The Central Wyoming College Soccer teams traveled to Lamar College on Friday to kickoff Region 9 conference play. The women's team got the afternoon started with a duel against the Lamar women. With less-than-ideal field conditions at play, the CWC women traversed mother nature's challenges and brought home a 3-2 victory. Freshman Mia Boll was the first to find the net for the Lady Rustlers, which resulted in CWC carrying a 1-0 lead into halftime. Lamar showed no sign of quit, and came out in the second half with vengeance, and knotted up the score at 1-1 with a quick goal. No longer than a few minutes later, freshman Kristen Moss put the Rustler women back in the driver's seat when she booted the ball past the keeper in the 86th minute. The Lamar women answered right back with a goal of their own at the 87 minute mark. The CWC women stayed cool, calm, and collected, and with only seven seconds left in the match, Jersee Clapier connected with Kristen Moss on a quick pass in the open field. Moss took care of the rest, as she notched her 2nd goal of the day, which just so happened to be the game-winner as well. The Lady Rustlers took home the win against Lamar College, 3-2. 

The second match of the day featured the CWC and Lamar College men's teams. Riverton's very own Tanner Johnson was the first to find the net off a pass from sophomore Pedro Belemont. 40 minutes into the first half, sophomore Samir Sequeira headed the ball over Lamar's Goalkeeper off of an assist from freshman Josh Browmwell, and the Rustlers took a lead of 2-1 into halftime. The Rustlers men lit up the scoreboard once again in the second half when Riyan Bakrim headed the ball into the net from a Josh Browmell corner kick. The Lamar men proved no match for CWC, as the game finished with a score of 3-2 in favor of the Rustlers.

Saturday's matches involved bouts against Northeastern Junior College's men's and women's soccer teams in Sterling, CO. With the CWC women up first, three minutes was long enough for the Lady Rustlers to start off their scoring. Freshman center back Sienna Bodily found Kristen Moss on the run, and Moss chipped the ball over the goalkeeper and found the net. The NJC women showed resiliency in their response, scoring two goals and securing the lead by the end of the first half. Sienna Bodily's unselfishness played a consequential role in the second half scoring, as she provided an assist to Jersee Clapier for her first goal of the season. Seven minutes following, Rakiya King came off the bench to put a ball into the net off of an assist, this time from sophomore Morgan Talbot. Kristen Moss continued her dominant weekend, scoring her fourth goal in two days when she hammered the ball into the net off of a pass from Rakiya King. The Lady Rustlers took home the win with a final score of 4-3. 

The CWC men's team followed after the conclusion of the women's match, with hopes of completing the sweep for the second day in a row. The first 40 minutes of the match didn't see a goal from either team, as each team took their time and felt out the other's strategy and pace. Three minutes before the end of the half, Andres Trochez found fellow sophomore, Pedro Belemont, who had broken loose from the suffocating defense of NJC. Belemont slammed the ball into the upper corner of the net, and the CWC men took a 1-0 lead into the break. The Rustlers couldn't stop the bleeding in the second half, as they surrendered three straight goals to NJC. The final score favored Northeastern Junior College, 3-1. 

Men's and Women's head soccer coach Ken DeCook summarized the Rustler's weekend play: "On both days, both teams played with intensity and passion. The women's team certainly showed what they were made of by scoring in the last minute to take home a win against Lamar. Against NJC they fought back and played as a team to come from behind for the win. The men's team really left everything on the field against Lamar. That was a quality college soccer match and I'm pleased how our guys played together as a team. The NJC match was a bit disappointing. I feel we played very well for a majority of the match, but we had a breakdown for a few minutes in the second half and we just could not recover. The NJC team did not let up and got the win. We will go home and assess what we can do better and prepare for Otero and Trinidad. I know our guys are disappointed in the result but they will be ready for the next match."