Springs women's soccer is RMAC Tournament Championship bound after taking down No. 20 Colorado School of Mines 1-0 on Wednesday night.
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP: 
Final: #20 CSM 0, #10 UCCS 1
Records: UCCS (17-3, 10-2 RMAC), CSM (12-4-4, 9-2-1 RMAC)
Location: Mountain Lion Stadium | Colorado Springs, Colo.
Series: UCCS snaps Colorado School of Mines' two-game win streak to improve their all-time record against the Orediggers to 6-16-1.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
• The opening 45 minutes of Wednesday's semifinal mirrored their regular season matchup as a scoreless first half consisted of 14 combined shots and a pair of shots on goal from both the Mountain Lions and Orediggers.
• After owning six of the 14 first half shots, Tarah Patterson and the Mountain Lions found their window against the conference's top defense in the 50^th minute as Tori Maydew fed a shallow pass to Patterson in the box who maneuvered through traffic to fire in the game-winning goal.
• Patterson's goal represented the only score of the game as UCCS' defense stood strong to withstand the Oredigger's attack that fired off six shots and posted four corner kicks after the early second half goal.
• In the final three minutes, Mines landed their only shot on goal for the half in their final attempt to find the equalizer but Alexis Walker and the rest of the UCCS defense held on to maintain and claim the 1-0 win.

STATS FROM THE DAY:
• UCCS outshot Mines 17-11 and registered seven shots on goal to the Orediggers' three.
• Alexis Walker bagged three saves and her fourth shutout in the win as Tarah Patterson, Makenna Fowler, Katie Puchino, and Zoe Sims never left the pitch to help lay claim to the team's ninth team shutout.
• Patterson notched a game high as well as season high nine shots with Makayla Merlo landing all three of her shots on frame to tie Patterson for the game high in shots on goal.
• Goalkeeper Alexis Walker registers four saves and notches her third shutout while also improving her record to 5-0.

BEYOND THE BOX:
• UCCS advances to the program's fourth RMAC Championship and will host the program's second ever RMAC Championship game.
• The Mountain Lions evened up the all-time RMAC Tournament series against Mines, 2-2.
• UCCS holds a perfect 2-0 record against nationally ranked teams this season.
• Regis University upset No. 1 seed Colorado Mesa University at a final of 3-0 to help give the Mountain Lions home field advantage for the championship game.
 
UP NEXT:
• No. 9 UCCS will host the RMAC Championship match on Saturday, Nov. 13 at 2 p.m. as the Mountain Lions will go toe-to-toe with Regis University for the RMAC Tournament title.
 
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As a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, the University of Colorado Colorado Springs competes in 16 varsity sports in NCAA Division II intercollegiate athletics.