The Fort Lewis women’s soccer team scored a 4-1 win over New Mexico Highlands on Friday in Las Vegas, New Mexico.
Aubrey Swindle scored in the fifth minute to give FLC the early lead. McKenna Ford and Sabrina Reyes both scored their first career goals for FLC, and Madyson Barela scored her team-leading fourth goal.
“Highlands does a really good job of squeezing the space and caught us offsides a number of times before we solved the problem. Our team was tough today and scored four goals,“ commented head coach Damian Clarke. ”A couple players got their first career goals, so all in all today was a few steps forward.“
The Skyhawks improved to 3-4 overall and 1-2 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference with the win. Highlands dropped to 0-5, 0-3.
The Fort Lewis men’s soccer team gave Colorado Christian University its first loss of the season Friday at Dirks Field.
The Skyhawks won their RMAC opener, 3-0.
"The guys put a great team performance together for 90 minutes. We stuck to the game plan and did what we needed to do," said FLC head men’s soccer coach David Oberholtzer. “I thought we were able to dictate the tempo of the game from the first minute to the last minute.”
Gabriel Legendre scored two goals for Fort Lewis, one in the first half a second about six minutes into the second.
Brantley Brice scored the team’s third goal.
Goalie Peter Byrne, meanwhile, got his 19th career shutout, moving into fourth-place all time for FLC.
The Bayfield High School football team celebrated its homecoming by shutting out Salida, 39-0, on Friday.
Isaac Ross threw for four touchdowns in the win, and Cael Schaefer rushed for two touchdowns. (See Wednesday’s edition of the Durango Herald for the complete story.)
Chay Swenson had a career-high 20 kills to lift the Fort Lewis volleyball team over Chadron State College 3-1 on Friday.
“Chay has been stepping up for her team every day this season. She prepared all week for this match and was dedicated to the scouting report. She's dialed in and taking risks and it's showing on the court through her leadership,” said head coach Giedre Tarnauskaite.
FLC won the match 25-21, 17-25, 25-23 and 29-27.
Fort Lewis improved to 2-7 overall and 2-3 in the conference while Chadron State dropped to 3-9, 1-4 RMAC.
FLC will be back on its home court Saturday when the team hosts No. 8 Colorado School of Mines at 5 p.m.
