New Mexico may not have needed a wakeup call Friday when it began defense of its Mountain West soccer championship, but Wyoming certainly provided an early one.
After the Cowgirls scored in the third minute at the UNM Soccer Complex, the Lobos turned into predators: ferocious, snarling, goal-scoring beasts.
“We were all a little nervous,” said Molly Myers, who scored twice. “It was our first conference game and we were getting our nerves out. There’s a lot of pressure on our team, coming back as champions. So I think it was just getting our game going. After those first three minutes, it was coming together as team.