Under the direction of second-year head coach Jordan Maska, Highland Women's Soccer opens the 2025 season tonight with a 7 p.m. match against Metropolitan Community College - KC. It's the second overall meeting between the Wolves and the Scotties, but the first since HCC returned from dormancy in 2024.

Highland returns the bulk of its 2024 team, including two 19-game starters in Abby Rash and Jamie Seehusen. Rash led the Scotties with nine goals and two assists last year, earning First Team All-KJCCC honors. HCC brings back nearly all of its offensive output, with Jamie Seehusen and Valerie Salazar joining Rash as multi-goal scorers from 2024.

Defensively, Highland looks to retool with a solid group of newcomers joining anchors Shaniya Scott and Angel Wilson. Maska brought in a trio of transfers from Marshalltown Community College in Giulia Ferrarez Dorini, Maria Julia Neves Plens and Manoella Santos and a bright freshman class.

Although HCC was forced to replace its entire goalkeeping corps, Maska was able to find a solid pair of netminders in Abbie Beeler and McKenna Glade. Both keepers boasted goals-against-average marks under 1.0 during their senior seasons, with Beeler notching a 0.762 mark for Pueblo West and Glade leading Thompson Valley to a 10-5-1 record with a 0.598 goals against.

About MCCKC
The Wolves finished the 2024 season with a 14-2 record overall and a 4-2 mark in Region 16 action. Metro returns a good chunk of its offense from 2024, with sophomore Kendall Marchio finishing the year with 12 goals and five assists. Alexus Phillips returns in goal for the Wolves after allowing just 14 goals in 13 games on the year with a 1.15 goals-against-average.

KJCCC Preseason Order Of Finish
Highland was tapped to finish sixth by the league's coaches in the KJCCC Division 2 Women's Soccer Predicted Order of Finish. The Scotties open the conference schedule on Sept. 6 against Pratt Community College. HCC hosts the Beavers in a 3 p.m. kickoff at the Highland Track/Soccer Field.