Denver, Colorado: With a dominating 3-1 win over the Metropolitan State University of Denver Roadrunners, the Regis University Ranger men’s soccer advances on to the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Tournament semifinals.  The Rangers scored first and never let up. 

Freshman defender Zach Huff (Aurora, Colorado) played a hand in each of the three goals scored Wednesday afternoon.  Huff scored his first goal of the season in the 15^th minute of play to give the Rangers 1-0 lead.  Senior forward Martin Maybin (Belfast, Northern Ireland) crossed the ball in front of the goal mouth around the six-yard box where Huff was there to strike it past Roadrunner goalkeeper Keegan Hand.

Regis would continue to possess and build momentum into their attacking third when senior midfielder Arnthor Kristinsson (Akranes, Iceland) scored his fifth goal of the season in the 33^rd minute off of a throw-in from Huff.  Huff positioned a long throw into the middle of the box where Kristinsson used his head to redirect towards the goal and into the back the net. 

Just a minute later, the Rangers suffered an own goal to make the score 2-1.  The score would remain in favor of Regis at the break.  Maybin notched his 16^th goal of the season putting the game out of reach for the Roadrunners in the 64^th minute of play.  Huff crossed the ball to Maybin who collected it and struck a curling ball into the lower left corner to make the score 3-1. 

Regis outshot MSU Denver 11-9, five of which were on frame, but falling in the corner kick advantage 9-4.  Ranger goalkeepers Connor Adkisson (Federal Way, Washington) and Christian Nicolosi (Highlands Ranch, Colorado) split halves with Adkisson starting the match and not having to make any saves.  Nicolosi kept a clean sheet throughout his minutes and made two saves. 

RU travels to No. 1 seed Colorado Mesa on Friday, November 7 to matchup against No. 2 seed Colorado Mines (11-7, 9-5 RMAC).  The match is scheduled to start at 4 p.m.  The remainder of the RMAC tournament games will be played at Colorado Mesa.  

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