The Colorado Buffaloes women's soccer team represents University of Colorado in the Big 12 Conference of NCAA Division I college soccer. Before the 1996 season, the team participated as a club sport. The team is coached by Danny Sanchez and has made the NCAA Tournament 15 times. The team plays its home games at Prentup Field.

History Colorado women's soccer was established in 1996. The Buffaloes competed in the Big 12 Conference from the program's inception through 2010 before joining the Pac-12 Conference in 2011. They returned to the Big 12 in 2024 following Colorado's conference realignment. In 2003, Colorado won its first Big 12 regular-season championship and made its first appearance in the NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament. Since being hired in 2012, Danny Sanchez has led the Buffaloes to nine NCAA tournament appearances in his first 14 seasons as head coach. As of 2025, Colorado has produced nine All-Americans, and three former players are competing professionally.

The Buffaloes have made NCAA tournament appearances in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024, and 2025.

Results by season Season Results Year Coach Overall record Conferencerecord Conferencestanding Postseason1996Austin Daniels6–10–13–6–08th –1997Austin Daniels6–12–05–5–05th –1998Austin Daniels5–12–32–6–28th –1999Austin Daniels11–8–14–5–16th –2000Austin Daniels8–11–04–6–07th –2001Bill Hempen3–11–21–7–210th –2002Bill Hempen10–8–24–4–25th –2003Bill Hempen15–4–18–1–11st NCAA First Round2004Bill Hempen15–6–26–3–13rdNCAA Round of 322005Bill Hempen12–8–46–3–1T–2ndNCAA Round of 322006Bill Hempen14–6–45–4–15th NCAA Round of 162007Bill Hempen10–8–45–5–07thNCAA Round of 322008Bill Hempen14–5–46–2–24th NCAA First Round2009Bill Hempen9–10–06–4–03rd –2010Bill Hempen8–9–34–5–18th –2011Bill Hempen4–13–21–9–1T–11th –2012Danny Sanchez8–8–42–7–2T–11th –2013Danny Sanchez14–7–24–5–2T–6th NCAA Round of 162014Danny Sanchez14–7–16–4–13rdNCAA Round of 322015Danny Sanchez7–10–31–8–212th–2016Danny Sanchez15–6–18–2–1T–2nd NCAA Round of 322017Danny Sanchez12–6–45–4–26thNCAA Round of 322018Danny Sanchez13–4–35–4–25th–2019Danny Sanchez12–8–23–6–210thNCAA Round of 322020Danny Sanchez9–6–25–4–25thNCAA First Round2021Danny Sanchez8–7–43–4–47th –2022Danny Sanchez8–7–52–6–3T-9th –2023Danny Sanchez13–5–35–3–34th NCAA First Round2024Danny Sanchez12–5–54–2–59th NCAA Round of 322025Danny Sanchez17–4–38–1–23rd NCAA Round of 16 Totals: 30 Years – 3 Coaches312-231-75 ()1 Conferencechampionships15 Postseasonappearances

Current roster

Awards

Fran Munnelly Big 12 Newcomer of the Year 2002 Fran Munnelly Big 12 Player of the Year 2003 Katie Griffin Big 12 Newcomer of the Year 2003 Bill Hempen Big 12 Coach of the Year 2003 Nikki Marshall Big 12 Newcomer of the Year 2006

Michelle Wenino (co-winner) Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year 2008 Taylor Kornieck Pac-12 Freshman of the Year 2016 Jordan Nytes Big 12 Goalkeeper of the Year 2024 Jordan Nytes Big 12 Goalkeeper of the Year 2025 Hope Leyba Big 12 Forward of the Year 2025

All-Big 12 Honors

Fran Munnelly 2002 Fran Munnelly 2003 Fran Munnelly 2004 Laura Munnelly 2004 Fran Munnelly 2005 Nikki Marshall 2006 Nikki Marshall 2007 Michelle Wenino 2007 Nikki Marshall 2008 Michelle Wenino 2008 Nikki Marshall 2009 Faith Leyba 2024 Jordan Nytes 2024 Jace Holley 2025 Hope Leyba 2025 Faith Leyba 2025 Jordan Nytes 2025

Sloane Cox 1998 Aimee Bugay 2002 Katie Griffin 2003 Laura Munnelly 2003 Tricia Regan 2003 Jessica Keller 2004 Jen Thais 2004 Katie Griffin 2005 Allison Kidd 2005 Laura Munnelly 2005 Laura Munnelly 2006 Nikki Keller 2007 Alex Cousins 2008 Gianna DeSaverio 2008 Nikki Keller 2008 Kirstin Radlinski 2008 Amy Barczuk 2009 Alex Dohm 2010 Kate Russell 2010 Juliauna Hayward 2024 Caley Swierenga 2025

All-Pac-12 Honors

Danica Evans 2016 Taylor Kornieck 2016 Taylor Kornieck 2018 Taylor Kornieck 2019 Hannah Sharts 2020 Hannah Sharts 2021 Civana Kuhlmann 2022 Shyra James 2023

Amy Barczuk 2012 Anne Stuller 2013 Tori Cooper 2014 Brie Hooks 2014 Madison Krauser 2015 Taylor Kornieck 2017 Jorian Baucom 2018 Jalen Tompkins 2019 Shanade Hopcroft 2021

Lizzy Herzl 2013 Becca Rasmussen 2017 Jalen Tompkins 2017 Jalen Tompkins 2018 Shanade Hopcroft 2020 Dani Hansen 2020 Shyra James 2021 Faith Leyba 2023

Note ‡ indicates player was Big 12 Newcomer of the Year † indicates player was Big 12 Freshman of the Year

All-Big 12 All-Newcomer/Freshman Honors Fran Munnelly ‡ 2002 Tricia Regan 2002 Kathryn Grandinetti 2003 Katie Griffin ‡ 2003 Jessica Keller 2003 Maddy Minnis 2003 Laura Munnelly 2003 Allie True 2004 Nikki Keller 2005 Nikki Marshall ‡ 2006 Jess Quador 2006 Michaela DeJesus 2007 Kym Lowry 2007 Kelly Butler 2008 Caroline Danneberg 2008 Amy Barczuk 2009 Erin Bricker 2009 Annie Brunner 2010 Alex Dohm 2010 Jace Holley 2024 Vivi Zacarias 2025

Note ‡ indicates player was Pac-12 Player of the Year † indicates player was Pac-12 Freshman of the Year

All-Pac-12 Freshman Honors Madison Krauser 2012 Brie Hooks 2013 Sarah Kinzner 2015 Taylor Kornieck † 2016 Jalen Tompkins 2016 Marty Puketapu 2017 Tessa Barton 2019 Shyra James 2020 Juliauna Hayward 2021 Ava Priest 2022 Faith Leyba 2022

Individual Records

+Career Goals Shyra James 2020–24 47 Nikki Marshall 2006–09 42 Taylor Kornieck 2016–19 39 Hope Leyba 2023–Present 32 Katie Griffin 2003-06 32

+Season Goals Hope Leyba 2025 22 Nikki Marshall 2006 17 Shyra James 2023 15 Jace Holley 2025 12 Civana Kuhlmann 2022 12 Taylor Kornieck 2019 12 Jorian Baucom 2018 12 Katie Griffin 2005 12

+Career Assists Taylor Kornieck 2016–19 24 Fran Munnelly 2002–05 24 Kathryn Grandinetti 2003-05 21 Ava Priest 2023–25 18 Madison Krauser 2012–15 16 Kate Russell 2008–11 16

+Season Assists Emerson Layne 2025 10 Shanade Hopcroft 2021 10 Taylor Kornieck 2018 10 Kathryn Grandinetti 2003 9 Anne Stuller 2013 8

+Career Points Taylor Kornieck 2016–19 102 Shyra James 2020–24 101 Nikki Marshall 2006–09 93 Fran Munnelly 2002-05 84 Katie Griffin 2003–06 78

+Season Points Hope Leyba 2025 45 Nikki Marshall 2006 37 Shyra James 2023 32 Jace Holley 2025 30 Civana Kuhlmann 2022 30 Taylor Kornieck 2019 30 Jorian Baucom 2018 30

+Career Saves Jalen Tompkins 2015–19 369 Sloane Cox 1997–98 321 Jordan Nytes 2023–15 295 Annie Brunner 2010-13 258 Kirstin Radlinski 2005–08 232

+Season Saves Sloane Cox 1998 188 Danielle Bassett 1999 144 Sloane Cox 1997 133 Nina Bjornstad 1996 109 Jordan Nytes 2025 121

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