BOULDER—The goals continued to pour in for the Colorado Buffaloes at Prentup Field on Sunday. The Buffs totaled five goals for the second consecutive match, closing out the opening weekend with a 5-1 win over San Diego.
The win marked No. 114 for head coach Danny Sanchez at CU, tying former head coach Bill Hempen for the most in program history.
“I think it was a great opening weekend,” Sanchez commented after the win. “Obviously the two wins, the success of the Soccer Ball last night. A lot of people did a lot of work for that.
“As far as the game today, I thought maybe we’re a little fortunate to be up 2-0 at halftime. We had a couple of chances that we buried and they were good goals, but I was really pleased with our second half. I thought we made a lot of adjustments defensively and you could see our depth took over as the game went on. We scored some good goals in the second half.”
Four different players found the back of the net for Colorado. Stanford transfer Civana Kuhlmann wasted little time getting to scoring started. She headed home the game’s first corner kick, set up by Amaya Gonzalez in the 2nd minute, for the first of two goals on the day.
“I’ve been thinking about scoring goals alone in my house for 15 months now,” Kuhlmann explained. “It means everything honestly, especially in front of my family at home. It really is everything.”
Junior Shyra James became the first Buff to score in six consecutive games, notching the eventual game-winner from Lawson Willis‘ corner serve, in the 32nd minute.
“I think her [James] game has matured,” Sanchez added. “I think she’s a more consistent player from her freshman year to the end of last year and now. I thought she really started to hit her stride at the end of the last season and that’s continued. She’s a pure finisher. She knows where to put herself to score. I also think her movement’s much better this year. We’re looking forward to her continuing to find the net for us.”
Kuhlmann gave the Buffs a 3-0 lead with a diving right-footed effort in the 55th minute, beating Sophine Kevorkian to the right post.
“It was almost like it was slow motion,” Kuhlmann recalled. “I just knew I had to get good contact on the ball and go to ground to keep it low. It’s just…
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