The Tigers seemed satisfied with a tie on the road against the powerful Crimson, until Courtney Kitchen broke free on a feed from Reyes and slid the ball past Gunther for the game-winner with 1:15 left on the clock. Despite the loss, Coach Tim Wheaton remained optimistic about his team after the game.
“I think a lot of the stuff you saw today was just first game stuff,” Wheaton said. “We scored a couple early goals and we felt like we could relax. We might have relaxed a bit too much.”
Costello was quick to praise to the Colorado College team.
“I have to give a lot of respect to them,” Costello said. “We relaxed and they did a great job coming back. This is a disappointing loss, but we’re healthy, we’re ready and we’re excited.”
Wheaton was encouraged by his team’s scoring output and the performance of some of the younger players.
“I think we’ve got the depth to do [well],” Wheaton said. “We’re going to score goals, and you know, the organization in the back, that will come.”