With losses in five of its last seven games, the Fort Lewis College men’s soccer side slipped into the bottom third of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference standings, a rare sight for a proud program.
The Skyhawks needed a strong showing Friday at last-place CSU-Pueblo and Sunday at home against first-place Regis.
They got it.
FLC shut out CSU-Pueblo 4-0, then Regis 1-0 at Dirks Field.
Ryan Schaul, the Skyhawks’ sophomore goalkeeper from Frisco, Texas, made a pair of saves Friday for the clean sheet, then made a more challenging six to blank the Rangers, his third and fourth shutouts this season.
On Tuesday, Schaul was named the RMAC Defensive Player of the Week.
The back-to-back victories squared FLC up at 5-5 in the RMAC.
Schaul and FLC (8-5-1) will try and make it four wins in a row with another RMAC doubleheader this weekend at home – Colorado Mesa at 3:30 p.m. Friday and Metro State at 3:30 p.m. Sunday.
Spencer Jackson, a freshman midfielder for the Colorado Mesa Mavericks, was named the RMAC Offensive Player of the Week.
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