PHOENIX — The University of Wyoming soccer team begins its Mountain West Conference Tournament run Wednesday as the No. 2 seed, facing No. 3 Hawaii in the semifinals at 3 p.m. at GCU Stadium. The match will be streamed on MW+.
The Cowgirls return to the conference tournament for the first time since 2022, when they advanced to the championship match. Wyoming secured its spot this season with victories in its final two regular-season matches, both against teams that qualified for the four-team tournament.
Those wins earned the Cowgirls the No. 2 seed and a rematch with Hawaii, which Wyoming defeated 2-0 on Saturday to close the regular season.
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“We’ve got to prepare as much as we can, but we can’t change too much,” head coach Josh Purdum said. “We have to believe in what got us here. For the first time in my three years, we had the depth, talent, fitness and mentality to get it done. The difference was our want-to. I think at this stage in the season, we weren’t scared to have two tough games in front of us to get to the tournament, and that’s going to prepare us well.”
Alyssa Glover has led Wyoming’s recent offensive production, scoring three goals in the final two regular-season matches. She finished the regular season with 10 goals and 28 points, both conference-leading totals.
The Cowgirls have also received contributions throughout the lineup, scoring a program-record 39 goals with 13 different players finding the net. The 13 goal scorers rank second in program history.
Brooke Brown and Isabel Vasco have each scored five goals, while Maddie Burr has added four and Lauren Westwood has three.
Goalkeeper Haley Bartel finished the regular season with nine clean sheets, matching the program record she set in 2024. She has made 63 saves and allowed 17 goals, posting a 0.91 goals-against average, the second-best mark in the conference.
Hawaii goalkeeper Kennedy Justin has recorded 65 saves and allowed 16 goals, posting a 0.98 goals-against average. Anuhea Aluli leads the Rainbow Wahine with eight goals.
The other semifinal features top-seeded Colorado College against No. 4 Air Force at 7 p.m. Wednesday. The winners will meet in the championship match Saturday at 2 p.m.
