Regular Season Schedule Concludes as Utah Soccer Visits Colorado

SALT LAKE CITY – One more match remains on the 2022 regular season schedule for the University of Utah women’s soccer team and in order to grab three more points before the regular year ends, they’ll have to find a way to knock off the Colorado Buffaloes, who will host the Utes on Friday at 3 p.m. at Prentup, Field in Boulder, Colo.
 

 
All Time Against Colorado
The Buffaloes raced out of the gate in 2022, winning five of their first six matches, but a challenging schedule of late has led to them dropping four of their last five. Colorado has been a tough opponent at home, as evidenced by an 8-2-1 record at Prentup Field, and they haven’t dropped more than three matches at home in a season since 2018. At 8-7-4 overall, the Buffs are also attempting to secure their seventh consecutive winning season.
 
Coach Danny Sanchez is in his 11th season leading the Buffaloes and he’s just over two months removed from picking up his 115th win as Colorado head coach, making him the winningest coach in program history. Sanchez owns the school’s best career win percentage and has taken his squad to the NCAA Tournament six times. Sanchez’s squad will also be attempting to win their final regular season home game for the third straight year.
 
All Time Against Colorado
Colorado owns a 10-6-3 edge over the Utes that includes a six-match win streak which stretched from 1999-2009, but since then, it’s the Utes who’ve piled up more victories, totaling five to the Buffaloes four. From 2011-19, Utah defeated Colorado five times compared to two defeats with two ties. That stretch includes a double overtime victory in Salt Lake City in 2013, as well as back-to-back 1-0 triumphs in 2018 and 2019. That 2018 contest represents Utah’s only previous win at Prentup Field,
 
Last Time Against Colorado
These sides proved to be evenly matched when they met in 2021, playing 110 minutes before settling on a 1-1 draw. It took less than nine minutes for the Utes to get on the scoresheet and it was Kylee Geis who did the deed, recording the first goal of her Utah career. The…