Box Score COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The second half was the difference maker on Wednesday night as the No. 7 University of Colorado Colorado Springs women's soccer team shutout Westminster College 2-0 with a two-goal performance by redshirt junior Tarah Patterson.
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP: 
Final: UCCS 2, WC 0
Records: UCCS (5-0, 3-0 RMAC), WC (3-1-1, 2-1-0 RMAC)
Location: Dumke Field | Salt Lake City, Utah
All-Time Series: UCCS leads the all-time series 6-1-1 against the Westminster College Griffins.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
• Defense was the name of the game as the first half went scoreless between both teams.
• The Mountain Lions faced eight shots in the first 45 minutes as keeper Chloe Deshazer stopped both of the Griffins' shots on frame to hold them scoreless.
• Redshirt juniors Tori Maydew and Tarah Patterson along with Amelia Junge each notched a shot on goal in the first half but the Griffins pulled off stops of their own to head into halftime 0-0.
• The second half started how the first half ended as only one shot was recorded by WC in the first 15 minutes.
• As the UCCS backline stopped the Griffins in their tracks, the UCCS offense gathered a spark after Patterson found a seam in the 62^nd minute to register the game-winning goal and capture the 1-0 UCCS lead.
• Team captain Ella Fischer and reigning RMAC Defensive Player of the Week Zoe Sims held down the backline to force continuous defensive pressure that resulted in only one Griffin shot for the rest of the second half.
• With the UCCS backline securing the lead, Patterson went work once again as she scored her second goal of the half off an assist from sophomore Kaitlin Hinkle in the 82^nd minute to put the game away 2-0.  
 
STATS FROM THE DAY
• The Mountain Lions were edged out in shots 11-7 and corner kicks 6-1 by Westminster, but UCCS held the advantage in shots on goal 5-2.
• Chloe DeShazer improves to 3-0 in frame as she faced 11 shots in the match and bagged two saves to tally her third shutout of the season.
• Tarah Patterson records four points off two goals in the match with a team high three shots and a game high three shots on goal.
• Kaitlin Hinkle notches her first assist of the season as she came off the bench to record 52 minutes in the match.
• Six Mountain Lions came off the bench as each of them registered at least 38 minutes in the shutout win.
 
BEYOND THE BOX:
• Head Coach J. B. Belzer tallies his 321^st career win.
• Tarah Patterson holds the team lead in goals (4), points (10), shots (24), and shots on goal (14) as she is also tied for the most points in the RMAC.
• Amelia Junge still holds the team lead with three assists and is tied for the most assists in the conference.
• Chloe DeShazer leads the RMAC with a GAA of .000 and three shutouts on the season.
• Heading into tonight's match, UCCS was second in the South Central Region in points per game (8.75) and first in the region with a GAA of .250.
• Now with 62 career points, Patterson is the sole owner of second place on the program's all-time leaderboard for points after recording her fourth career multi-goal game.
• UCCS holds a regular season winning streak of 28 games stemming back to the 2018 season.

UP NEXT:
The Mountain Lions will return back to Mountain Lion Stadium for a 2:30 p.m. match on Saturday, Apr. 3 as they play host to Colorado Mesa University for senior day.
 
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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.